Simple Way to Make Delicious Datemaki (Fish Omelet Roll)

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day. Today I will show you how to prepare a special dish, Datemaki (Fish Omelet Roll). This is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna really delicious.

Datemaki (Fish Omelet Roll) Recipe. Datemaki (伊達巻き) is a rolled sweet omelet that's traditionally eaten as part of a New Years osechi ryori meal in Japan. It's typically made with egg mixed with fish or shrimp paste, which is then sweetened with sugar and mirin.

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. You need 100 g of Hanpen (fish & yam surimi).
2. Take 2 of eggs.
3. It’s 1/2 tbs of mirin or honey.
4. You need 1 tbs of sugar.
5. You need 1/2 tsp of soy sauce.
6. It’s of some vegetable oil.

With a paring knife, score a few shallow lines along the bottom of the omelet, about an inch from the edge.Then roll up the omelet with the sushi mat tightly and secure the roll with a few rubber bands.Cool the omelet to room temperature then in the fridge for a few hours or longer.Remove the mat and cut the omelet crosswise into ½ inch slices.

Datemaki (Fish Omelet Roll) step by step

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）.

For young kids, you may not want to use mirin which contains alcohol.Made with egg and hanpen (fish cake), this sweet rolled omelette (Datemaki) is a delicious complement to your Osechi Ryori menu.Baked in the oven and rolled into a cylinder, this homemade Datemaki is simple enough to make from scratch for the festive season.

Put hanpen fish cake in blender and chop well.Add sugar, salt, soy sauce, and eggs and stir well.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.