PS: Onigiri is a very traditional Japanese food and widely consumed in the country.
We often eat onigiri for lunch when we are outside ( is amazing for picnic!)
Is like sandwiches in western countries
Allegedly onigiri born 2k years ago when rice farming was introduced to Japan
Samurai use bring onigiri when going to the battle
400 years ago when people start traveling onigiri was often used as “travel food”
You can buy everywhere in Japan, supermarkets, convenience stores, etc…
I love it because my grandma usually cook this when I was a kid 🍙🍙🍙 It is a cooked japanese rice, shaped as a ball, seasoned with just a little bit of mixture of mild seasonings such as salt, sugar, mirin, rice vinegar and sometimes Ajinomoto, culinary sake; often wrapped in a sheet of nori (Japanese seaweed). It can be stuffed with umeboshi (salted Japanese plum preserves), fish or other meats and condiments. I made this traditional one, mixing the rice with furikake (a very tasty Japanese seasoning) before shaping it, and I also tried grilling it with a dash of miso with sesame oil (miso is a fermented soybean paste) this was my favorite and it was much more incredible and delicious than I imagine 💖
