I have been in charge of this Dashimaki-tamago for New Year dish in my family since when I was a teenager. “Dashimaki-Tamago” is a Japanese omelette, that has “Dashi” soup inside so that it is very soft and moist. As you have more “Dashi” it is softer and juicier, but it is more difficult to make, and it is not the best for preserve. The easiest to remember is 1 tablespoon of Dashi for 1 large egg. From here, if you are confident and want more Dashi inside, you can increase it. I sometimes use 5-6 tablespoons of Dashi. I use a small square pan for Dashimaki-Tamago, but if you don’t have it, you can us a small fry pan.
Ingredients
4 eggs
4 tablespoons of Dashi soup
1/2 teaspoon of soy sauce
1 tablespoon of Mirin *Can be sugar. Make sure the sugar is dissolved completely in Dashi before mixing with egg.
Vegetable oil
Instruction
1. Prepare a small piece of kitchen papers to absorb vegetable oil in a small bowl, and wet tea towel.
2. Mix Dashi, soy sauce and mirin in a measure cup. If you use sugar instead of mirin, dissolve the sugar completely in a warm Dashi soup.
3. Quietly break and mix eggs with a whisker or a folk, then pour Dashi mixture.
4. Heat the pan with medium heat, and coat the inside with vegetable oil evenly with the kitchen paper with vegetable oil.
5. If the pan is warm enough to cook egg, pour 1/5 of the egg mixture. (less than half of a ladle) With chopsticks, mix quickly like making scramble eggs and breaking bubbles. When the egg is about half cooked and still there is liquid on the surface, gently role the egg from one side. No need to worry about breaking the mixture as it will be covered by the next egg layer. Move the rolled egg to the other side, far from you.
6. Add a little oil on the pan. If the pan seems too hot (like smoking), rest the pan on the wet tea towel.
7. Pour another slightly less than half ladle of the mixture and spread it evenly on the surface. Raise the rolled egg so that the mixture goes under the rolled egg.
8. When the egg mixture looks half cooked, roll the egg again.
9. Repeat this until finishing the egg mixture.
10. When you finish all the mixture and roll it, turn off the heat and leave it for 1 min. Remove it from a pan to a plate.
11. Serve as is, or with grated Daikon and soy sauce.