Furikake Onigiri - Wholegrain Rice Balls

I’ve always loved Clearspring Products, so when they released their Furikake - Japanese seasoning sprinkle - I HAD to try it in brown rice balls, aka Omusubi rice balls. Delicious!!

Furikake is a mix of toasted sesame seeds, shiso leaf and sea vegetables. It makes the quickest, easiest seasoning - I’ve been using it on everything recently.

Serves: 2 (4 rice balls) - Cooking time: 40 mins - Prep Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

For the Rice

½ packet 250g Clearspring Sushi Brown Rice
1 sheet Clearspring Sushi Nori - Toasted

For the Miso Filling

2 tsp Clearspring White Miso
½ tsp grated fresh ginger
½ tsp Clearspring Pure Toasted Sesame Oil

For the Toppings

1 tbsp (6g) Clearspring Furikake Sprinkle
1 grated carrot (50g)
generous pinch pink salt

Method

Cook the rice according to packet instructions. Allow it to cool slightly then gently sprinkle and fold in the furikake sprinkle.
Stir together miso, ginger and sesame oil to a paste.
Mix grated carrot and salt and squeeze to wilt, pouring away any excess liquid.
Cut the nori sheet into 4 even rectangular strips.
Divide the rice into 4.
With clean hands moistened with water, shape each rice part into a triangle or slightly flattened ball shape.
Poke a indentation into the middle of each ball, fill it with the miso mixture then close the hole with rice.
Wrap each ball in a nori strip and top with carrot and sprinkle more Furikake.
Enjoy it straight away, take it away for lunch or picnic.

Chef

Sara Kiyo Popowa aka Shiso Delicious

Sara Kiyo Popowa aka Shiso Delicious is on a mission to find beauty and sustainability on every level in life: in how we eat and prepare our food, how we view ourselves and our earth and how we choose and dispose of the products we use every day.

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