Tamagoyaki

Directions

1. 1
   Beat eggs in a medium mixing bowl.
2. 2
   Add dashi, onions, soy sauce and sugar to eggs and mix well with chopsticks or a fork.
3. 3
   Heat a small makiyakinabei (square) frying pan to medium heat. (A small circular frying pan will work as long as you can manage to make the eggs square.)
4. 4
   Oil the pan with vegetable oil if your pan is sticky.
5. 5
   Poor a scoop of the mixture into the pan and spread onto the pan.
6. 6
   Cook until halfway done and then roll the egg towards the bottom of the pan.
7. 7
   Move the rolled egg to the top side of the pan.
8. 8
   Poor another scoop of mixture onto the pan and a bit under the already rolled egg.
9. 9
   Cook until halfway done and roll the egg again to make the omelet thicker.
10. 10
    Repeat until half the mixture is gone.
11. 11
    Using a bamboo mat roll the tamagoyaki into a square.
12. 12
    Cut tamagoyaki into 1 inch pieces.
13. 13
    Repeat steps 4 through 12 for the remainder of the mixture.