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Left to right: "tamago nigri". pumpkin, cucumber, purple cabbage, brown rice maki. mango, avocado, carrot inverted maki. 

Hi guys! Today's post is going to be a short one. Just wanted to quickly share a sushi recipe! I actually took really long to make the platter of sushi you see up there. Around 1.5h! The most time consuming sushi to make were actually the maki rolls with rice on the outside. I'll only be featuring the tamago nigri in this post because the two other kinds of sushi you see up there are basically made the same as any other sushi roll, just using vegetables rather than meat. There are many recipes for basic maki rolls out there for you to follow :-) 

These tamago nigri actually taste better than the real kind to me :P Its very easy to make and its coloured naturally.

I am so pleased with how these turned out! My first attempt to make mochi was messed up. I tried to wrap mango into fruit juice sweetened mochi. It didn't go well because the mango cubes were so so difficult to wrap! On my second attempt I made pandan mochi like the one shown in this recipe, but they were terrible on the eyes so I had to try a third time and finally the mochis (WHAT IS PLURAL FOR MOCHI) were up to my expectations :-) The texture and taste of these are so perfect! My mum who kept saying how she didn't like mochi wanted more after she tasted these gems. I couldn't resist having more than a piece, and no, I didn't feel guilty because these are really quite healthy.

Normally green coloured mochi are matcha/green tea flavoured but these are pandan flavoured because firstly I don't like green tea, and secondly pandan and red bean combine wonderfully together. 

The red bean filling is sweetened with actual fruit not processed sugar so its healthier. I made extra red bean filling because it didn't make sense to spend over an hour boiling less than 1/3 cup of beans haha. You can actually use store bought red bean paste or used pre-cooked adzuki beans if you like. I also think making the paste and assembling the mochi on two separate days is a good idea (:

Also note:

Glutinous rice flour = Sweet rice flour = Mochiko 

Red beans = Adzuki beans