Easy vegan Onigiri
ONIGIRI - A TASTY AND CONVENIENT SNACK
Because of its wonderful, unique flavor and convenience, Onigiri Rice Ball is regarded one of the most popular Japanese snacks. If you ever visit Japan and want to sample a local delicacy, just go to a convenience store and order Onigiri, rice balls. This is a staple in any bento lunch box because it's easy to make and widely various. The custom of wrapping food in seaweed developed and has become the most typical kind of lunch box cuisine in Japan at the time, and subsequently become more diverse with a variety of forms often seen in convenience stores.
The simplicity of both the ingredients and the cooking procedure highlight the sweetness of rice in this recipe. The attraction of this dish stems from the fact that the rice and side dishes are held together in a block, making it easy for even youngsters to eat, and allowing busy people to spend less time preparing meals.
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And without going any further, you can order this unique delicacy right away at Chum Chum store (located at Sen Organic Farmer Market).
How to eat Onigiri
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You will probably notice that the package has numbered corners from one to three.
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Find the number one tab at the top. We will start there.
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Okay, easy part done. The trick to doing the next steps correctly is to grab hold of the middle of the onigiri where the seaweed is now showing. It is visible now because you removed the strip of plastic that was tab number one. Hold on to that seaweed, and never let go! And carefully, slowly pull on tab number two.
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TA-DA!
Wait a second, almost there.
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There’s your delicious snack! Crunchy and sticky, just waiting to be devoured. Enjoy your onigiri while living out a childhood dream.
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Grab the tab and pull down, and don’t stop pulling!
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You will see the plastic separate from the layers of rice and seaweed, removing the barrier between them without disturbing the integrity of the onigiri.
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The onigiri is free of plastic but it doesn’t have that stereotypical triangle shape that defines all onigiri. This is definitely a hands-on kind of meal, because now you must fold your seaweed around the onigiri rice into that beautiful triangle shape.
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You will pull that tab all the way down and then over and back up again on the backside of the onigiri until it is removed completely.
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Now just do the same thing for tab three. Hold that seaweed in the middle and pull number three carefully.
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Gently fold the back corners up and the front corners back.
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