My mother used to always put these in her osechi (New Year's feast food) as well as in sports festival bentos.Take care not to cut the chikuwa apart when opening them up and making cuts in them.When making the cuts and rolling the chikuwa, it tends to want to bend over the other way, so hold it down firmly with 4 fingers to cut, and wrap while holding the edges. Recipe by Saradaaaa

This is probably the prettiest food i ever made. Luckily i had these green plates to serve it on. And its not just pretty, its extremely tasty too.

When I was thinking of things to make for bentos, I thought of braided bread, and tried making something similar with chikuwa fish sticks. Once it was braided it curled up with a hole in the middle, which I stuffed with a ham flower. (Is it human psychology to want to fill up holes.) Personally, I quite like itIf you make the braid while evening out the sides, it will turn out very neatly.To start with, try securing the braid with toothpicks. When you get used to making these you can just secure with a bento pick. For 2 braided flowers made out of 1 chikuwa fish stick. Recipe by A-jin

"Suisen" (Narcissus) is a flower from winter to spring .We arrenge "Suisen flowers" with Matsu (pine) & Senryo (Sarcandra) for celebrating the New Year. Try to make"Suisen flowers "with Nerikiri and Kuro-an (bean jam)!

The idea came to me when I used carrot instead of ham to make flowers. I thought this would be good to fill gaps in bentos.There's no need to neaten the rolls, just roll up. Recipe by Ichigopapiko

These are flowers made from kamaboko that has been thinly sliced with a vegetable peeler. Using thinly-sliced cucumber adds a little extra touch.I added some green to this recipe with cucumber as a garnish (Kamaboko Flowers Using a Vegetable Peeler. In the photo, I used leaves to make them look like flowers. If you curl and shape them well, you won't need a toothpick to make them stand on their own. Feel free to do the same with ham or fish sausage. Recipe by Mikki-an

#deepfriedIt's my own creative recipe and everyone liked it so try it and share your view.

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Banana flower is commonly found everywhere in kerala/ India.And this recipe not only easy to follow but a great companion to main meal or a snack for your tea/ coffee.Not only that it has high amount of iron and phosphoros which gives many reasons to include it in your diet.So lets see in the below for the details.Here am tagging it for the giveaway with hashtag #favourite .As this is one favourite snack.

Ramadan special with Huma kitchen