■Inari-zushi with toppings Bento
【Ingredients】
4 Abura-agé/deep-fried bean curd sheet

A: 100 cc water
1/2 teaspoon Japanese broth granule
2 tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons soy sauce

2 servings steamed rice
4 sweet Rakkyo/pickled scallion, finely chopped

【Directions】
1.Roll a rolling pin over Abura-agé, cut them into halves, and form into bag shape.
2.Boil 1 in a boiling water to remove excess oil.
3.Squeeze 2, put them in a pan with A, and simmer till the liquid evaporates.
4.Combine the steamed rice & Rakkyo in a bowl.
5.Fill 3 with 4.

– Top each unit with the followings –
● Ohba/Japanese sweet basil, salted salmon flakes & salted salmon roe
● Kanikama/crab flavored steamed fish cake & leaf bud
● Shibazuke/pickled cucumber & eggplant & steamed whitebaits
● Sweet omelet, shrimp & cucumber