The most common thing you
will see in a Obento is Rice ball(Onigiri).
I can't have enough of
Onigiri, everyone who's Japanese loves Onigiri.
If you're having hard time
making sure your kids are eating enough , this might be the trick. Its super
easy and delicious.
Cooking rice can take a
while but you can make a lot of rice and freeze it in a serving portion.
This way, it will only take
5 min in the morning.
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Time: 40-100 min to cook
rice / 5 min to make rice balls
Portion: 8 servings
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Ingredients
- Japanese Rice :3 cups (Any
kind of Japanese rice is fine but I personally love "Tamaki
Gold")
- Water : 3 and 1/3 cups
- Salt to taste
- Optional ( Seaweed, Plum, tuna
with mayo, Furikake)
How to cook rice
- Wash rice for 2 to 3 times till
the water is clear.
- Put 3 and 1/3 cups of water in the
rice and let it sit for 30 min. ( You can skip this if you don't have
time. This will make rice taste slightly better.)
- I. Rice cooker user :Cook the rice
in rice cooker. When its done, let it sit in the cooker with the lid
on for 10 min.
II. a. Pot user: Put the heat on high and let it boil without the
lid on.
b. When it stars to boil put the lid on change the heat to low
let it cook for 15 min.
c. Check if the rice is fully cooked, if there is water on the
surface let it cook for few more min till the water is absorbed.
d. When the water is fully absorbed turn off the heat and let it
sit for 15 min with the lid on.
4. After you
let the rice sit for 10-15min, mix the rice and put it in the container while
its still hot. To keep the moisture of the rice don't let it sit for too long and after putting the rice
in a container put the cover on right away.
5. Let it cool
down for few hours and put it in the freezer.
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Rice should look like this when its done. No water on surface. |
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Let the rice sit for 10 min with the cover on and mix it. |
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This shine means you made it really well. |
How to make rice balls
- Microwave freezed rice for 1-2min.
When you microwave the rice open the cover and put it on the rice to keep
the moisture and avoid explosion.
- Put the rice on a large plate to
cool it down for 1min so you can make a rice ball with you hands.
- After its cooled enough, put water
on your hands and salt rub your hands together and make a rice ball.
- Optional. If the ONIGIRI taste too plain or you want something different, you can use Seaweed, tuna, plum or furikake.
- Seaweed: After you make a rice ball cut the seaweed to the size that you want and put it on the rice ball.
- Tuna can: Drain the oil in the can as much as you can. Mix with mayonnaise and salt to taste. When you make a rice ball put the tuna in the middle.
- Plum(UMEBOSHI): This is a pickled plum, very sour and salty. Take out the seed from the plum and put the plum in the middle of the rice ball when you make it.
- Furikake: After you microwave the rice put Furikake on the rice and mix it. Let it cool down and make rice ball.
Where you can get the ingredients: You can get
seaweed at most groceries but you might not be able to find Plum and Furikake at
a regular grocery store. You can get it at a Japanese grocery store or
online.
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Spread rice on your hand and put the tuna in the middle. |
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Plum (UMEBOSHI) without the seed |
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Plum/UMEBOSHI ($5) |
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My favorite Furikake ($3 each) |
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