Pork Tsukune Patties with Lotus Root for Sports Day or Cherry Blossom Viewing

• 2 stalks Thin green onions
• 200 grams Ground pork
• 100 grams Lotus root
• 1 dash Salt and pepper
• 1 tbsp Katakuriko
• 3 Flower-shaped boiled carrot slices
• 2 tbsp Soy sauce
• 2 tbsp Mirin
• 1 White sesame seeds

1. Chop the green onion into thin rounds and the lotus root into 5 mm cubes.
2. Mix these well with the ground pork, season with salt and pepper and shape into small bite-size patties.
3. Heat some vegetable oil in a frying pan and cook both sides of the patties.
4. Drizzle over some soy sauce and mirin from above, mix in and finish with a sprinkle of sesame seeds.
5. Pack these tsukune patties together with some flower-shaped carrot slices boiled in salt to create a lovely colourful lunchbox.

stalks thin green onions, ground pork, lotus root, salt, katakuriko, flower, soy sauce, mirin, white sesame seeds

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/150925-pork-tsukune-patties-with-lotus-root-for-sports-day-or-cherry-blossom-viewing (may not work)