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Jiri-yaki (Pancake with Miso Taste) ｜ Our Regional Cuisines

  • Gunma Prefecture

    Jiri-yaki (Pancake with Miso Taste)

Jiri-yaki (Pancake with Miso Taste)

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  • Jiri-yaki (Pancake with Miso Taste)

    Image source: "Gunma's Food Fishing Game"

  • Main lore areas

    All of Gunma Prefecture

  • Main ingredients used

    Wheat flour

  • History/origin/related events

    There are many local dishes in Gunma used wheat flour, like ‘okirikomi’ (type of simmered noodle dish), ‘suiton’ (soup with flour dumplings), ‘tansan manjyu’ (buns used baking soda) and so on. Especially ‘jiriyaki’ is much popular in the farmers villages than any other wheat flour dishes. It is a miso-flavored pancake grilled with remaining heat from clay in ‘irori’ (=Japanese traditional heater). It is said that its name ‘jiriyaki’ came from the sound while grilling (‘jiri-jiri’ in Japanese). Minced left-over vegetables are sometimes added besides miso. In Gunma, both men and women worked, and it was customary to prepare dinner after work. Therefore, nutritious and easy-to-cook dish, like ‘jiriyaki’ became popular. Also, it is served as a one-handed snack served at the snack break, 10am and 3pm, during the farmer’s work. It is served various area in the prefecture.

  • Opportunities and times of eating habits

    During the time of food shortage, the dishes used wheat flour was widely popular in Gunma Prefecture because these dishes made people full. Especially, ‘jiriyaki’ was often cooked as an easy-to prepare main dish, and also as a snack during the agricultural work. In Minamimaki Village, where there is no rice field, they liked to add Egoma(=Perilla) because it is relatively easy to cultivate it. Recipe sometimes varies in each area.

  • How to eat

    Any ingredients you like, like Sakura shrimp, ‘fukinotou’ (=butterbur), green onion, cabbage, Green shiso, are often added after minced nowadays. In addition, they use a hot plate instead of ‘houroku’ (flat clay pot), that makes easier for preparation. There is no rule about ingredients or firmness of the dough, and each home has its own taste.

  • Efforts for Preservation and Succession

    (Outline of the traditions, the preservation society, social media use, modern approaches to commercialization)
    It is cooked at ordinally home. The website of the municipal governments (Takayama Village or Tamamura-cho) introduces the recipes and characteristics of ‘jiri-yaki’.

RECIPE

Ingredients (1 serving)

  • Wheat flour 50g
  • Green onion 8g
  • Sakura shrimp 8g
  • Baking powder 0.6g
  • Water 6.3cc
  • Egoma(=Perilla) 5g
  • Sugar 4.5g
  • Miso 4.5g
  • Dashi (=Japanese soup stock) 8cc
  • Vegetable oil A little

How to cook

  • 1. Roast Egoma(=Perilla) lightly, then ground with a mortar. Add sugar, miso and dashi (=Japanese soup stock) and mix well.

  • 2. Add finely minced green onion, Sakura shrimp and baking powder to the wheat flour and mix. Add water to make loose dough.

  • 3. Put vegetable oil on a pan and heat. Pour 2 until 8mm~1cm (0.4 inch) of thickness and grill with low heat.

  • 4. Once grilled, cut it into the shape you like (diamond or triangle) and put into 1 and mix.

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Recipes vary depending on the region and home.

Contact

Food Cultures Office, Overseas Market Development and Food Cultures Division, Food Industry Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Tel:+81-3-3502-5516

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