Recipe: How to make zakkokumai onigiri

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Onigiri is definitely one of our main food, and is essential for our daily lives.

From ancient eras to today, we cherish it even for our bento or snack.

Today we want to show you a little twist by using zakkokumai rice, which adds more fiber and iron to make it a more nutritious choice.


How to cook Easy zakkokumai onigiri

Ingredients

  • rice...300g

  • zakkoku mix...30g

  • seaweed sheets...4~8

*If you can't get zakkoku mix from your grocery store, you can make your own blend!

Instructions

  1. Steam 2 go=合 or 300g of rice.

  2. put the zakkoku mix to the rice, leave it for 30 minutes and then cook the rice.

  3. Shape it into a triangle. Wet your hands, or put a plastic wrap in between the hands and the rice, so it's easier to shape and the rice will not stick to your hands.

  4. wrap the onigiri with seaweed to serve.

Key points

  • Zakkokumai is rice steamed with multi grains like glutinous millet, pearl barley, black rice, quinoa, amaranthus, black beans, and mochi millet. You can find it in supermarkets in Japan which is a mix.

  • Not only does it add nutrition, but it also adds different textures, which the Japanese love to experiment with and experience.

  • We usually add salt as flavor, or salmon furikake, konbu kelp, tuna, etc to make it the taste we like.


Zakkokumai will help you to have a healthier diet!


The history of onigiri is very old, and even in our Genji Monogatari "The Tale of Genji" it is introduced by the term tonshoku (屯食).

Onigiri has evolved into so many types over the years, and we now have ingredients that are more Western like pork, beef, etc. But it's only recently that we started to eat only white rice. We Japanese used to take nutrients from zakkoku multi grains.

Perhaps zakkoku may go into your cereal for example. It's an extremely easy way to make your food nutritious!


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