Hello! Back to share another okara recipe! I stumbled upon this savoury vegetarian okara pancake recipe while Googling – and it turned out to be a very simple yet delicious pancake that is perfect as a side dish with other dishes and rice. Also, unless you tell your guests, I don’t think they will be able to tell there’s okara in it!
The okara is mixed with basic pantry ingredients like egg, flour and soy milk to make a thick pancake batter. This time round, only spring onion is used for the okara pancake – don’t skimp on the spring onion because they add lots of flavour to the pancake!
I can totally imagine mixing in seafood to make it similar to the Korean Seafood Pancake (Haemul Pajeon) or mixing in shredded cabbage to make an okara-style Japanese Savoury Pancake (Okonomiyaki) – will attempt these pancakes next and share on the blog (hopefully soon!) And here’s how to make this easy okara pancake!
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Here are two more okara recipes should you be interested!
Okara Croquettes | Okara Chocolate Cake |
Savoury Okara Pancake
EQUIPMENT
- 10-inch non-stick frying pan
INGREDIENTS
- 1 egg
- 50 grams fresh okara
- 2 spring onion, finely chopped
- 50 grams all-purpose flour
- 100 ml soy milk, or water
- 2 pinches salt
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons oil
Dipping Sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Japanese soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon gochugaru, Korean red pepper flakes, optional
INSTRUCTIONS
- Whisk egg, okara and chopped spring onion together in a mixing bowl. Whisk in flour, followed by 75ml of soy milk, adding more soy milk to make a thick pancake consistency. Stir in salt, black pepper and sesame oil.
- Heat a 10-inch non-stick pan over medium-low heat. Add in 1 tablespoon oil and pour in the batter. Cook for 4 to 5 minutes until golden-brown and crispy at the bottom. Flip the pancake, add in the remaining oil and cook until the other is golden brown as well, another 4 to 5 minutes.
- Slide the pancake onto a serving plate, cut into wedges and serve with the dipping sauce.
Dipping Sauce
- Combine all the ingredients together in a small bowl.
NOTES
- If your frying pan is smaller than 10 inches, divide the batter to make two smaller pancakes instead of one.
- Adapted from Peng's Kitchen
Kristen says
I recently started making my own soy milk and made these with the soy pulp left over and it was delish! I’m vegan so I used egg replacer and it was perfect. The full recipe was enough for one and will double it next time I cook for my partner and I. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
lynnann50 says
hi there, when I started making my own soy milk I just could not throw away the pulp (as my friends did). Your website is a boon!!!
I have 8 cups of okara, (from son as well as mine). I divide it up into 3 cup freezer bags and freeze it. It’s easy to take out the night before and defrost for what ever recipe I want to make.
I’ve made your crackers ( a fave with all types of different spice combos) and the mach cookies (that turned into muffins). Thank you! love and peace! lynnann
katya kanakayeva says
We are vegan, so i substituted the egg for flax egg. I really enjoyed it!
Jasline N. says
Hi Katya, I’m so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
Olive Nakiyemba says
So, instead of okara (because I don’t know what it is and if we have it here) I used minced beef! And it turned out crazy good!
I’m not so crazy about cooking but you are slowly converting me Jasline! I’m so glad I stumbled upon your site. I’m looking forward to trying out the minced pork and potato dish soon.
Wishing you blessings and love from Uganda!
Jasline N. says
Hi Olive, thanks for visiting! Okara is a soy bean pulp, the solid by-product from making soy milk. So glad the pancake still turned out good with minced beef! Hope you enjoy the minced pork and potato dish too, it’s one of my favourites!
Bento Momentos says
Okara isn’t my favorite vegetable but this recipe may have me reconsider! Thanks for sharing 🙂