Simple Onigiri

Onigiri doesn't have to be fancy. With just rice, nori and perhaps a filling, this portable lunch snack is good to go. This is also a great project to do with young children (though be wary of choking hazards) and culinary artists.

Ingredients

 * 1) Cooked Sticky Rice (regular, sushi, jasmine, or brown work. Brown requires extra cooking time and water to make sticky.)
 * 2) Nori (a flat, versatile seaweed, often found at Asian or specialty markets)
 * 3) Fillings (pickled plum, fish, etc)

Directions

 * 1) Prepare rice of choice according to package directions. Make sure it's sticky and dense.
 * 2) Cool down rice. When rice is cool enough to work with, get out the molds (if using) and seaweed.
 * 3) Cut the seaweed into desired shapes. Mold the rice, then put on the seaweed.