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black rice onigiri

Black rice Onigiri with avocado filling.

Seema D Sriram
gluten free, vegan onigiri parcels filled with avocado
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine Asian, Baby toddler food, gluten free, Japanese, Summer
Servings 4 pieces

Equipment

  • Rice cooker
  • mixing bowls and spoons.

Ingredients
  

For cooking the black rice

  • 1/2 cup black rice
  • 1.5 cups drinking water

For the avocado filling

  • 1 small avocado
  • 1 tsp lime juice
  • 1 pinch salt

For making the onigiri

  • 1 small bowl drinking water
  • 4 pinch salt

Instructions
 

  • Wash the rice and soak it for 10 minutes with the 1.5 cups of water.
  • Transfer this to the rice cooker and set to cook.
  • Meanwhile wash, cut and scoo the avocado flesh and chop it into small pieces.
  • Add it to the mixing bowl with lemon and salt and mix well.
  • Once the rice is cooked scoop it out and cool it for a whilte till it is warm.
  • Once the rice is come to a warmtemperature that you can handle, wet your palms and sprinkle a bit of salt on them.
  • Now scoop out a handful of rice on to your palm and make a small depression in the centre.
  • Add a tbsp avocado mix .
  • Cover this up with the rice and make it into a ball.
  • Now shape this ball to form a triangle.
  • Place it on a plate and proceed with the rest of the rice.
  • Wrap with a cling wrap if keeping for later so the rice does not dry out.
  • Serve with salad.
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