Description
Beauty in a box. On land, probably, all know. But have you heard of Japanese Bento? Bento - literally translated as "food in a box." This is originally a Japanese tradition associated with the preparation, serving and eating of food. A kind of "dry rations" consisting of rice, meat or fish and vegetables, fruit, placed in a special box that the Japanese take with you on any occasion - be it work, business trip, school excursion or a day off. Bento can be prepared at home or buy in a special shop. In the homemade Bento is always an element of creativity, love and care to your family. In addition to the above it should be noted that obento plays a very important role in everyday Japanese culture. The art of selecting components for Bento and serving are some of the signs of a good wife/mother, and besides – thus, it is possible to Express your love and care for the dearest people. There are about a thousand types of Bento. In this recipe, we will discuss with you the preparation of Kyaraben — Bento, made in the form of men or animals. And also, you will see some ideas for your own unique Bento.
Ingredients
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Figure
2 cup
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Quail egg
5 piece
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Sausage
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Sausage
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Beans
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Corn
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Cabbage, red,
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Vegetables
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Pepper
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Cucumber
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Carrots
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Olives
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Lettuce
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Salt
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Vinegar
3 Tbsp
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Sugar
1 Tbsp
Cooking
Bento is a lunch (or any other meal on their own), which is equally attractive for both the tooth and the eye and however, in Japanese cuisine. If You want to and You yourself, and Your family was looking forward to lunch break, try to cook something special – even the ingredients are quite simple, but with the able supply the simplest dish becomes a work of art. And if it is made with love... Rice (gohan) is one of the components of Japanese Bento. Have that, and rice, the Japanese love to madness. Japanese cuisine is better suited to a "sticky" rice. As an example, the "Japonica" from the company "Mistral"
How do you properly cook rice in Japanese? Very simple. Rice (2 cups) rinse thoroughly. In a pot of rice to pour the two and a half cups of cold water and leave for 30-40 minutes. Cover the pot with a lid and put on medium heat for 10 minutes, gradually bring to the boil. Simmer for 4-5 minutes, then reduce the heat and on very low heat cook for 15 mins For a couple of seconds to do the maximum heat to evaporate the excess water on and off. Leave the rice in the covered pot for 10-15 minutes, so he reached for a couple. With a quick movement to remove and flip the lid to drop the humidity down in the pic. Wait a minute or two to come down pairs, and a wooden spatula to gently stir the rice. You can season the rice to taste slightly warmed rice vinegar with dissolved sugar and salt.
Now consider some of the ideas of decorations for our Bento looks nice and delicious. In Japan sold a special cookie cutters to cut out the figures of vegetables and meat. In Russia this case is well suited cookie cutters. Try to take small. So, from a cucumber is to cut out the hearts.
Hearts of red cabbage.
Hearts of peppers.
The flowers of the sausage. It is better to take boiled, such as "Doctor".
Use the materials at hand. So, in order to cut exactly roundels of carrots, I used the cap of the cream for hands (wash well before this).
The holes in the cucumber is well produced with a conventional tube for drinking.
It turns out that the juice of red cabbage color boiled egg protein in blue color. Using this skill, you can get a beautiful decoration. I milled a combine harvester red cabbage and "buried" in it for 10-15 minutes boiled quail eggs. Due to the texture of the cabbage, the eggs turned out marble. And resemble the sky with clouds. By the way, beet juice color protein purple.
Still, we need vegetables - broccoli, carrots and small corn. I was frozen. The vegetables boil in salted water for 10-15 minutes.
You can also take canned red beans (or cook yourself), which you can put toothpicks in the form of kebabs.
Bento boxes can be different in form and method of fabrication — from simple manufactured techniques mass production, to container piece of work, from rare species of wood, varnished, are true works of art. I didn't have special boxes for Bento, and I used the regular container for food like that.
Sausages. Can cut and to make the hearts. And "ass" sausages cut into flower and fry (visible on the finished dish)
Well, we begin to create. Since I'm a terrible cat lady, and the dish I corresponds - such a cute kitty. Vystelim the bottom of our boxes and lettuce. From rice formed two balls - body and head.
Now turn your imagination - stack the products according to your taste. Cat ears can be made of sausages (two triangles), eyes of the roundels corn and black olives, nose (a triangle) of sausages, tendrils of cucumber. Bow of carrots. On the body platice plastic processed cheese, decorated with figures, vegetables, sausages and sausages. In the lower right corner of the photo, I put the Japanese character for "Happiness". Happiness is when your family love, peace, beauty and harmony. This dish, I dedicate to my beloved.
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