Celebrate happy occasions with these colorful ball-shaped Temari Sushi! Easily the prettiest sushi you can make at home or bring to a party or potluck!

Temari Sushi

INGREDIENTS

• sushi rice (Recipe)
• ½ inch lotus root (renkon)
• ½ inch carrot
• 1 large egg
• Pinch salt (kosher or sea salt; use half if using table salt)
• 2 slices lemon
• ¼ avocado
• ¼ cup Sakura Denbu / seasoned cod fish flakes
• ½ sheet nori (seaweed)
• 3 Shiso leaves (Ooba) (Perilla)
• Kaiware radish sprouts (to garnish)

Seasoning:

• ½ cup dashi
• 1 tsp sake
• 1 tsp mirin
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 tsp usukuchi (light-color) soy sauce (or replace 2 tsp Usukuchi with 1 tsp regular soy sauce + ¼ tsp salt)
• Pinch salt (kosher or sea salt; use half if using table salt)

Your Selection of Sashimi:

• Sashimi-grade salmon
• Sashimi-grade tuna (maguro)
• Sashimi-grade Sea Bream (Tai)
• Sashimi-grade yellowtail (Hamachi)
• Uni (sea urchin)
• cooked shrimp
• smoked salmon

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Remove the part of lotus root to make it look like flower pattern.
2. Cut out carrot slices to look like flowers.
3. In a small saucepan, bring Seasoning to a boil and add lotus root and carrot. Cook until soft.
4. In a non-stick frying pan, heat oil over medium heat. In a bowl, whisk egg and salt together. Pour the egg mixture into the pan and make sure the egg is spread evenly. Flip once the bottom side is cooked. When the egg is cooked, take it out and chiffonade the egg into thin strips.
5. Place a sheet of plastic wrap on top of the scale and measure 30g (2 Tbsp) of sushi rice and make a round ball. Transfer to a plate and measure the next batch. Make sure to cover the rice ball with saran wrap and sushi rice with the damp towel to prevent the rice from drying.
6. Cut Sashimi into thin slices.
7. Place a sheet of plastic wrap and lay down the sashimi of your choice. Put the sushi rice ball on top, wrap the saran wrap around the rice ball. Twist and close the wrap tightly make a ball shape.
8. Continue with other ingredients.
9. Garnish with ikura, kaiware daikon, and other miniature greens.

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