Gigantic Futomaki

It is a Japanese dish which is made more special and the best of all, it's huge!

Ingredients:

• 2 kilos Japanese rice
• 3 cups Mitsukan vinegar
• 1 tbspn. hondashi powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 pack nori
• 10 pcs. kani, split into 2
• 500 grms. young Japanese cucumber (cut into strips)
• 3 pcs. mango (cut into strips)
• 500 grms. carrots (cut intro strips and blanched)
• 500 grms. takuan/pickled radish (cut into strips)
• 10 pcs. calamansi
• 100 grms. finely julienned carrots
• 100 grms. finely julienned pumpkin

Procedure:

1. Dissolve the hondashi powder with mitsukan vinegar, sugar and salt into pot.
2. Mix well Japanese rice with vinegar, and set aside.
3. Lay nori seaweeds on board, fill with kani, cucumber, mango, carrots and takuan.
4. Roll over and tighten, then remove the bamboo matt, and cut into bite size portions.
5. Garnish with carrots and pumpkin. Serve with wasabi and Japanese soy sauce and kalamansi.