Lucky Cat Bento/Rice Ball
Ingredients
- White rice 150g
- Carrot slices 4 slices
- Yellow colored pepper 1 piece
- Sushi Nori 1 piece
- Side dishes Make your own
Steps
1. Prepare cooked carrot slices in advance, both strips and rounds are needed
2. Take 100g of rice, wrap it in plastic wrap, pinch, round, and flatten to form a round rice ball
3. Use a prepared carrot to decorate the middle of the round rice ball
4. Use a round mold to press the cooked yellow pepper into a round shape (the size should be adjusted according to the proportion of the rice balls you make)
5. Decorate the yellow pepper in the appropriate position and secure it with a decorative stick
6. Take a small amount of rice and shape it into a triangle shape as cat ears (2 pieces required)
7. Place triangular carrot slices in the middle of the triangular rice balls
8. Place the triangular ears at the appropriate position of the main rice ball
9. Take an appropriate amount of rice and pinch out the shape of an arm
10. Take a small amount of rice and shape a small round rice ball
11. Take a piece of seaweed, carve the word "福" with a carving knife, and stick it on the carrot slice
12. Place the arm rice balls and small round rice balls at the appropriate position of the main rice ball, then use seaweed to cut out details such as beard, eyes, nose, etc. and stick them at the appropriate positions. The general process is like this
13. You can mix and match the side dishes as you like, so I won’t make any recommendations. After everything is installed, the lucky cat bento is completed. This kind of bento is especially suitable for the New Year and the occasion.
Tips
- It may be difficult to carve blessing characters with seaweed. You can write the hollow characters on the paper and then slowly carve them out according to the written characters.It should be fine.
