Finished Riceball, in mid-bite
Cartoonish loves Usagi Yojimbo comics, and one of the things Usagi is always eating is riceballs. So, the other day, Cartoonist decided to make riceballs. I told her to do some research on the web, and once she knew the ingredients, we would set to it.
Turns out they are incredibly easy, if all you want is something simple, and sometimes simple is best. I loved the recipe, and instructions that we found on the Just Hungry website.
The main ingredient, of course, is rice, but not just any rice, sushi rice, which we went out and bought, along with nagri, the king of seaweed wrapping commonly found around sushi, as it is sort of like a giant sushi ball.
We put the rice in a rice cooker, and then read the directions that Cartoonist had found. The recipe said that riceballs were a sort of comfort food, and so there were many ways to make them. You could put anything you wanted in the center. So, I found that we had some cucumbers from the farm, and cut them up for putting in. The recipe also called for putting plastic wrap in a bowl, with a little salt, and forming the riceball that way, then sticking your finger in the center to make the hole for the cucumber. After that, we grabbed the pieces of seaweed, and wrapped it around the rice. Viola.
Riceball for lunch
This worked out well, and we were able to make about three or four balls, which were completely eaten. The last one, however, was saved for lunch, as Cartoonist was helping out at the Art Center summer camp, and needed something to eat while there.
With a rice cooker, which takes about 20 minutes to cook white rice, this whole thing took all of a few moments once the rice was done.
