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Take rice and put in any filling you like.
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2
Wrap it with plastic wrap and make a rice ball in an egg shape.
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3
Fold a sheet of paper towel and cut out a stomach pattern to the size of the rice ball.
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4
Fold the nori in half, lay the stomach pattern paper on top and cut.
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Cut the edges of nori from step 3 and wrap it around the rice ball.
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Wrap it with a plastic wrap and let set.
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For whiskers and ears, cut the snacking kombu using scissors (you can also use nori and cheese or kuro-mame for ears, fried pasta for whiskers, etc).
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Stamp out the mouth with an oval cutter by stamping out a piece, then shifting the cutter up or down and stamping again.
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Stamp out cheese to make eyes using a round cutter.
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Punch out nori to make the iris and a nose.
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Put nori for the nose on top of sliced cheese.
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Cut the cheese by running a toothpick along the seaweed.
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Put patterns made of cheese on top of Totoro.
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To secure all the parts, you can use uncooked spaghetti strands (insert under the seaweed to hide the noodle).
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Paste thinly cut nori on the mouth.
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Cut off any nori that's sticking out (it's easier if you use shredded nori).
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Insert the kombu parts into the rice ball.
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Put punched out nori on the stomach and it's done.
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This is also great for picnics.
