Hina Matsuri Mini Hina Doll Chirashizushi. Hinamatsuri (雛祭り/ひなまつり/ヒナマツリ , Hina-matsuri), also called Doll's Day or Girls' Day, is a special day in Japan. As soon as "Bean Throwing Day" is over, the stores are full of Valentine's Day chocolate. Right after that there are a lot of cute mini decorations and sweets for the.

The Hina Matsuri tradition goes back centuries. Hundreds of years ago, people set straw dolls on fire and floated them down rivers. Hina are the special dolls for the occasion and matsuri is the Japanese word for a Hina-arare are sweet, bite-sized, colored rice snacks. You can cook Hina Matsuri Mini Hina Doll Chirashizushi using 22 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Hina Matsuri Mini Hina Doll Chirashizushi

You need of Sushi rice.
Prepare of Sakura Denbu (mashed and seasoned pink fish).
You need of Cucumber.
It's of For the dolls.
It's of leaves Shiso leaves.
It's of Ham.
Prepare of sheets Nori for the empreror's kimono (4 x 1.5 cm).
You need of sheets Nori for the empreror's hair (16 x 2 cm).
Prepare of sheets Nori for the empress' hair (3 cm diameter).
It's of Sakura Denbu (Fish mashed and seasoned with sakura).
You need of Dried pasta.
Prepare of Hina Sweets.
It's of Tuna sashimi.
You need of Salmon sashimi.
You need of Thick tamagoyaki (rolled omelette).
Prepare of Atsuage.
Prepare of cm Cucumber.
You need of cm Fish sausages.
You need of Tools.
You need of 12 cm diameter metal ring (if you don't have one, use a milk carton).
It's of Toothpicks.
You need of you can use any you like Flower and butterfly cutters.

Chirashizushi, "scattered sushi," is raw fish over sushi rice. The most iconic image of this event is the displaying of beautiful hina. The modern Doll Festival appears to have originated from several customs. The hina dolls of modern times are believed to be a combination of the katashiro used for exorcism and the paper hina dolls Heian-period girls played with.

Hina Matsuri Mini Hina Doll Chirashizushi step by step

If you don't have a ring, make one using strips of paper from a milk carton and a stapler..
Wrap plastic wrap around the stapled parts..
Divide the sushi rice into 300 g and 120 g portions. Mix the 300 g portion with the sakura denbu..
Base Slightly dampen a plate and put your ring on top. Stuff halfway to the top with the pink sushi rice, then remove the ring. Make 2..
Use a slicer to cut out thin slices of cucumber, then assemble them around the sushi rice..
Divide the white sushi rice into 4 equal pieces. Shape them into 4.5 cm tall mounds..
Cut the shiso leaves in half vertically, then cut a 1~2 cm strip of ham out from the middle. You will be using the outer pieces..
Wrap the rice balls from 6 in the shiso leaves with the ragged edges on top..
Wrap the 16 cm long nori around two of the rice balls. Put the 4 cm long strips on the head. The bottom picture is the side view..
Wrap the other two rice balls with the ham. Lay 2 pieces of the circular nori onto each of their heads to create the hair..
Use the sakura denpu to make the cheeks and some nori to make the eyes. The dolls are done!.
Cut out butterflies from the tamagoyaki..
Use cucumber, the white part of the atsuage, and the fish sausages to make small balls. Secure them on a toothpick..
Use the flower cookie cutter to make flowers from the tuna sashimi and salmon sashimi..
Assemble the dolls and sweets onto the base from Stepn5 and it's done!.

Formerly, people believed the dolls Chirashizushi (sushi rice flavored with sugar, vinegar, topped with raw fish and a variety of ingredients) is often eaten. Hina Matsuri is a celebration dedicated to girls, in which their parents pray for the good health and happiness of their daughters. Hina Arare and Amazake can be found at any supermarket in Japan when Hina Matsuri is coming up. You can also buy Chirashizushi which is decorated for Hina Maturi. Chirashizushi is a dish eaten for Hina Matsuri.