Ingredients

  • 5 sheets Aburaage
  • 3 tbsp Soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp Sugar
  • 3 tbsp Mirin
  • 1 tsp Japanese dashi stock
  • 200 ml Water
  • 180 ml White rice
  • 1 tbsp Sweet sticky rice
  • 1 tbsp Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Vinegar
  • 1 Carrot
  • 1 Lotus root
  • 1 Cooked bamboo shoots in brine
  • 1 Shiitake mushrooms
  • 2 tbsp Soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp Mirin
  • 2 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 Sesame seeds

Method

  • Cut aburaage into halves, and pour boiling water over remove excess oil.
  • Add aburaage from Step 1 and ingredients in a pot and cover with an otoshibuta (drop lid), then simmer over low heat.
  • When the water is reduced, chill in the fridge.
  • Simmer vegetables and seasonings until water is gone, and chill in a fridge.
  • Mix the white rice and sweet sticky rice, and cook until still a bit firm.
  • Add the Step 4 rice with sushi vinegar and Step 3 in a bowl, and mix them with a cutting motion.
  • Stuff Step 5 rice mixture into the Step 2 aburaage pockets, and sprinkle with sesame seeds, and you're done!