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04.05.2009
May 4 – Greenery Day (Midori no hi)
 Until 2007 Greenery day was celebrated in Japan on April 29. Initially it was a birthday of Hirohito Emperor (1901-1989), who was a great connoisseur of nature, After his death this holiday started to be celebrated as Greenery day.
Greenery Day is a good reason to organize a picnic with bento made of inarizushi.
Inarizushi Ingredients (4-5 servings):
I. Abura-age (fried tofu) - 10 plates
Dried shiitake - 3 it.
Carrot - 30 g
Dashi - 0,5 cup
Sugar - 0,5 tbsp
Sake - 0,5 tbsp
Soy sauce - 0,5 tbsp
White sesame - 0,5 tbsp
Rice - 2 cups
Sake (for rice) - 2 tsp
II. For abura-age:
Dashi - 2 cups
Sugar - 5 tbsp
Soy sauce - 5 tbsp
Mirin - 5 tbsp
III. For awasezu (marinade for rice):
Vinegar - 0,25 cup
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Salt - 0,5 tsp
Preparation:
1. Wash rice thoroughly in cold water, put in colander for a while to make water to trickle down. Put rice in rice-cooker, fill up with 2 cups of water, add two tea-spoons of sake and boil.
2. Soak dried mushrooms in boil water and leave for 30 minutes.
3. Cut carrot on small pieces. Cut mushrooms' stems away and cut mushrooms cube-shaped.
4. Put in pan carrot, mushrooms, 0.5 cup of dashi, 0.5 table-spoon of sugar, 0.5 table-spoon of sake, and 0.5 table-spoon of soy sauce. Boil on middle fire till liquid is absorbed.
5. Cut up each plate of abura-age in two. Carefully open each half to take packet. Put them in boiling water and boil for a minute.
6. Put in pan 2 cups of dashi, 5 table-spoons of sugar, 5 table-spoons of soy sause, 5 table-spoons of mirin, and abura-age, ???-???, put down lid and boil on weak fire till liquid is steamed almost fully.
7. Preparation of awasezu (marinade for rice):
Mix 0.25 cup of vinegar, 2 tbsp of sugar, and 0.5 tsp of salt in cup.
8. Put cooked rice in cup and prepare su-meshi: mix rice with awasezu (marinade for rice). Then add carrot, mushrooms, 2 tbsp of white sesame and mix again. Divide su-meshi into about 20 parts.
Wet your hands and mould small bricks from rice. Put bricks in open abura-age packets. Close packets and squeeze its edges.
* Boil abura-age only after you open it and make packets.
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