Sushi Balls (Temarizushi)- Halloween Style ハローウィーンの手毬寿司
Halloween Temari Sushi recipe
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 16 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups Uncooked sushi rice
- 1 tsp Konbu dashi powder (or 5cm Kelp piece)
- 1/2 cup Rice vinegar
- 1.5 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 slice smoked salmon (thinly sliced)
- 1 egg fried flat
- 1/4 small cucmber (thinly sliced)
- 1 small radish (thinly sliced)
- 1 tsp fish roe (for toppings)
Instructions
- 1
Cook the sushi rice as per your rice cooker instructions or in a pot. Before adding the water to cook the rice, mix in the dashi powder or about 5cm of kelp over the rice. *1
- 2
While the rice is cooking, in a small pot, heat the rice vinegar, sugar, and salt together to make the sushi vinegar on medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Set aside.
- 3
Prepare the Jack-O-Lantern face, by cutting up the nori sheets and using 6.5cm diameter cookie cutter, cut out 2 round nori sheets for cat face.
- 4
Crack the egg and fry it flat in a frying pan. When it is cooled down, cut out 2 rounds using the 6.5cm diameter cookie cutter.
- 5
Wash and thinly slice the radish and cucumber.
- 6
Once the rice is cooked, pour the sushi vinegar over it and mix to flavour the rice.
- 7
Once the rice has cooled down a little, place your favourite topping in the centre of a piece of cling wrap.
- 8
Place a scoop of rice on top of the topping by using a 1/3 cup then seal it together with the cling wrap and softly squish and shape it into a ball.
- 9
Continue to make sushi balls with various toppings.
- 10
Remove the cling wrap and place them on a serving plate.
- 11
Using a pair of chopstick or a tweezers, decorate the jack-o-lantern’s face, with pre-cut nori.
- 12
Pipe mayonnaise out to draw cat face. *2
- 13
Top with fish roe on radish and cucumber sushi balls.
- 14
Serve with soy sauce, mayo, and wasabi (optional).