Ganmodoki Fritters from Tofu
Ganmodoki Fritters from Tofu

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Ganmodoki (がんもどき, 雁擬き) is a fried tofu fritter made with vegetables, such as carrots, lotus roots and burdock. Ganmodoki means pseudo-goose (gan (がん, 雁) + pseudo (もどき)). This is because ganmodoki is said to taste like goose; compare mock turtle soup.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook ganmodoki fritters from tofu using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Ganmodoki Fritters from Tofu:
  1. Make ready 1 block Tofu
  2. Prepare 1/2 stalk Japanese leek
  3. Prepare 1 Egg
  4. Take 30 grams Carrot
  5. Take 2 to 3 Shiitake mushrooms (but for these I had maitake mushrooms)
  6. Get 1 Sesame seeds
  7. Get 1 to 2 tablespoons Katakuriko
  8. Make ready 1 Oil for deep frying

Place the tofu in a large bowl or a Suribachi grinding bowl and mash it with a masher or a Surikogi pestle until smooth. I made these ganmodoki using environmentally friendly and inexpensive okara!! Eating these freshly fried and piping hot will change all your preconceptions about ganmodoki. They freeze well so it's a good idea to make a big batch and to keep them in stock.

Instructions to make Ganmodoki Fritters from Tofu:
  1. You can mix anything with the tofu, like burdock root, dried shrimp, chirimen jako, or whatever you have in your refrigerator.
  2. Drain the water from the tofu. If you are in a hurry microwave for 2 minutes at 600 W! Crush the tofu with a fork…
  3. Add the katakuriko, sesame seeds and egg and mix well.
  4. Add the finely chopped vegetables and other things and mix in. Form into patties like small hamburgers, tossing it back and forth between your hands.
  5. Deep fry the patties in 180°C oil.
  6. I got 15 fritters out of 1 block of tofu. We had it with ponzu sauce! You can freeze them too!

The round and crispy ganmodoki are traditional Japanese tofu fritters. Originally, the name referred to a combination of stuffed and deep-fried tofu, but today it applies to a delicious combination of mashed tofu and various vegetables. Deep-fried until golden, ganmodoki fritters are usually enjoyed plain or. Grate the nagaimo yam with a suribachi mortar, then mix in the strained tofu paste. Add the potato starch, mirin , usukuchi soy sauce, salt and mix in thoroughly.

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