I remember your first attempt! The shape looks great this time. If you want a little room for improvement, they do look a little squished, like you maybe pressed a little too hard, or the rice was very soft to begin with.
WrongOnEveryCount
This looks great. There are pressed types which you’re making.
When eating at a sit down, I prefer the looser ‘gathered’ type with a lot of stuff inside and on top.
If you’re open to a little advice hailing from my grandmother… when you’re shaping you want to press inward NOT press sideways to the onigiri surface to prevent the rice from smearing. Yours so have some smearing.
Do you put salt in your hands before shaping? We wet our hands with saltwater before shaping and typically stuff with umeboshi.
kayayem
The rice looks a little wet and squished, but the shape is good. Did you use rice vinegar?
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I remember your first attempt! The shape looks great this time. If you want a little room for improvement, they do look a little squished, like you maybe pressed a little too hard, or the rice was very soft to begin with.
This looks great. There are pressed types which you’re making.
When eating at a sit down, I prefer the looser ‘gathered’ type with a lot of stuff inside and on top.
If you’re open to a little advice hailing from my grandmother… when you’re shaping you want to press inward NOT press sideways to the onigiri surface to prevent the rice from smearing. Yours so have some smearing.
Do you put salt in your hands before shaping? We wet our hands with saltwater before shaping and typically stuff with umeboshi.
The rice looks a little wet and squished, but the shape is good. Did you use rice vinegar?