How To Make Masa Sheets Tutorial (No-Knead)

This is another alternative to the vegan egg sheets I made last summer - easy masa sheets! You can sub regular flour but these seem to keep longer, are tastier and easier to handle. They are also quite cheap compared to tofu and great for anything, especially kyaraben! Using just a few tablespoons of flour, salt, some water and some cornstarch you can great amazing little sheets - just don't forget to add your favorite natural food dye!

Masa Kyaraben Sheets Recipe:
1/4 cup of Masa Harina
1/4 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Cornstarch
Enough Water to mix
Natural Food Coloring (optional)

Step 1. Start with about 1/8 to 1/4 cup of Masa Harina mixed with salt, water and cornstarch.

Step 2. Add in your food coloring (preferably gel) and mix with your fingers or chopsticks, adding water along the way.

Step 3. Mix and slowly add water until it starts to thin out. Make sure to catch all of the lumps and pieces of flour before continuing on. Add more water if it starts to get thick. You want it like thin pancake batter.

Step 4. Spread your batter in a cold, unheated non-stick skillet (I used my trusty Pink Bean skillet), place a cover on top for 2-5 minutes, take off and allow to continue to cook.

Step 5. Take your spatula and make sure that nothing sticks to the sides once everything looks done and dry. Let it cool a small amount, place on a plate and make more sheets - taking care not to place them on top of each other if you want full control over them.

Enjoy!

Skips The Yeti Bento

Unfortunately my "egg" sheet didn't turn out right because someone had accidentally bought extra-firm tofu (and I used the wrong pan). I would suggest using medium-firm for the strength and some smoothness, but silken for total smoothness. I added a little High-Five Ghost onigiri from the leftover rice and made Skips a bit more adorable with sriracha cheeks and nori eyes.

Skips Bento Ingredient List:
Sticky Rice
Vegan Egg Sheet
Nori
Sriracha
Tomatillo
Grapes (two colors)
Carrots
Black Bean Falafel
Spinach
Oven-Dried Tomatoes

Enjoy!

Signed,

<3 Bou Shin <3



Sci-Fighters Themed Bento

Using my favorite character, Skip, from one of my favorite games on newgrounds, I decided to come up with a bento. Also - the game is made by one of my favorite groups, The-Super-Flash-Bros. Obviously this isn't the healthiest of bentos (or the most awesome) but I'm just experimenting right now so this won't be a total constant. I used the vegan kamaboko as well as the vegan egg sheets - aren't I awesome?

Sci-Fighters Ingredient List:
1 Green "Egg" Sheet (oval)
1 smaller Soy Sauce "Egg Sheet" (also oval)
3 small pieces of "Kamaboko"
1 Large Radish (cut into long fourths for the antenna and eyes)
Nori
Cheddar-Style Tofutti
Turmeric + Water (around the edges)
Spinach (underneath the egg sheets)
Sticky Rice


Enjoy!

Signed,

<3 Bou Shin <3

Sushi Time

Okay, I've been going a little crazy with tofu lately - I know. But there are so many things that you can do with it especially with the fatfree vegan recipe that I just used in my breakfast bento. I found that when you start the tofu omelette off in a cold pan and keep the lid on until the top solidifies - it's very similar to egg sheets used for kyaraben. They didn't turn out as smooth as normal egg sheets but I think that was because I didn't use silken tofu.

Finn's Face:
1/2 block of Tofu (of your choice)
1/2 tbl Tahini
1 tbl Cornstarch
1 tbl Beet Juice
1/4-1/2 tsp Paprika
1/2 tsp Iodized Salt

Jake's Face:
1/2 block of Tofu (of your choice)
1 tbl Cornstarch
1 tbl Water
1/4 cup of Nutritional Yeast
1/2 tsp Turmeric (I didn't have this)
1/2 tsp Iodized Salt

For Jake's face I had actually only used a fourth of a package of tofu, so if you follow the recipe exactly you may need to split it up into two batches. After you oil your medium-sized non-stick pan, spread in your tofu mixture and make it as round as possible and as smooth and even on top as possible. Turn on the heat and quickly put on a (hopefully clear) lid on top. Check it every so often and once the top solidifies, turn off the heat and remove the lid and use a rubber spatula to carefully scrape around the sides. Turn it upside down on a plate until it cools then pat it down once corrected.

Cut out and place on top of sushi rice and decorate with nori, soy cheese, carrots and sriracha as you like.

Enjoy!

Signed,

<3 Bou Shin <3