Onigiri at home

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make onigiri at home? Prepare the products. This amount of ingredients is enough for three large or four medium onigiri. Take special rice, for sushi. If you do not find this, then the most ordinary Krasnodar, kruglozerny will do.

2. Step 2:

   

   Rinse the rice in several waters, until transparent. Then fill it with cold water and put it to cook on a large fire. After boiling, make the fire medium and cook the rice under the lid until the water completely evaporates, 15-20 minutes. Pour sugar and salt into the rice vinegar, mix. Pour the mixture into the hot rice, stir and leave to cool. Instead of rice vinegar, you can take regular table vinegar, 9%.

3. Step 3:

   

   Prepare the products for the filling. I have this lightly salted salmon, fresh cucumber and avocado. Crab sticks, tuna, chicken, mushrooms are also suitable. Choose the filling to your liking. Cut the filling products into small pieces.

4. Step 4:

   

   It remains to form onigiri. You can do it on a plate, on the palm of your hand, or, like me, on a package. Put the rice in a thin flatbread on the bag. Put the filling in the middle. Also put some cream cheese.

6. Step 5:

   

   Assemble the ends of the package with a knot so that the filling is inside the rice. Tamp it in the shape of a triangle — the traditional form of onigiri. Open the package and report the rice to where it is needed. It will be more convenient to take onigiri with your hands soaked in cold water — so rice will not stick to them.

7. Step 6:

   

   Similarly form all the onigiri.

8. Step 7:

   

   To make them easier to take with your hands, wrap one edge of the onigiri with a piece of nori. There are options when they are wrapped in nori completely.

9. Step 8:

   

   You can decorate ready—made onigiri with eyes and mouths cut out of nori - children will definitely like them. Serve onigiri with soy sauce, wasabi and pickled ginger, like classic sushi and rolls. Bon appetit!