Recipe: Yummy Datemaki (Fish Omelet Roll)

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Datemaki (Fish Omelet Roll). Great recipe for Datemaki (Fish Omelet Roll). For me, Datemaki is one of the important components of Osechi (New Year boxed meal in Japan). It is also kids-friendly and good for bento lunch.

It's typically made with egg mixed with fish or shrimp paste, which is then sweetened with sugar and mirin.

Put hanpen fish cake in blender and chop well.

Add sugar, salt, soy sauce, and eggs and stir well.

You can cook Datemaki (Fish Omelet Roll) using 6 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Datemaki (Fish Omelet Roll)

1. It’s 100 g of Hanpen (fish & yam surimi).

2. It’s 2 of eggs.

3. You need 1/2 tbs of mirin or honey.

4. It’s 1 tbs of sugar.

5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of soy sauce.

6. Prepare of some vegetable oil.

Pour the egg mixture into a flat baking pan which is slightly oiled.

Take the omelet out from the pan when it's still hot.

Put the omelet on top of a bamboo mat and roll it.

Made with egg and hanpen (fish cake), this sweet rolled omelette (Datemaki) is a delicious complement to your Osechi Ryori menu.

Datemaki (Fish Omelet Roll) instructions

1. Mix all the ingredients together with a blender except for the oil..

2. Spread the oil on a rectangle pan (for omelet) with kitchen paper and preheat on a low heat. Pour the dough into the pan and make the surface flat with a spatula..

3. Cover the pan with aluminum sheet and cook for 3 minutes on a low heat. Then remove from the heat and let it stand for about a minute..

4. Remove the covering and cook for three minutes on a low heat..

5. Turn the omelet over and cook for a couple of minutes on a low heat..

6. Place the omelet on a bamboo mat (makisu), with the brown side down. Curve slits in every 1.5cm with a knife..

7. Roll it and fix the bamboo mat with two rubber bands. Put the roll with the end of the roll down. Store in a fridge when cooled down..

8. I usually leave it over a night but you can eat a bit sooner, too. Slice and enjoy..

9. Decoration for kids..

10. Mirin-like seasoning（みりん風調味料）.

Baked in the oven and rolled into a cylinder, this homemade Datemaki is simple enough to make from scratch for the festive season.

Datemaki (Fish Omelet Roll) step by step.

Mix all the ingredients together with a blender except for the oil.

Spread the oil on a rectangle pan (for omelet) with kitchen paper and preheat on a low heat.

Pour the dough into the pan and make the surface flat with a spatula.