Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, totoro character bento. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Totoro Character Bento is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Totoro Character Bento is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook totoro character bento using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Totoro Character Bento:
- Make ready 2/3 rice bowl White rice
- Make ready 1/2 packages Purple decofuri rice seasoning (or yukari furikake)
- Take 1 Nori seaweed
- Prepare 1/2 slice Sliced cheese
- Prepare 1 Sakura denbu
- Take 1 Toothpick, plastic wrap
Instructions to make Totoro Character Bento:
- Mix white rice with the purple decofuri rice seasoning. Leave some white rice uncolored.
- Wrap some purple rice in plastic wrap to form an oval shape for the body.
- Use the remaining purple rice to form the ears. For the stomach, use some white rice from Step 1. Use nori seaweed and cheese to make the facial parts and stomach pattern.
- To make the soot sprites, form a round shape using the remaining white rice from Step 1 and wrap with the nori seaweed. Use the sliced cheese and nori seaweed for the face.
- Secure Totoro's ears using toothpicks. Stick the soot sprites together on a toothpick. Arrange them in a bento box and you're done. I used sakura denbu to make Totoro's cheeks.
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