Tenmusu 天むす

Name: Tenmusu 天むす
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 cups uncooked rice; 2 seaweed sheets; 1 tsp salt; 8 prawns; Oil for frying; 50 g plain flour; 15 g tsuyu *1; 10 g Japanese mayonnaise; 50 g ice cold water

Prep 15 min Cook 15 min Serves 8 Source

Ingredients

2 cups uncooked rice
2 seaweed sheets
1 tsp salt
8 prawns
Oil for frying
50 g plain flour
15 g tsuyu *1
10 g Japanese mayonnaise
50 g ice cold water

Steps

1
Cook the rice according to your rice cooker instructions or cook in a pot. *2
2
Prepare the prawns by peeling off the shell, removing the tail, and cleaning out the inside.
3
Put all the batter ingredients into small bowl and stir until it's just mixed and refrigerated until just before deep frying.
4
Heat some oil to 180c(356F).
5
Take the batter bowl out of the fridge.
6
Dip the prawns into the batter then deep fry them all for just a couple of minutes (be careful not to overcook).
7
Place a sheet of cling wrap into a rice bowl and put some rice (1/8 of the amount of rice) into the bowl.
8
Make a small well in the centre of the rice and place 1 prawn into the centre.
9
Fold the cling wrap together and shape the rice into a triangle around the prawn.
10
Slightly grill the seaweed sheets and cut each sheet into 4 long strips.
11
Remove the cling wrap and put one seaweed strip around the rice.
12
Repeat for the remaining rice and prawns.