Ji Ji Mi

[Amity]

Is a type of Japanese pancake.

Anyone got a recipe? They're fabulous.

[christy]

Ohhhhh..... yes please!! I just found out they are also well known in Korean cooking....

I had one with DH last week that was pork belly and kimchi.... noms

[onthefly]

what do you want to put in it?
i made kimchi "jeon" recently (that's what they're called in korean). Just chopped up kimchi, flour (i did it gluten free for DH), stock and a bit of water. then you just cook it in a lot of oil... I'm presuming the japanese version is the same as the korean one

[toomanyshoes]

There's a channel on youtube called "cooking with dog", a Japanese lady does the cooking and her poodle hosts it lol

I'm certain she did something pancakeish, it might be worth have a look at their videos.

[Amity]

Well I couldn't find a recipe for ji ji mi anywhere, so I found a few for okonomiyaki instead and changed them around. Ji ji mi can be made in heaps of different ways, mostly vegetarian, but you can add just about anything you like. The few common elements in the recipes I've found are the pancake base, cabbage, and the topping (sauce).

Here is the recipe I used tonight. Would serve one very hungry adult. Probably better done as two medium sized pancakes.

Grate very thinly:
1/2 carrot
1/2 small sweet potato
1 medium onion (would have worked better if it were chopped, not grated)
Decent handful well chopped cabbage

Then, Mix together:
1 cup plain flour
3/4 cup warm water
1 egg
Nice big dash of thick sweet soy sauce

Add the vegies to the batter mix. Place onto hot frying pan. Cook on medium heat for 5-15 mins each side (depends on the heat, make sure the batter is cooked through - mine was a little thick so I had to cook it twice!)

Topping: whole egg mayonnaise spread on while the pancake is still hot so it melts into the pancake. Top with drizzle of sweet soy sauce.

It was delicious. The only thing I would probably change is I'd add zucchini or something similar, or perhaps spring onion instead of the onion. You can use virtually any vegetable, and even meat if you wanted.

MMmmmmmm!!

[onthefly]

mayonaise? that's weird!
I guess then that jijimi is quite different to jeon.
jeon comes with dipping sauce - soy sauce, vinegar and chilli. yum.

[littlelara]

Yum!! I've already had dinner, but this post is making me hungry all over again (is there a drooling smiley?)