Sushi Jewel Box for Hinamatsuri (Girl's Festival)
- 10 stick High-quality imitation crab sticks
- 6 stalks Broccolini
- 6 tbsp Ikura or tobiko (flying fish roe)
- 2 Egg
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1/2 plus Avocado
- 1/3 plus Cucumber
- 80 grams plus Canned tuna
- 1 tbsp Mayonnaise
- 1 1/2 to 2 rice cooker cups' worth Sushi rice
- 1 1/2 tbsp plus Toasted white sesame seeds
- Mix the sesame seeds into the sushi rice (flavored as you like) and divide into 3 portions.
- Make kinshi tamago (shredded thin omelette) using the ingredients.
- Boil the broccolini in salted water.
- Slice the avocado.
- Finely julienne the cucumber.
- Drain the oil off the canned tuna and mix the ingredients.
- Line a pound cake mold or similar with plastic wrap.
- Line the bottom with crab sticks.
- You could use an empty milk carton as a mold too.
- Add the ingredients in this order: 1/3 of the sushi rice, half the kinshi tamago, avocado, 1/3 of the sushi rice, tuna mixed with mayonnaise, cucumber, and the last 1/3 of the rice, pressing down well between each addition.
- Press well, then take it out of the mold by lifting the plastic wrap.
- Invert onto a plate and decorate with salmon caviar, broccolini and the remaining kinshi tamago.
- Decorate the perimeter with the rest of the broccolini.
- Top with more ikura, cherry tomatoes and so on to make it colorful.
- Cross section.
crab sticks, stalks broccolini, egg, salt, avocado, cucumber, tuna, mayonnaise, rice cooker
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/188368-sushi-jewel-box-for-hinamatsuri-girls-festival (may not work)