No Mess Onigiri (rice balls) for Tiny Hands

My kids are huge fans of onigiri (rice balls) and nori (seaweed).  Me...not so much! Why? Because it's a mess to clean up!  The rice crumbles everywhere and the aftermath is just a disaster.

Well I found a recipe on cookpad.com which was posted by NOAmama. It is a very creative way for serving up no-mess onigiri.  Even the littlest hands can help themselves without creating a disaster for mom to clean up!






Ingredients:

1 sheet of nori (seaweed) of your preference
1 scoop of cooked rice
*optional furikake (dried fish, seaweed mix flakes)

1 kitchen scissors

How to:

Spread "cooled down"rice on half side
of the nori & sprinkle rice flakes (optional).

Here's a pic of rice flakes.  You can

purchase them at most Asian Supermarkets. 

They're usually made of dried fish, shrimp & eggs so

I like to sprinkle some on for added nutrition.

You can also search on Amazon for "furikake".

Fold over the side that's not 

spread with rice and and lightly

squish down (kinda like a sandwich).

Take kitchen scissors and 

cut into bite size squares.

Voila!

A few points:

You may use hot rice but I prefer to use cooled down rice (not cold as in the fridge).  Serve immediately as the longer it sits, the nori will become soggy and chewy.

Thank you NOAmama-san for this disaster-free recipe!

You can view her actual recipe online at http://cookpad.com/recipe/1824593

Allergy alert: This particular furikake (rice flakes) does not contain any egg or milk products. Egg is a staple of most most furikake so please be sure to read the ingredients list carefully.

I bought this particular one at T&T in Metrotown (for you BC residents).

Disclaimer:

The original content was taken from a Japanese website cookpad.com. The original recipe was posted by user NOAmama. It is not my own. I am simply translating the recipe in English to share with my friends. I am not responsible for the content, outcome or anything else for that matter!  But if your kids end up lovin' it you can treat me to coffee hehe!

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