Ganmodoki

Name: Ganmodoki (Tofu Fritters)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: Serves 4 (makes about 8 fritters)
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons potato starch; 1 block of tofu (about 400 g/14 oz); ¼ onion, thinly sliced; 1 tablespoon dried hijiki*; 1 egg yolk; 2 cm (¾ in) ginger, grated; sunflower oil, for frying; 1 teaspoon soy sauce + extra to serve; 1 pinch salt; ¼ carrot, cut into thin matchsticks

Tofu Fritters

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Tokyo Cult Recipes

By Maori Murota

Published 2015

About

Ingredients

1 block of tofu (about 400 g/14 oz)
1 tablespoon

Method

Roughly mash the tofu. Line a colander with a double layer of paper towel, then place the tofu in the colander and leave to drain for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, soak the hijiki in a bowl of water for 5 minutes, then drain. Mash the tofu well with a fork in a bowl. Add the hijiki, egg yolk, onion, carrot, potato starch, salt and soy sauce. Mix again. Lightly oil your hands (to prevent the mixture fr