Ume Onigiri
Ingredients:
Ume (Can be found at Asian grocery stores)
Seaweed (Can be found at Asian grocery stores)
2 C short grain rice
Triangle rice ball mold (can be purchased online)
Directions:
Soak short grain rice for 1 hour then cook until boiled (do not add salt or oil), cover and simmer for 20 min. Remove from heat but let it set for 10 more min. (follow package for water:rice ratio).
Empty rice into bowl to cool. Make sure hands are constantly wet as rice will be sticky. Grab some rice and stick in rice ball mold, Remove pits from Ume and break into small pieces.
Put a piece of Ume on top the rice (in the mold) and then cover with more rice until it reaches top of the mold, and then place the 2nd piece of the mold to squeeze it all together.
To remove the rice ball from the mold, simply press the back of the mold to pop it out.
Place a piece of seaweed on the bottom of the rice ball and place a piece of ume on top.
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