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Hard boil the quail eggs and peel the shells.
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Prepare the sushi rice.
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Put the cooked rice in a bowl, pour over the sushi vinegar and mix in gently.
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Mix in the sesame seeds.
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Make 2 triangular rice balls.
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Crack eggs into a bowl and beat with chopsticks.
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Add the sugar, salt and katakuriko with water (mixed with the same quantity) and mix well.
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Grease a frying pan with a little oil and pour 1/2 of the egg mixture.
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Spread the egg mixture by moving the frying pan.
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When the edge of the omelet starts to dry, flip over.
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Cook quickly and remove from the frying pan.
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Pour in the remaining egg mixture, add blanched and chopped spinach, and cook.
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Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise and peel a thin slice with a peeler.
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14
Make a crown and scepter (the white ball is the quail egg, which will be the doll head).
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Cut the carrot in half lengthwise and peel a thin slice with a peeler.
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Make a fan and blanch (not for too long, otherwise it won't hold shape).
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Make an emperor hina doll with a thin omelet with spinach.
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Fold 1/3 of the omelet and put the rice ball in the centre.
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Wrap with a cucumber slice.
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Wrap the rice balls with the omelets.
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Secure with a toothpick.
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Use a toothpick and fix a quail egg on top of the rice ball.
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Make a doll's hair with nori seaweed and crown with a cucumber piece (stick to the head with a toothpick).
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Make eyes with the black sesame seeds.
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Put a scepter to the groom and it's done.
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Make the empress hina doll.
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Arrange the two dolls and they're done.