Watermelon Onigiri 西瓜飯糰


I know summer in London is unlike any other in the world but this year…the heat was on for one week only and the autumn is coming, can you believe that? And I have been wanting to make this Watermelon Onigiri, not sure if I still have chance for summer picnic but I do need to get my hands on it, otherwise this post would be set for next summer…in 2022.

 

INGREDIENTS

-Cooked short grain rice

-Pink vinegar mixture from radish pickles

-Aonori seaweed 

-Roasted black sesame seeds

 

The ingredients are simple. I use pink vinegar mixture from my homemade radish pickles to colour the onigiri. (Add less water than usual when cooking the rice to avoid watery while mixing with the pink vinegar.) Alternatively, you can mix the rice with Mentaiko明太子(cod roe), kimchi, or salmon seasoning to give it a shade of red. Shape it in triangle and leave the bottom with white rice. (Onigiri mold just made my life easier here!) Cover the bottom part with dried seaweed and decorate some black sesame seeds on top in the end. Aren’t they just looking so lovely?

 

Hope these onigiri cuteness would bring the summer back. At least once before autumn kicks it off.

 

Also here is the Reels to show you how I made it!


No comments