Makiyakinabe

Makiyakinabe (Japanese: 巻き焼き鍋, literally: roll-bake-pan) is a square pan used to make Japanese style rolled 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. The pans have a size of approximately 15x25cm, and are made of metal as for example aluminum or cast iron. The best type is considered to be heavy copper coated with tin, although care has to be taken to avoid damage to the pan due to the low melting point of the tin. A cheaper, Teflon coated pan is available in many stores.