「おにぎり」Japanese soul food "ONIGIRI"!

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This is Kitsuneya, who runs a blog.

This time, the number of blog articles has exceeded 50! Thank you for reading this blog post a lot.

By the way, the theme of this time, which is the 50th time, is "ONIGIRI".

I think many people think of ONIGIRI as Japanese food rather than representing Japan.

In Japan, it is commonly sold at convenience stores and supermarkets, and many people make and eat it at home. Please know such ONIGIRI!

When did ONIGIRI start?

I will explain from the annual history every time. In the oldest record, there is a description of "food made by holding glutinous rice" in the Yayoi period (around 3 to 10 BC). At that time, the name was "TONJIKI". After that, it is said that it became popular and popular among soldiers during the war as a "portable meal" from the latter half of the 1400s.

By the way, in the western part of Japan, it is called "OMUSUBI", and in the eastern part, the name is a little different from "ONIGIRI", but now it is almost unified as "ONIGIRI".

Since it is becoming more popular overseas because it can be eaten with one hand and it is healthy, there are now many specialty stores in countries other than Japan.

If I have the financial resources, I would like to open a "ONIGIRI and miso soup" shop in a country other than Japan.

How do you make ONIGIRI?

I will briefly explain how to make ONIGIRI. And be careful!

 

First, I will explain the points to note.

① Please use rice of Japanese or Japanese varieties.

It is not the reason that "Japanese rice is the best in the world!" The problem is the "amount of water" contained in the rice and the "stickiness" of the rice. If you don't have these two, you won't be able to make it very delicious because it won't come together well when you grasp it, or it will feel dry when you bite it.

② Be careful of burns!

If you put freshly cooked rice in your hand, there is a high probability that you will get burned. So please cool it down a little and then perform the gripping process.

③ Don't hold it too hard!

If you squeeze it firmly, the rice will be crushed and it will not be delicious and it will be difficult to eat. Please hold it with just the right amount of force.

Then, how to make it.

① Cook rice to bring it to a person's body temperature.

② Put an appropriate amount of salt on your hands and spread it over the entire palm.

Please be careful not to put too much on it.

③ Spread the cooked rice on one palm.

Imagine the size of the rice ball you want to make, and put half the amount on it.

④ Put your favorite ingredients on the center of the rice.

If the ingredients are large, you may not be able to wrap them well, so be careful about the amount of ingredients.

⑤ Place rice so as to hide the ingredients.

⑥ Hold it with both hands with a light force several times.

⑦ It is completed. Wrap the seaweed as you like.

There are many types of ONIGIRI.

ONIGIRI has many styles, so I will explain three of them.

 

·Standard 

Cover your favorite ingredients with rice and wrap with nori seaweed. This is the most eaten style in Japan.

・ Season the rice

This is a style in which rice and ingredients are combined and then gripped, rather than putting the ingredients inside. It may be easier than standard depending on the ingredients used and the seasoning. Pay attention to the amount of water in the ingredients mixed with the rice.

・ Grilled ONIGIRI

This is about the style after applying soy sauce and miso to the standard ONIGIRI without ingredients. It is fragrant and very delicious. However, if you make a mistake in heating, it will burn and you need to season the sauce to apply, so if you are accustomed to handling soy sauce and miso, please try it.

If you don't know what the ingredients inside are, or if you can't get Japanese ingredients other than rice, it's delicious to put something like the following inside. Please try to reference.

Finely chopped bacon + finely chopped processed cheese + black pepper

Roasted and loosened salmon + mayonnaise + mustard

Sausage cut into small pieces + BBQ sauce

ONIGIRI is a Japanese soul food that is more familiar than sushi and tempura.

ONIGIRI is a food that Japanese people have in the meantime. There is no convenience store in Japan that does not sell ONIGIRI. In addition, there are many rice ball specialty stores, and the quality is high. There are many types of ingredients, and basically 10 to 20 types are sold at one store. Personally, I eat rice balls two to three times a week. Maybe there are many people like me. It's easy, cheap and delicious. The best Japanese soul food.

Well, this article ends here.

Have you been interested in Japanese soul food "ONIGIRI"?

This time I tried to show how to make it, but do you sell Japanese rice in your country?

If you can't make it yourself, please try it when you visit Japan.

As I wrote this article, I noticed a little, so I would like to write it again in the next and subsequent articles.

Please come to read again!

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