My middle daughter loves anime. She watches it, reads about it and draws it. Ad nauseam. It was no surprise to me then when she asked if I would make her rice balls. She had seen characters on her shows eating them and wanted to try them. I found a recipe and got all of the ingredients together. It was surprisingly easy. I did substitute some things, like the fillings. I just could not find "ume" which is pickled plum nor did I think the kids would go for grilled salted salmon, but otherwise we stuck to the recipe. It was fun to make and even more interesting to eat!
Japanese Rice Balls
4 cups of Japanese rice, steamed (I used sticky rice from the grocery store)
8 strips of dried nori (seaweed)
Salt to taste
Recipe fillings- ume, grilled salted salmon, kombu tsukudani
My Fillings- sweet pickles, pepperoni (requested by my daughter- yuk!), pineapple, sweet smoked ham- all chopped to fit inside
Cook rice. After dipping your hands in water, take about 1/3 cup of rice and form a ball, pressing in until the ball is firm. Make a dent into the center of the ball with a chopstick. Place filling inside and cover with rice. Wrap the ball with one slice of nori, pressing firmly until nori forms over the rice firmly.
Serve with teriyaki and other Japanese dipping sauces.
"Success is 99 percent failure”
-Soichiro Honda quotes (Japanese Honda Motor Company Founder, b.1906)
6 comments:
It was so sweet of you to make those special for your daughter---I know she must have appreciated that. I was wondering----did she like them?
She loved them, Beth! Especially the pepperoni ones, which I still can't get over. Talk about making an international dish with an American twist!
we found out that our oldest daughter loves unagi, eel, but hates nori. who knew. we love to make sushi from time to time. sounds like it was an enjoyable experience.
My oldest daughter loves eel and other sushi too! I can't even stand to look at it, yuk! Funny how kids' tastes change over the years.
You are a good mom. Like the new look on the blog.
That was really sweet of you to say, Anita. And thanks for the comment about the new blog look. I'm still deciding if I want to keep it, but so far it sits better with me than how it looked before!
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