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Black rice Onigiri with avocado filling.

Seema D Sriram
gluten free, vegan onigiri parcels filled with avocado
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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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