Japan culture center - Takoyaki is a Japanese snack food commonly made traditionally by Japanese families are home. First made by Endo Tomekichi Aizu named in his shop in Osaka. The shape is round like meatballs, because it is also called Japanese grilled meatballs (Tako = octopus; yaki = grilled)
How to make it not fried in oil that much, but baked in a mold half circle then reversed so that the shape of turning full circle