Recipe with Okara Sakura Denbu (Sweet Seasoned Okara Soy Pulp)

Denbu is often used for chirashizushi, maki-sushi, even bento boxes.  Denbu is normally pink color and has a sweet taste therefore it is quite popular for children.

Those who have seen Totoro may remember. That pink powder that Satsuki put on her lunch box is Sakura Denbu.

Ingredients

• Eel
• Kinshi egg
• Shredded Nori seaweed
• Pickles
• Greenpeas
• Chirashizushi (sushi taro)
• Okara Sakura denbu

Directions

1.  Mix the freshly cooked rice with the "Sushi Taro" (Chirashizushi rice mix). 

2 . Cut the eel into pieces and finely chop the pickles (such as Takuan or Shibazuke).

3 . Spread the sushi rice evenly onto a plate. Scatter a generous layer of shredded Nori seaweed and Kinshi-tamago (shredded egg crepes) over the rice.

4 . Arrange the eel, chopped pickles, and green peas evenly on top. Finally, sprinkle a colorful layer of "Okara Sakura Denbu" over the dish to complete it.