Onigiri (Japanese Stuffed Rice Balls)

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Onigiri (Japanese Stuffed Rice Balls)

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :10 Min

Cook Time : 5 Min

Total Time : 15 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 3
  • 3 cups cooked rice (warm & mashed)


  • 1-2 pinches of salt & pepper or to taste


  • 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms


  • 1 tsp. oil


  • 1 seaweed / nori sheet cut into 3


  • 1/2 tsp. toasted sesame seeds

Directions

  • Heat oil in a pan and saute the mushrooms, pinch of salt and pepper for a couple of minutes till it turns soft. Keep aside to cool.
  • Now wet your hands and take sufficient amount of the cooked rice in one hand. Make a hollow in the center and stuff little of the mushroom filling.
  • Cover it properly and press it carefully and gently to give it a triangle shape. Wrap it with a seaweed sheet. Sprinkle some sesame seeds and few finely cut seaweed and serve them just as it is as a snack or breakfast.