I like it with salmon or classic filled with a salty prune.

An other tasty alternative are onigiri which have rice with special mixed herbs.

Check it out here -> http://www.marumiya.co.jp/index.html

mmmmmmm onigiri. I have tried to make some but they came out strange

I like onigiri and have attempted to make it once but it kind of fell apart >.>

Did you use short-grain rice? :) It never falls apart because it's sticky.

I LOVE onigiri... my host mom gave it to me like every other day for school. :)

I had so many types but I mostly had tuna onigiri... The only one I didn't like was a ham onigiri. My host mom's friend worked at a lawson so we got free food like every 2 weeks :D

maybe tomorow I will be making some onigiri :vsign: I hope mum likes my onigiri, and I hope I like it too:mtongue:

what kind of rice do you use and how do you cook it? is it like sticky rice?

Use short-grain or your onigiri will probably fall apart. You will follow the instructions on the package. But I recommend that you use a little less water if you are cooking rice just for the onigiri. Soft-cooked rice will ruin your onigiri, I promise.

i've used long grain rice before, only cuz i ran out of short grain
it was okay, fell apart but it still tasted good.=D

or when my friend and i attempt to make sushi and then we give up, we take out our onigiri moulds and make those instead. XD we're just lazy.

i have yet to try to make some out of short grain rice .. but i use long grain rice most all the time .. and have little issues making them ...

i am sure there is a difference in the taste of the rice ...

so far i haven't used a filling of any kind .. i normally make mine a little smaller then normal ... and just mix salt and seasonings with the rice before i form them into balls...

they hold their shape good ...

To use up some long grain rice in the back of the pantry I mixed it 1:1 with barley. Sticky enough to hold together for onigiri (almost too sticky), but somewhat different texture.

most UH-MAZING gadget ever. for onigiri that is.
and it cost me £1.99 too. =D

Zaiya Onigiri
 

I loveee onigiri! My favorite midtown NYC cafe makes them with shrimp tempura. It's awesome.

I made them for the first time ever a few days ago. Our food stores have very limited supply of "exotic" foods, so pickled plum, which was what I wanted to try, was nowhere to be found so I used spicy pickled garlic instead. Tasted great! And kinda hot.. And my cat went nuts about nori haha ^^

Gotta love onigiri. it's sad though, my friends can't tell onigiri apart from some sushi stuff.

I just go to Marukai or Mitsuwa if I crave Japanese food. I'm actually going to Marukai tomorrow. :D

I love onigiri the traditional onigiri has a pickled plum in the middle to me it didnt taste good but maybe it'll be different for you

灼きおにぎり！

it's good, an awesome thing to but in bentos. I haven't heard suggestions for filling inside of it anywhere else, any ideas?

oh my gosh - where did you find that and how can I get one for myself? :) Would love, love, LOVE to buy this and make onigiri at home for my family :)

- Nishi

I have made ongiri once and i invited my best friend and he's reaaallly against japanese stuff but he actually liked the onigiri that i made even though i didn't have pickled plum but i put in some home made raspberry jam instead and it became quite a success

here is a link to the recipe i used

http://www.justhungry.com/2007/01/on...ited_an_e.html

I hope you're kidding. :D

no seriously i'm not kidding and it was really good
besides i see myself as quite a serious person so why would i "kid" about something like that ^;^