Tamagoyaki
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| Place of origin | Japan |
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| Main ingredients | Egg |
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Tamagoyaki (卵焼き or 玉子焼き?, 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 called a makiyakinabe.
There are several types of tamagoyaki. It is made by combining eggs, and sometimes sugar or soy sauce. Additionally, sake and mirin are used in some recipes. An alternative version includes a mix of shrimp puree, grated mountain yam, sake, and egg, turned into a custard-like cake.
Tamagoyaki is served around the world in the form of nigiri, and also appears in many types of sushi rolls. In Japan, it is also served as a breakfast dish and in other preparations. As part of a sushi/sashimi dinner tamago is usually taken as the final course, in essence a dessert bite.
In Japan, there are a few things like tamagoyaki. For example, usuyaki-tamago, kinshi-tamago, iri-tamago. The differences are made by thicknesses, and the way to cook. Usuyaki-tamago is thinner, kinshi-tamago is a kind of usuyaki-tamago that cut like fine threads, and iri-tamago is similar to scrambled eggs.
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