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Makiyakinabe (; ??????, literally: roll-bake-pan) is a square or rectangular cooking pan used to make Japanese style rolled omelette
Omelette

An omelette or omelet is a preparation of beaten Egg cooked with butter or Cooking oil in a frying pan, usually folded around a filling such as cheese, vegetables, meat , or some combination of the above....
s. It is also known as tamagoyakiki (?????; ??????, literally: tool to make omelettes).

In Japanese cuisine rolled omelettes are made as rectangular thin omelettes and then rolled into a cylindrical or elongated cube shape using Japanese kitchen chopsticks.






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Makiyakinabe
Makiyakinabe (; ??????, literally: roll-bake-pan) is a square or rectangular cooking pan used to make Japanese style rolled omelette
Omelette

An omelette or omelet is a preparation of beaten Egg cooked with butter or Cooking oil in a frying pan, usually folded around a filling such as cheese, vegetables, meat , or some combination of the above....
s. It is also known as tamagoyakiki (?????; ??????, literally: tool to make omelettes).

In Japanese cuisine rolled omelettes are made as rectangular thin omelettes and then rolled into a cylindrical or elongated cube shape using Japanese kitchen chopsticks. To obtain a roll with a constant diameter over the entire lengths, the thin omelette should be of rectangular shape. To obtain this shape a special rectangular frying pan is used.

Dimensions

The pans usually have a width of 10 to 35 cm, and are made of as for example aluminium
Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a silvery white and ductile member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al; its atomic number is 13....
 or cast iron
Cast iron

Cast iron usually refers to Gray iron, but also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys, which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy....
. The best type is considered to be heavy copper
Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29.It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity....
 coated with tin
Tin

Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn and atomic number 50. Tin is obtained chiefly from the mineral cassiterite, where it occurs as an oxide, SnO2....
, although care has to be taken to avoid damage to the pan due to the low melting point of tin. A cheaper, Teflon
Polytetrafluoroethylene

In chemistry, poly or poly is a synthetic fluoropolymer which finds numerous applications. PTFE is most well known by the DuPont brand name Teflon....
 coated pan is available in many stores. The depth of the pans are usually from 3 cm to 4 cm. Their weights are usually from 0.5 kg to 2.5 kg.

There are three types of makiyakinabe: Kanto
Kanto region

The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region encompasses seven Prefectures of Japan which overlaps the Greater Tokyo Area: Gunma Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Tokyo, Chiba Prefecture, and Kanagawa Prefecture....
-type, Kansai
Kansai

The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshu. The region includes the prefectures of Nara Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, and Shiga Prefecture....
-type and Nagoya
Nagoya, Aichi

is the List of Japanese cities by population and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan.Located on the Pacific coast in the Chubu region on central Honshu, it is the Capital of Aichi Prefecture and is one of Japan's major seaports along with those of Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chiba, Chiba, and Hakata-ku, Fukuoka....
-type. The Kanto-type pans are squared. The Kansai-type pans are tall-and-thin rectangles. The Nagoya-type pans are short-and-wide rectangles.

  • Kanto-type
    • Width: 10 cm to 30 cm; usually 15 to 25 cm
  • Kansai-type
    • Width: 10 cm to 30 cm; usually 15 to 25 cm
    • Length: 15 cm to 35 cm; usually less than 1.5 x of the width
  • Nagoya-type
    • Width: 15 cm to 35 cm
    • Length: 10 cm to 30 cm; usually 15 to 25 cm


The lid

The makiyakinabe is usually used with a thick wooden lid that is used to help people flip the omelette. One could use a platter instead though the task is said to be much easier with the lid.

Uses

In Japan, people always use a round pan to prepare their omelette rice.

Tamagoyaki
Tamagoyaki

A Tamagoyaki or dashimaki is a type of a Japanese cuisine omelette, which is made by rolling together several layers of cooked egg. These usually are prepared in a rectangular omelette pan called a makiyakinabe....
 (Japanese omelette) is also a common ingredient for sushi
Sushi

In Japanese cuisine, is vinegared rice, usually topped with other ingredients, including fish dishes. In Japan, sliced raw fish alone is called sashimi and is distinct from sushi, as sashimi is the raw fish component, not the rice component....
. The egg
Egg (food)

An egg is a round or oval body laid by the female of many animals, consisting of an ovum surrounded by layers of membranes and an outer casing, which acts to nourish and protect a developing embryo and its nutrient reserves....
, mixed with shrimp
Shrimp

Shrimp are swimming, Decapoda crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh water and seawater. Adult shrimp are Filter feeder benthic animals living close to the bottom....
 paste and sometimes paste of yam
Yam (vegetable)

Yam is the common name for some species in the genus Dioscorea .These are perennial plant herbaceous vines cultivated for the consumption of their starchy tubers in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania....
, is heated in the pan until it is pliable.

See also

  • List of Japanese cooking utensils
    List of Japanese cooking utensils

    The following items are common Japanese cooking tools used in preparing Cuisine of Japan. For a list of general cooking tools see the list of food preparation utensils....