Recipe: Delicious Chirashisushi for Hinamatsuri (Girls' Day)
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As a small child, I used to think that Japan's Girls' Day (or Dolls' Day)—Hinamatsuri (ひな祭りor 雛祭り)—was actually called 'Princess Day,' as the Japanese word for doll, hina (雛) sounds similar to princess, hime.
Hinamatsuri, the name of the celebration in Japan, is marked by families displaying a set of hina dolls in the house and serving special food delicacies that are ceremonially beautiful and delicious.
Hinamatsuri is also called Doll's day or Girl's day.
You can cook Chirashisushi for Hinamatsuri (Girls' Day) using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chirashisushi for Hinamatsuri (Girls' Day)
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It’s 900 ml of worth raw rice, cooked.
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It’s 10 cm of square sheet of Kombu seaweed for dashi stock.
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Prepare 1 of Carrot.
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Prepare 8 of Eggs.
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It’s 1 of Lotus root, medium sized.
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You need 8 of Dried shiitake mushrooms, large.
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Prepare 1 of Burdock root, medium sized.
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Prepare 1 of Cooked bamboo shoot in brine, medium sized.
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It’s of Sushi vinegar.
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It’s 100 ml of Vinegar.
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You need 3 tbsp of Sugar.
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Prepare 1 tsp of Salt.
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You need 1 of Snow peas.
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Prepare 1 of Red pickled ginger.
If you are in Japan during hinamatsuri, you will probably recognize it from the pink color everywhere: in decorations, in desserts and even in food.
If February is the month of the Setsubun and Valentine, March is the month of the Hinamatsuri.
The day after removing Valentines decorations in supermarkets, they begin to dye pink to prepare one of the most visually attractive festivals in Japan.
During the holiday, also known as momo no sekku (peach. ****Hinamatsuri, Girls' Day.
Chirashisushi for Hinamatsuri (Girls' Day) instructions
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[Filling 1 carrot ] Julienne the carrot into 3-4 cm lengths. Put the carrot in a sauce pan and enough dashi stock to submerge. Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and a pinch of salt. Cook until all the liquid has evaporated..
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[Filling 2 bamboo shoots and burdock root] Slice the bamboo shoots into 3 cm long batons. Shred the burdock root. Cook separately or together..
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Pour the dashi stock, 2 teaspoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of mirin and 1 teaspoon of soy sauce. Cook until all the moisture is evaporated..
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[Filling 3 shitake mushrooms] Rehydrate the shiitake mushrooms and put them in a sauce pan. Combine the dashi, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and 1 teaspoon of mirin and cook..
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[Filling 4 lotus root] Slice the lotus root thinly and cook with 1/3 cup of vinegar and 3 tablespoons of sugar until the liquid has evaporated..
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[Thin omelets] Beat the eggs with 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1 teaspoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of katakuriko dissolved in water. Make thin omelets and slice thinly..
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[Sushi rice] Add the kombuto the rice and cook. While the rice is really hot, mix in the sushi vinegar and leave to rest for 1 minutes. Mix well and cool the rice at the same time using a fan for glossy rice grains..
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Mix the sushi rice with the fillings from Steps 1 to 4 and garnish with thin omelet, cooked snow peas and red pickled ginger on top..
Hinamatsuri traces its origins to an ancient Japanese custom called hina-nagashi (雛流し, lit. "doll floating"), in which straw hina dolls are set afloat on a boat and sent down a river to the sea, supposedly taking troubles or bad spirits with them.
It is noted for having platforms covered in a red-carpet that is used to display ornamental dolls.
Another close translation for it is "sushi rice salad"; just to give you another idea for the basic original Japanese meaning of the word.
I thought it would be fun to share the food that we eat in Japan for this holiday. :) —– Hi, Everyone!
I am Sylvia Wakana, a half-Japanese.
