Nisshin Takoyaki Flour Mix (日清 たこ焼粉) 500 g — a Japanese flour mix for making takoyaki, built around bonito (katsuo) and kombu dashi with the flavour of beni-shoga (red pickled ginger), for takoyaki with the signature soft, creamy centre. One 500 g bag makes several batches, and it also works for variations such as akashiyaki.
About Nisshin Seifun Welna
Nisshin Seifun Welna Inc. (株式会社日清製粉ウェルナ) is the household-foods company of the Nisshin Seifun Group, one of Japan's largest flour millers. Its range spans household wheat flours, cooking and baking mixes (okonomiyaki, takoyaki, karaage, tempura, pancake), pasta and pasta sauces. It is a separate company from the instant-noodle maker Nissin Foods (日清食品).
What is takoyaki
Takoyaki ("octopus balls") is a popular Osaka street food — a savoury wheat-flour batter cooked in a special half-sphere pan around pieces of octopus, then turned into round balls, crisp outside and molten-soft inside.
Nisshin's official takoyaki recipe
Makes about 60 pieces. Batter: Nisshin Takoyaki Flour 300 g (3 cups), 2 eggs, water 900 cc (4½ cups). Fillings (to taste): boiled octopus about 200 g, spring onion, tenkasu (tempura bits), beni-shoga. Toppings (to taste): sauce, mayonnaise, bonito flakes, aonori.
- Cut the boiled octopus a little large (it shrinks when cooked); coarsely mince the beni-shoga.
- Whisk the flour, eggs and water together into a batter.
- Oil a takoyaki pan preheated over high heat and pour the batter generously into the holes (overflowing is fine).
- Add the octopus, then the beni-shoga, tenkasu and spring onion.
- After 1–2 minutes, once the edges turn yellow, use a pick to gather the overflow batter into the holes; cook about 1 more minute until puffed.
- When the batter starts to set, turn each ball around along the hole with the pick (half-turn first to make flipping easier); add a little oil or extra batter if needed.
- When golden brown, plate and top with sauce, aonori, bonito flakes and mayonnaise to taste.
Ingredients
Refer to the product packaging.
Allergens
Contains wheat, soy, and fish (bonito). Made in a factory that also handles shrimp, egg, and milk. Refer to the package for the most current allergen declaration.
Nutrition (per 100 g)
Energy 354 kcal · Protein 9.9 g · Fat 1.6 g · Carbohydrate 75.1 g · Salt-equivalent 2.6 g.
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Japanese takoyaki flour mix · 日清 たこ焼粉 · Nisshin Seifun Welna range.
