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Sweet and Fluffy - Japanese Sweet Rolled Omelet (Tamagoyaki) With Seaweed - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Sweet and Fluffy - Japanese Sweet Rolled Omelet (Tamagoyaki) With Seaweed.
How about a sweet Japanese sweet rolled omelet (tamagoyaki) like the one in a sushi restaurant? There's a nori seaweed in it, so it has a good flavor and is perfect as a side dish for rice. It looks cute, so please try it out!

Cook time

15 minutes

Ingredients
2 servings

  • Eggs
    3
  • (A)Sugar
    2 tbsp
  • (A)Japanese versatile dashi base (Shiro-dashi)
    1 tbsp
  • Nori seaweed
    2/3 sheets
  • Salad oil
    1 tbsp

How to make

  1. 1. Separate the egg yolk from the egg white and place each part in a different bowl.
  2. 2. Add ingredient (A) to the egg whites from Step 1 and mix with long chopsticks without bubbles.
  3. 3. Add egg yolk from Step 1 and mix together as if cutting with long chopsticks about 5 times.
  4. 4. Add cooking oil to Japanese tamagoyaki omelet pan heated over medium heat and spread it with a folded paper towel.
  5. 5. Pour half of Step 3 into the pan, break the air bubbles with long chopsticks or other utensils, and when the pan is half-cooked, place nori seaweed on top of it and fold it over 2 times toward the front.
  6. 6. Move the egg to the back, use a paper towel to spread cooking oil, pour in the remaining half of Step 3, and flip it to the front.
  7. 7. Cook again in the same way, shape it, and when the egg is cooked, remove it from the heat. Cut it into bite-size pieces, place it on a plate, and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

We used shiro-dashi-type that is 10 times concentrated. The flavor and intensity of shiro-dashi differ depending on the type, so please use the amount on the package as a guide and adjust to your preference.