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Make things ready: If you are using food coloring, dissolve a tiny amount in water using a toothpick or similar tool.
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Moisten a kitchen towel and wring out tightly.
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Put all the ingredients except for the water in a heatproof bowl, and mix with chopsticks.
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Add water and mix.
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Cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and microwave for 3 minutes at 600w.
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Take the bowl out and mix with the chopsticks again.
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Cover again and microwave for another 2 minutes (It may be lumpy at this point but don't worry, just mix it up and it will be fine.)
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Take the dough out of the bowl onto a wrung out kitchen towel.
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Knead the dough over the kitchen towel.
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This prevents your hands from getting sticky, and the dough doesn't stick to the cloth either.
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Form the dough into a log, wrap in plastic wrap, then wrap in a sushi rolling mat (maikusu) to shape, and secure with a rubber band.
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Leave to cool to room temperature, and it's done.
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You don't have to use a sushi mat.
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This is how it looks wrapped in the sushi rolling mat and secured with elastic bands, while cooling down.
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If you don't have a sushi rolling mat, just leave it to cool down in the plastic wrap.
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I added leftover kanoko (another type of traditional sweet) to this version.
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This was delicious too.
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Slice the suama log while it's still warm and shape into hearts.
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It's nice to make suama like this once in a while.
