Midweek meals: Tamal Ray’s recipe for okonomiyaki

A store-cupboard version of the classic Japanese pancake, here featuring a soy-and-Marmite batter and muddled with cabbage, spring onions and salmon

Okonomiyaki is a savoury Japanese pancake that has been a crucial addition to my arsenal of easy midweek meals when time and energy are in short supply. A faithful okonomiyaki recipe would have a few ingredients you’d find only in a specialist Japanese food store, but I’ve tried to stick to ones you’ll either already have or will be able to find in a large supermarket. Feel free to customise the filling, and especially the sauces, as you wish – I’d choose something rich, something sweet and something spicy.

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