For Hinamatsuri (Doll Festival): Perfectly Round Temari Sushi #1

• 80 grams Cooked rice (for the emperor dolls)
• 400 grams Cooked rice (for the other hand-rolled sushi)
• 1 Sushi rice flavoring
• 1 Black sesame seeds
• 1 Sakura Denbu (mashed and seasoned pink fish)
• 1 Nori (dried seaweed sheet)
• 1 Cucumber (sliced)
• 1 Thin omelet
• 1 Smoked salmon
• 1 Sliced cheese
• 1 fresh tuna, shrimp, vinegared mackerel, etc. Your favorite temari sushi additions

1. Mix the sushi rice flavoring into the cooked rice.
2. Moisten a cake pop pan with water, and place your favorite fillings at the base of the mold.
3. (Don't put fillings in two of the molds).
4. Lightly pack the sushi rice into the mold over the filling.
5. Cover with the lid, and close the pins.
6. Press down firmly on the mold from the top, remove the lid, and take out the sushi balls.
7. Decorate the two sushi balls that have no fillings.
8. Make the emperor doll face out of black sesame and sakura denbu, and make the kimono and traditional headgear from the nori seaweed and cucumber.
9. Make the empress doll face with black sesame and sakura denbu, and make the kimono and hair decoration out of the thin omelet, salmon, and sliced cheese.
10. Check out my second sushi recipe for using up any leftover sushi balls..

rice, rice, rice, black sesame seeds, denbu, cucumber, omelet, salmon, cheese, fresh tuna

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/146633-for-hinamatsuri-doll-festival-perfectly-round-temari-sushi-1 (may not work)