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Re: Onigiri (rice balls)
What are some non-traditional vegetarian fillings? I can make the onigiri just fine, but I am never sure what to fill them with. Traditional fillings are hard to get a hold of for me, and I'd rather make my own fillings than order them. Plus, I'm vegetarian (not necessarily vegan.) Does anyone have any ideas? Maki-san? I've heard of avocado...
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Onegai shimasu!
Hello Kyandasu!
Why not come over to the Bento forums and post your question there?
I'm sure lots of people will have ideas for you. To get you started - if you search around the Justbento & Justhungry sites there are recipes for 'kinpira'. Most of the vegetables that can be made into kinpira can be chopped up into onigiri fillings.
There's Maki's carrot furikake recipe: http://justbento.com/handbook/johbisai/homemade-furikake-no-2-carrot-and...
And this recipe I posted for dried mushrooms:
"soak 20 shiitake mushrooms overnight, stir fry the drained shiitake for 5 minutes on a high flame and then cook those mushrooms over a very, very low flame with 120mls of the soaking liquid, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and just under a tablespoon of caster sugar until all the liquid has been absorbed. You can then drizzle over a little sesame oil - optional. They last for a week in the fridge and can be chopped or sliced to make an onigiri filling"