Cooking Japanese: Onigiri ♥

Hi there (^.^)v

it's a cooking post again this time ♥

Some time ago I tried to make onigiri (riceballs) for the frist time.

I think they turned out quite good,

so let me show you how to make them:

 This is what you need:

- rice (obviously)

- nori (dried sea weed sheets)

- something to fill them (I used furikake for flavour)

and optional: an onigiri mold

First, you need to cook the rice.

When it is done, the rice need to cool down to become more sticky.

Because I used furikake to give flavour to the rice,

I devided it into two and sprinkled it with furikake.

I used two different flavours:

the left is with various vegetables

and the right on with perilla (a kind of herb)

Then you are ready to shape the rice into onigiri ^.^

Usually they have a triangle form

like the onigiri mold I used

I wraped them into wrapping film to store them in fridge over night.

You can eat them right after shaping them, but I wanted

to take them with me next day for Fashion Walk in Hamburg.

So on the next day, I wrapped them into nori sheets.

(it's better to do this briefly before eating them,

because the nori soaks a lot water and becomes quite chewy then)

They people who tried them, said the were good ^-^

But I still need to improve a lot.

Next time I will try to fill them x3

Feel free to try to make them yourself ^-^

Onigiri are really delicious *-*

One of my favourite japanese food ♥

Thank you for reading and see you next time (^.^)v