Sushi Balls (Temarizushi)- Halloween Style

These mini sushi balls are just adorable are perfect for celebrating Halloween with some healthy style!

Ingredients

• 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

Method

• 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

• 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.

• 13.

  Top with fish roe on radish and cucumber sushi balls

• 14.

  Serve with soy sauce, mayo, and wasabi (optional).