Sakura Rice Balls - Great for Cherry Blossom Viewing
Sakura Rice Balls - Great for Cherry Blossom Viewing

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Japanese onigiri (rice balls) are simple and casual foods made from hot rice. They are popular foods from children to adults in Japan. People usually eat rice balls for breakfast, Bento (lunch box), or snack.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have sakura rice balls - great for cherry blossom viewing using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Sakura Rice Balls - Great for Cherry Blossom Viewing:
  1. Make ready 180 ml Mochi Sticky Rice
  2. Prepare 45 ml White rice
  3. Make ready 225 ml Water
  4. Take 15 grams Pickled sakura blossoms
  5. Make ready 1/3 pack Daikon radish sprouts
  6. Make ready 1 dash Food colouring (red)

We serve cherry blossom tea at weddings and we make cherry blossom rice balls for hanami viewing. I've only had sakura blossoms in tea before, but loved their subtle flavor in these as well. Onigiri Onigiri (rice balls) are another favorite for cherry blossom parties, as they are easy to transport and come in a variety of flavors, like ume Respect the Sakura Trees Cherry blossom viewing is about looking at the beautiful trees, rather than climbing them, or breaking off branches. While the sakura are gorgeous when they blossom in spring, the blue plastic sheeting underneath them can be an eyesore.

Instructions to make Sakura Rice Balls - Great for Cherry Blossom Viewing:
  1. Wash the mochi sticky rice and white rice together. Add the water and red food coloring to turn the rice a pale pink. Soak the rice for 1-2 hours, then cook with the normal setting.
  2. Rinse the pickled sakura blossoms briefly and then soak in water for a short time. If you don't have food coloring, cook the rice with this water. It will give the rice a slightly pink color.
  3. Set aside 10 of the rinsed sakura blossoms. Combine the rest with the daikon radish sprouts and finely chop.
  4. Mix the chopped cherry blossoms and daikon radish sprouts with the cooked rice. Shape into small rice balls and top with the cherry blossoms you set aside in Step 3. Enjoy.

Great recipe for Sakura Blossom Kintsuba. I didn't have enough preserved cherry leaves to make sakura-mochi, so I remembered that a cake I had once with chopped cherry leaves, anko and whipped cream in it was delicious. I tried making a wagashi (traditional Japanese sweet) that also had chopped. Besides that, the Incheon Grand Park Cherry Blossom Festival is also not to be missed, where you can find the park dotted with sakura trees and locals having a picnic and cycling around the area. The top spots for cherry blossom viewing are at the Yeojwacheon Stream and Gyeonghwa Station.

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