Onigiri

Make Onigiri at home

Ingredients

• 2 cups Japanese short-grain rice
• 2 1/4 cups water
• Salt
• 4 nori strips
• 1/2 cup flaked cooked salmon
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• Pickled plum (umeboshi), optional
• Toasted sesame seeds

How it's made

1. Rinse the rice and cook it with the water; let it cool until warm enough to handle.
2. Mix the salmon with the mayonnaise for one filling.
3. Wet your hands and rub them with a little salt.
4. Take a handful of rice, press a dent in it, add a spoonful of filling, and cover with more rice.
5. Press and turn the rice into a triangle, squeezing firmly but gently.
6. Wrap each with a strip of nori and add sesame seeds if you like.