Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls)

........................................ INGREDIENTS (two rice balls)
apx. 150 g cooked white short grain rice

1) Soy sauce version
1/2 teasp. soy sauce
1/2 teasp. sake
1/2 teasp. white sesame seeds


2) Aonori (green laver flakes) version
1/2 teasp. green laver flakes
1/2 teasp. white sesame seeds
a pinch salt

Divide cooked white rice in two.

For 1)
-- Mix soy sauce and sake. Add to cooked rice with sesame seeds and mix. Shape into a triangle. Grill both sides (top and bottom). Spread yuzu miso on top. Grill the top a little more to slightly burn the miso.

For 2)
-- Add green laver, sesame seeds and slat to rice and mix. Shape into a triangle. Grill both sides (top and bottom). Spread yuzu miso on top. Grill the top a little more to slightly burn the miso.

I first made yaki onigiri with plain rice and yuzu miso only. The miso-covered top was really tasty, but the rest of the onigiri tasted rather bland. So on my second try, I seasoned the rice with above-mentioned ingredients, and it worked well. Some people put fillings in yaki onigiri, but my hunch is that a filling with a strong taste -- like umeboshi -- would probably ruin the taste/flavor of this yuzu miso.