Starry Chirashi Sushi Cake For Tanabata Festival.
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Ingredients of Starry Chirashi Sushi Cake For Tanabata Festival
- Prepare 700 grams of Plain cooked rice.
- You need 1 of pack Chirashizushi mix.
- It’s 1 tbsp of Toasted sesame seeds.
- You need 1 of to 2 omelettes' worth Kinshi tamago (finely shredded thin omelette).
- You need 1/3 of Avocado.
- You need 3 of to 6 Shrimp.
- You need 2 of Cherry tomatoes.
- It’s 1 of Carrot.
- You need 1 of Daikon radish.
- Prepare 2 of Shiso leaves.
Starry Chirashi Sushi Cake For Tanabata Festival instructions
- Please refer tofor how to make the kinshi tamago (finely shredded thin omelette). https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/169366-foolproof-usuyaki-tamago-thin-omelette-and-kinshi-tamago-shredded-omelette-for-chirashi-sushi.
- Cook the rice using a little less water than usual. Mix in the chirashizushi mix and toasted sesame seeds, and leave to cool..
- Make the usuyaki tamago (thin omelette) and turn it into kinshi tamago (finely shredded omelette). Cut out the carrots with a star shaped cutter, put into a heatproof container with a little water, and microwave for a few minutes..
- Boil the shrimp. Cut the cherry tomatoes into half, then cut out a triangular piece out of each to turn them inth heart shapes. Cube the avocado and sprinkle with lemon juice..
- Line a heart shaped mold with plastic wrap and put in the rice. Press lightly and invert a serving plate on top. Reverse to unmold..
- Decorate as you like..
- For Valentine's Day, decorate with heart shapes. For Tanabata decorate with star-shaped cutouts of carrots and cucumber. Either way it's very cute..
- This is the Tanabata version: The mixed sushi rice, 1 omelette worth of kinshi tamago (shredded omelette), 1 to 2 tablespoons of salmon caviar, and 1 to 2 tablespoons of sakura denbu (sweet-salty fish flakes dyed pink)..
- (continuing) – 1 piece of sashimi tuna, 2 slices of cheese, 2 slices of ham, 1/2 carrot and 1/2 cucumber..
- Make the kinshi tamago (shredded omelette). Cut out all the ingredients into star shapes. Cook the carrot in the microwave..
- Cover part of the heart shaped sushi rice with plastic wrap and cover the exposed parts with the pink denbu..
- Take off the plastic wrap and cover the center part of the heart with the kinshi tamago to make the Amanokawa ("Heaven's River", the Japanese name for the Milky Way)..
- Decorate with the star shaped cutout vegetables, and sprinkle with some salmon caviar. Make the cut outs heart shaped for Valentine's Day..
- It's hard to see, but there are two stars representing Orihime and Hikoboshi (the two lovers who meet once a year on Tanabaga according to legend) in the middle here..
- You don't need the tuna sashimi! You could also form the base into a star shape, too..