Ingredients for 2
Utenciles for making the shape
［Make colored Kanten (agar) for petals］ ①Put the water into a pan. ②Add the agar. ③Mix them well. ④Heat it up on a medium flame to boiling. ⑤Turn down the flame. Simmer it for 2min.
Add the Granulated sugar. Mix them on medium flame. Turn off the flame when the sugar melt completely.
①Lay a sheet of plastic wrap on a flat place. ②Put the purple food coloring into a table spoon. ③Dissolve it with a little hot water. ④Mix them well.
①Add 1Tbsp of Kanten (agar) liquid which you made No4. ②Mix them well. ③Put the colored liquid on the sheet of plastic wrap. ④Do the same thing with the blue color. Leave it several minutes. *Kanten (agar) liquid becomes hard at room temperature, so please do No.5 & No.6 quickly!
①Leave it several minutes then it gets hard. ②③Cut it into around 5㎜ square pieces. ④Separate them by color and keep them.
［Colorize the Nerikiri dough for leaves］ ①Knead the dough. ②Add a little water into a green coloring. ③Dissolve it in the water. ④Put it on the Nerikiri dough. ⑤Knead and mix them.
［Make a Ajisai (Hydrangea) flower］ Make the green dough round. Make 3 ditches form the bottom to the top. (Put 2 ditches with the opposite angle and divide one half into 2.) Pinch each leaf to make pointed ends of 3 leaves.
Press & stretch each leaf to periphery side. Make a round dent in the center.
Make 1 line on the center of the each leaf. Put several short lines on sides of them
Put the "shiro-an" in the center dent. Cover it with colored Kanten(agar) pieces.
