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Very easy, but delectable. It’s just sushi rice formed into a shape with stuff in it, sometimes wrapped in nori (seaweed paper.)
Here’s how I made mine.
Sushi Rice:
1 & 1/2 cups sushi rice
1/4 cup rice vinegar
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
roasted sesame seeds
Sushi rice tastes much better than long grain rice and will form better balls. It is found in the oriental section of Kroger’s.
1. Put the rice in the rice cooker with 2 cups of water.
2. While the rice is cooking, bring the vinegar, sugar, and salt to a boil, then set aside.
3. When the rice is done, pour in the sauce and fluff gently.
4. Sprinkle sesame seeds liberally and then fluff some more.
5. Taste.
If it needs more sesame seeds, repeat the last 2 steps until it’s good.
6. Form into shapes. I just use my hands to form it into flattened ball shapes or into triangles. I have also done squares and hearts. The rice could be packed into anything to give it shape though, e.g., cookie cutters, mugs, rubber ice cube trays, etc. The key is to make sure your hands and whatever implements you use are wet so the rice doesn’t stick.
7. (optional) Wrap with nori. For ideas on how, see Google.
2 comments:
You can also put a meat filling instead of sesame seeds. Just put some rice in a mug, hollow out a hole, insert cooked and seasoned meat, and cover over with more rice. Pack, drop into hand, and form into ball. I haven't tried this yet, but I intend to. It's traditional in Japan.
Another thing they sometimes do is grill or fry the formed onigiri. This gives it a crisp outside instead of a slightly sticky outside.
The girls used to take rice balls to school after watching our Japanes students make them. This sounds great using sesame seeds and I like the idea of grilling it.
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