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Prepare the sushi rice.
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I used a 25 cm square container for a gift box.
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A lid can be made with plastic wrap and eggs.
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Place cucumber on a chopping board and peel.
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Then slice the cucumbers with a peeler to use as the bows.
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Soak the the sliced cucumbers in water to make them crisp.
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The peeled cucumber skin can be also used for temari decorations.
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I folded over the skin, which had been salted and submerged in water, to make a square knot.
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Prepare the usuyaki tamago.
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Use 6 large eggs to make 14 thin omelets in a 24 cm frying pan.
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Cut the edges of the omelets into a square.
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The excess can be used for tamago 'gunkan' (battleship, as shown in the pictures below wrapping around the sushi balls) or thinly sliced omelets for the temari balls.
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Ex.1 Tamago gunkan: Make four 3 cm wide 12-15 cm long strips and wrap sushi rolls.
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Top with salmon roe and decorate with Step 4.
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2 Gunkan: Cut the nori into 3 cm wide 12-15 cm long strips and wrap sushi rice.
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Spread Japanese mustard mayonnaise and place a thinly sliced omelet and imitation crab sticks.
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Main temari sushi balls.
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Slice sashimi in desired size.
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The temari sushi rice balls can be as big as 2 cm.
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Lay out the circular sushi rice, followed by the toppings in plastic wrap.
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Squeeze tightly into a ball (leave them wrapped).
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3 Use three pieces of tuna and cover the entire rice to make tuna temari.
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4 Combine two ama-ebi shrimp into a U shape with the tails up on rice to make ama-ebi temari.
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5 Cover a portion of sushi rice with one shiso leaf and place 4 pieces of squid in a crisscross pattern on top to make squid shiso leaf temari.
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6 Sprinkle toasted sesame over sushi rice, and place two small pieces of salmon on top to make salmon temari.
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7 Place one piece of greater amberjack (kanpachi) on temari to make kanpachi temari.
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8 Wrap sliced cucumber around sushi rice as a gunkan roll (seen in pictures) and lay a salmon slice crosswise to make salmon cucumber temari.
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After making temari sushi balls as desired, lay the container with a usuyaki tamago omelet to place the sushi balls on top.
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When all are in place, cover tightly with plastic wrap and put the lid on.
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Cover the container with 4 omelets and cut the excess with scissors so they fit in the container.
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When preparing ahead of time, cover the plastic wrap over the eggs.
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Lay the sliced cucumbers crosswise, so that the edges are 3-4 cm longer than the container height and drape over the side.
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For a bow, drain Step 3.
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Fold one slice twice and secure one folded slice after another crisscross on a toothpick.
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Once folding is finished, place the folded slices on top so that the toothpick is invisible.
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Adjust the cucumber slices to make the bow look pretty.
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Done!
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When placing on a table, tuck in the edges of the cucumber slices between the bottom of the container and the table.
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This helps the bow look like it wraps all around.
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To eat, remove the cucumber bows and take away the omelet lid with the plastic wrap attached.
