"Onigiri (Japanese Rice Balls)"

Why don't you have a outing bringing
onigiri (rice ball)?
Even if you have never cook Japanese
rice, don't worry.
I'll introduce to you how to cook the tasty rice.

Editor: mariko

Japanese

Ingredients for 2 servings

1/2 cup rice, 320cc water
Dried nori (seaweed) sheets as needed, Salt as needed

[Your favorite ingredients]
Grilled salmon flakes, grilled meat, canned tuna with mayonnaise, etc.

1cup = 180 cc

RECIPE

Cook rice by using an electric rice cooker

1. Wash the rice with cold water in a bowl until the water
becomes clear.
>>> Measure rice accurately.

2. Put the rice in a rice cooker.
Add water according to the graduation and leave it for 30 min.
(In winter, leave it for 1 hour.)

3. Turn the switch of rice cooker on.

4. Let the cooked rice steam for 15 min. before you open the lid.

Make a rice ball

1. Put warm rice in a bowl and stir the rice to let it cool.

2. Wet your hands in water so that the rice won't stick.

3. Take a cup of rice (100g) in your hand, make a hollow in the middle to put grilled salmon flakes. Press the rice lightly with your both palms and sprinkle salt.

4. Adjust the rice to a round or a triangle shape.
>>> Do not press tightly.

5. Wrap with seaweed sheets and put the ingredient on the top.

Arrangement

If you use the mold of "onigiri" so that you can make a rice ball easily.
In stead of seaweed, other ingredients are available.
The left one is wrapped with salted Japanese green called "nozawana".
The right one is coated with grilled cod roe.

Cook rice by using a pot

1. After washing rice, put the rice in a pot.
2. Pour water in a pot and leave it for 30 min. or one hour.
3. Cover the pot with a lid and put on the high heat at first.
4. After boiling the water, turn to the middle heat and cook for 5-10 min.
5. Turn the heat down very low and cook about 15 min.
6. Finally, once turn to the high heat until the water is almost gone.
7. Turn off the heat and leave it for 10 min. to steam.
>>> Do not open the lid on the way.

§ Rice §
If you prefer drier rice such as Californian rice, it's available.
Particularly "Tamakimai" and "Kokuho Rose" are popular as Californian rice.
In case of Californian rice, in order to cook tasty rice, wash the rice well until water becomes clear and increase the water a bit.

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