How to make Onigiri in 10 seconds

 Hungry? Craving for a healthy yet delicious snack? How about some easy-to-make nutritionally balanced rice balls?

This Japanese version of rice dish is called onigiri. It basically consists of cooked rice shaped into a triangle. They can be made of plain rice, or stuffed with tuna, mayonaise, shrimp, kelp, pickled cabbage, etc.

Today, in this version, we used some onigiri seasoning, which one can buy in hundreds of variations in any Japanese supermarket.

This seasoning has kelp and sesame seeds in it

But this post is not only about the onigiri itself. But, as my teaser title of my post already gives away - how to make onigiri in 2 seconds? So this is all about the incredible machine: the onigiri maker!

And here it is:

 

Tadaa

Looks innocent, doesn't it? But these boys rock!

So here is how to do it, it is super easy. If you had friends when you were a child and you played in the sandpit together, you already have it down.

First, have your ingredients ready: cooked rice mixed with seaonings you like. We had one batch with sesame and one with onigiri seasoning. Additionally: tuna and mayonaise, and for the vegetarians: konbu (kelp cooked in soy sauce, mirin, sake).

Choose the small or big onigiri maker according to your hunger or degree of starvation

 

  Fill it halfway with rice and press it down

 

 Put your filling in the middle - here I am using konbu (did not make it myself this time but have to shamefully admit I bought it ready made in the supermarket)

 

  

Put rice on top of the ingredients to cover

 

 Close the lid and press tightly

  

 Open and flip it over on a plate. If it does not come out easily you can press the plate in the middle

 

Perfection!

 

 You can finish by wrapping some nori around it. I personally like it better with nori, because otherwise it tastes a little bit too boring.

It is so easy and it always turns out beautiful. Idiot-proof as TÜV (Germans) would label it. ^^

If I had written a post about the Daiso (100 Yen Shop - a Japanese shop where you can buy EVERYTHING for 105 Yen) as I had planned, then I would say at this point: "And guess what, you can buy it in the Daiso", but I didn't, so I can't. To all of you who do not know the Daiso yet: it is one of the reasons to come to Japan! And I promise to make a post about it. Later.