bento try no. 01~ and Yuko!

[aimeekitty]

Japanese-style Angry Curry and Rice with (sortof) Hello Kitty boiled egg
Sakura-cut apples, carrots and happy plum (happy because I already ate half of him)

bento quandries... - why is my hello kitty egg more egg shaped than hello kitty shaped? :)
- how can I make onigiri with a microwave rice steamer?

and photos of Yuko!

Comments

[columbine.livejournal.com]

How are you cooking the rice? Is the water/ rice ratio correct? It's usually 1 1/4 water to 1 cup rice and let the rice sit in the water 15~30 minutes before cooking... but then I have a japanese rice cooker...

For the onigiri... in the asian markets there are onigiri flakes to add to the onigiri to give different flavors. I like the Salmon one myself... I usually I shape it by wetting my hands and lightly salting the outside of the hot rice (it has to be hot) and adding salmon in the middle, fish roe or umeboshi...

adding vinegar and sugar starts to make sushi rice and I'm not much into making my onigiri into a sushi...