Cheese Stuffed Chikuwa Fritters with Shiso

• 4 Chikuwa
• 4 leaves Shiso leaves
• 4 slice Sliced cheese
• 1 tbsp Katakuriko
• 1/2 tsp Yukari (dried red-shiso furikake) (optional)

1. Slit open the chikuwa.
2. Cut the sliced cheese in half and stack it together.
3. Spread out the chikuwa, and place the shiso leaf and cheese inside.
4. Roll it up from the end.
5. Secure it with a toothpick.
6. Make the rest in the same manner.
7. If you are using thick cheese, then you should wrap it to 1 cm thickness.
8. Mix the katakuriko and yukari together in a bowl (yukari is optional).
9. Coat the chikuwa from step 6 in the flour from step 7, then knock off excess flour.
10. Stick a pair of cooking chopsticks into a pot of hot oil, and wait until it starts to bubble.
11. After heating the oil, fry over high heat for about 20 seconds.
12. (Until the color of the chikuwa darkens a bit).
13. Drain off the oil.

chikuwa, leaves, cheese, katakuriko, furikake

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/169432-cheese-stuffed-chikuwa-fritters-with-shiso (may not work)