Rice balls are a traditional Japanese daily food. Depending on the ingredients, rice balls can be simple or luxurious. Rice balls are a very popular food in Japan and can be found in major supermarkets and convenience stores. However, in the Japanese society that "reads the air", the rice balls made by the housewife are the most delicious, and they are also a weapon for the children or the man of the house to show off their happiness during lunch time. It can be said that in Japan, learning to make onigiri is an important life skill. Now let’s learn some rice balls that Japanese housewives often make.
Ingredients preparation
*Salmon rice balls (4 pieces)
·Rice (400g)
·Salmon half slices (50g)
·Salt (a little)
· sesame (a little)
*tuna egg yolk Sauce rice balls (4 pieces)
· Rice (400g)
· Canned tuna (40g)
· Mayonnaise (2 teaspoons)
· Salt (a pinch)
* Grilled rice balls (4 pieces)
· Rice (400g)
·Salt (a little)
·Soy sauce (a little)
Cooking method
Salmon rice balls
· Marinate the fresh salmon with salt for more than 30 minutes. Then absorb the exuded water from the salmon with kitchen paper, fry it in a pan over low heat, remove the fish bones, and pound the fish into minced pieces.
· Put 100 grams of hot rice into a bowl, make a small pit in the middle, add 1/4 of the minced salmon, and then cover the minced fish with rice.
· Wet the palms of your hands with water and rub them with some salt. Then shape the rice in the bowl into a ball with your hands. After kneading the rice balls, wrap them in a layer of sesame seeds.
Tuna mayonnaise rice balls
· When making tuna mayonnaise rice balls, you can use canned tuna . First remove the excess oil in the can, then add the mayonnaise and stir.
· Put 100 grams of hot rice into a bowl, make a small pit in the middle, add 1/4 portion of mayonnaise tuna, and then cover the minced fish with rice.
· Wet the palms of your hands with water, rub them with some salt, and then shape the rice in the bowl into a ball with both hands. Then press the rice ball from the upper and lower directions into a flat cylindrical shape about 3 cm thick, and then shape it into a triangle.
Grilled rice balls
· When making grilled rice balls, first press the kneaded rice balls into a flat cylinder or pancake shape about 3 cm thick, then put it into a pan and grill both sides.
· After both sides are grilled until slightly colored, take it out of the pan. Dip it in some soy sauce and fry over low heat again. When both sides appear attractively brown, take it out of the pan.
Warm reminder
·When making rice balls, you can use molds to make it easier to make good-looking shapes
·The outside of the rice balls can be wrapped with seaweed
· Baked rice balls can also be baked over direct fire
The above introduces the basics of Japanese rice balls On this basis, in order to make delicious and attractive rice balls, Japanese housewives will give full play to their imagination and make various colorful and fragrant rice balls. Children or male hosts bring lunch boxes (rice balls) to school or work. When eating together, they often evaluate whose meal is better, and the winner is naturally happy both physically and mentally. The good-looking and delicious rice balls are actually a reflection of the housewives' cooking skills and silent dedication behind the scenes.
