How to Make Taiyaki – An Easy Taiyaki Recipe
There is a crispy and sweet fish-shaped dessert in Japan. But wait, it’s not as strange as you might think! This dessert is known as taiyaki. If you are Japanese, you must have eaten this Japanese sweet at least once during your childhood.
Taiyaki is a Japanese waffle-like dessert that looks like sea bream. “Tai” means “Sea bream” and “Yaki” means “Bake” in Japanese, thus - baked sea bream. Taiyaki contains an outer waffle-type layer that is crispy and lightly sweet, and the interior is normally filled with fluffy red bean paste.
While red bean paste is the most traditional filling for taiyaki, other common filling options are custard, white bean paste, or even chocolate. Depending on the shop or stall, you can even find fillings such as matcha custard, cream cheese, or even savory options like curry.
It’s a special sweet, especially nostalgic for many Japanese because we have childhood memories of eating them from festival stalls.
Taiyaki is sold everywhere in the same flavor and shape in Japan, with no particular regional differences in taste. The expression of the sea bream may vary depending on the metal grilling machine that makes the shape of the sea bream.
Wait, but what does taiyaki actually taste like? Why is a dessert even fish shaped? Today, we would like to introduce you to the nostalgic and interestingly-shaped taiyaki.
*As a side note: red bean paste can be substituted for other fillings such as white bean paste, custard or chocolate cream. Just made sure that the filling is not too wet.
Overview
Prep time: 35 mins
Cook time: 5 mins
Total time: 40 mins
Total servings: 8
Difficulty: Easy
Ingredients
- 150g Cake Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 15g Granulated Sugar
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1 Egg
- 75ml Milk (milk substitute is OK)
- 75ml Water
- Oil (for greasing the Taiyaki Mold)
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