AV Recipe: How to Make Panda Shaped Rice Balls!

AV: Panda Rice Balls

Ingredients:

- 2CUPS Japanese Sticky Rice (Brown Rice Works Too)

- 1TBS Rice Vinegar

- 1TSP Salt

- 1 Package of Sushi Nori (Dried Seaweed Wrap)

Optional: Filling For Pandas (Thinly Sliced)

- Salmon

- Carrots

- Cucumber

- Tuna

- Spinach

*Anything that you like with rice truly works just make sure it is cut to size*

Prep Work

Step 1: Have a bowl of warm water next to the cooked rice to dip your hands in.

Step 2: Make sure all the ingredients you want inside the rice balls are near by and ready to be used.

Step 3: Have a clean plate available to put your rice balls on.

Ready>Set>Go

Step 1: Gently scoop a half-handful of rice into your hand. Start to softly mold the rice into a shape of an egg.

Step 2: Use your thumb to create a deep crevice in the center of the ball. Start placing your favorite ingredients into crevice. Do not over fill! Use a pinch of each ingredient.

Step 3: Gently fold the rice ball so that the crevice comes together.

Step 4: Take a little more cooked rice to cover up the seam of the crevice.

Step 5: Smooth the rice with the palms of your hands until the rice ball looks like it was never disturbed. Do not compact the rice.

Step 6: Cut 2 tiny domes, 1 small triangle, and 2 skinny rectangles from seaweed wrap. Cut another piece of seaweed wrap that is 1 inch thick and 4 inches long.

Step 7: Wrap the middle section of the rice ball with the largest piece of seaweed that you cut. 

Step 8: Place the 2 dome shape pieces on one end of the rice ball and about 1 inch apart from each other. Place a small rectangle under each dome but a little closer together so they look like eyes. Place the triangle in the center below the eyes so it looks like a nose.

Now its time to NOM NOM NOM and ENJOY!    

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