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Totoro Inari #SundayFunday

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Today the Sunday Funday group is writing about and sharing Kawaii recipes. Thanks to Stacy of Food Lust People Love, Sue of Palatable Pastime, Rebekah of Making Miracles, and Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm for coordinating this low-stress group. This week, Sue is hosting and asked us to share Kawaii recipes. Here's the #SundayFunday recipes line-up...

ka·waii /kəˈwī,'käˌwīˌē/
adjective (in the context of Japanese popular culture) cute; noun the quality of being cute, or items that are cute.


I decided to turn one of our favorite foods - inari -into a kawaii inari...in the shape of Totoro! No real recipe...just the seasoned rice with canned tofu skins. Make into a cute kawaii little critter!


Seasoned Rice

Seasoned rice has many uses, but I usually use it as a base for sushi or for a poke bowl.

Ingredients serves 8
  • 4 cups short grain rice (sushi rice)
  • 4 cups water plus more for soaking
  • 1/3 cup seasoned rice wine vinegar or other white vinegar
  • 5 Tablespoons organic granulated sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon salt
  • Also needed: paper fans, wooden spoons, and a non-aluminum pan

Procedure
Wash rice and soak in water 2 hours or longer. Once you're ready to cook, drain the rice and set aside.

Put water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add drained rice. Mix well, cover, and bring to a boil again Turn heat very low and steam 20 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes after turning off heat. Turn the rice into a large, wide bowl or pan.

Heat vinegar, sugar, and salt in a small saucepan until the salt and sugar are dissolved. Cool and fold into hot rice being careful not to mash the rice grains. Fan the rice and cool completely. The rice should be coated with the vinegar and glossy.


We ate the Totoro Inari with various pickled vegetables and washed it all down with Japanese sparkling melon soda. Delish.

We'll be back next week with Oktoberfest movies. Stay tuned!

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