Dashimaki Tamago
Dashimaki Tamago
Traditional Japanese rolled omelet made with egg and dashi.
Ready in: 15 minutes
Serves: 4
Complexity: easy
kcal: 370
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Ingredients
6 eggs
1 cup dashi
1 tbsp white soy sauce
3 grams potato starch
¼ tsp SIDS CRAZY SALT
1 tbsp rice bran oil
Daikon, for serving
Directions
Break the eggs into a large bowl. Mix the whites and yolks evenly but do not incorporate air. To do this, hold the chopsticks (or fork) at a 90-degree angle to the bottom of the bowl and use a left and right cutting motion to beat the eggs. Don't use a circular or whipping motion, as this will incorporate air.
In another bowl, stir the dashi, SIDS CRAZY SALT, white soy sauce and potato starch together until the starch is fully dissolved. Pour the dashi mixture into the eggs and stir together thoroughly while trying to limit the amount of bubbles that form. Strain the mixture to remove any clumps of unmixed egg. This should also remove any bubbles that may have formed when you mixed the dashi with the egg.
Heat a 30 cm non-stick frying pan over medium heat until a drop of water added sizzles but not so hot that it beads and hovers around.
Pour the oil into the pan and use a small wad of paper towel to spread the oil to evenly coat the pan and to soak up the excess.
Pour ¼ of the egg mixture in and let it cook. As bubbles start coming up, use chopsticks to pop them.
As the bottom layer of egg sets you'll notice it becomes more opaque. When the egg is half way cooked, (but there's still some liquid egg on top) use a spatula to gently flip the left quarter towards the centre of the pan and then repeat with the right quarter. Start rolling the dashimaki tamago from the edge closest to you towards the back of the pan. When you reach the edge, slide the roll back to the edge closest to you.
Use the oil soaked paper towel to grease the empty part of the pan and pour another ¼ of the egg mixture into the pan. Gently lift the roll from the edge facing away from you and let the egg mixture run under the roll.
Repeat above steps until you've used all the egg.
When the dashimaki tamago is done, turn it out onto a sushi mat and gently roll the mat around the egg, tucking the edge under the bottom of the roll, then let it rest for 3 minutes.
For the daikon, peel and grate the daikon using the hard cheese side of a box grater. Squeeze out the excess water.
To serve, slice the dashimaki tamago and garnish with a mound of grated daikon topped with a splash of soy sauce.
History: Tamagoyaki (literally 'grilled egg', also called tamago or dashimaki) is a type of Japanese omelette, which is made by rolling together several layers of cooked egg. These usually are prepared in a rectangular omelette pan. There are several types of tamago. Tamago is made by combining eggs, rice vinegar and sometimes sugar or soy sauce. Additionally, saké is used in some recipes. An alternative version includes a mix of shrimp purée, grated mountain yam, saké and egg, turned into a custard-like cake.