＜Lotus root & chicken ball Bento＞

■Lotus root & chicken ball
【Ingredients】
100 g lotus root
80 g ground chicken
10 cm Japanese leek
20 g Hanpen/fluffy boiled fish cake
1 teaspoon ginger
1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
Salt & pepper

Sauce : 2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon Japanese sake
1 tablespoon Mirin/sweetening made of Japanese sake

【Direction】
1. Peel the skin of lotus root.
2. Chop 1 & the Japanese leek finely.
3. Put 1 & ground chicken in a bowl. Add Hanpen while tearing into pieces. Add ginger, cornstarch, salt & pepper, and combine well till the mixture becomes pasty.
4. Apply oil (not mentioned in the ingredients) on hands, and round 3 into bite size balls.
5. Cook 4 in an oiled frying pan, cover with the lid.
6. Wipe off the excess fat on the frying pan if there is any. Swirl the sauce & combine.

【Garnish】
Ohba/Japanese sweet basil
Eggplant
Green pepper & pork
Pumpkin
White sesame