Ebikatsu

Menu for last night was...

　Ebikatsu (shrimp cake cutlet)

　Hourensou no goma-ae (sesame dressed spinach)

　Shio-kombu cabbage (shredded cabbage with salted Kombu-kelp)

　Multigrain rice 

...very Japanese!  Japanese food wasn't my most favorite when I used to live in Japan but I have more cravings for it since I left my homeland.  A simple hearty side dish like spinach goma-ae is perfect comfort food for me.  I always think that, it's a torture when you can't have what you really really wanna eat.  Dishes I can make with ingredients I get in Germany are somewhat limited and I always wonder...how are other expats dealing with this grooooesse Problem!!??        

It'd been long time since I had had Ebikatsu last time but it was definitely a hit and it's easy to make...if you have food processor and dish washer.  You can make more than a batch and make Ebikatsu-sandwich/burger the following day, like the famous Mos-burger (Japanese burger chain).  Here is the recipe of Ebikatsu. 

-Feb. 6 grocery shopping €18.38 / €142.84 left

Ingredients (serves 3-4)

...<for the cake>

500g/1.1pound of shrimp(fresh or uncooked frozen/without shell) 

1tbs sake

1 egg 

1 tbsp. mayonnaise

1 tbsp. lemon juice

1tbsp. potato starch 

2tbsp. flour 

salt&pepper

1 small onion

...<for the the batter>

1/2 cup flour

panko (bread crumbs)

1 egg

Oil for frying

bulldog brand fruit&vegi sauce (tonkatsu sauce) or tartar sauce, as sauce

Directions

1. Clean and devein shrimps, pat dry with kitchen paper.   Then put sake and a pinch of salt and lightly mix. 

2. Cut about 10 shrimps in chunks and set aside.

3. Chop onion and heat in microwave covered, for 2 min. 

3. The rest of shrimp goes into food processor or blender together with an egg.  Mix until smooth and fluffy.  

4. Add mayo, lemon juice, potato starch and flour, salt&pepper and mix until the powder is well blended.

5. Put 4 in a big bowl and add chunks of shrimp and onion (from step 2&3).

6. Prepare the line of batter; a plate/vat of flour, a wide bowl/vat of beaten egg and a plate/vat of panko.

6. Make hamburger-patty-formed cake of shrimp mixture (from step 5) and coat with flour, then egg and then panko just like making cutlet.

7. Deep fry in 170℃/330°F oil for about 6-7min. until golden brown. 

Guten Appetitt!