As I Sit, Eating my Lunch... Sushi Rice Balls (worth the name)

onigiri

      There's always a part of my day when I'm thinking about food. Well, actually, there's a few parts of my day.  I'm just going to say that I'm a "foodie". I love food. I love food of all cultures and flavors.  As you can probably can tell, this post is going to be about food. One kind of food more specifically, Asian food.  A few days ago, I kept torturing myself while looking at some Japanese food recipes on Pinterest.  I finally grew the balls (hah) to try something.  Most of the ingredients included were already in my pantry, but they are uncommon in homes that don't typically eat traditional Asian cuisine.  What I'm showing today is a blend of a traditional japanese lunch called Onigiri, which looks like the picture above, and sushi.   Basically, my recipe is Onigiri stuffed with a basic sushi filling (more american and generic than actual sushi) 

Ingredients for Sushi Rice Balls(for 1 person/2 balls):

• 1 cup of short grain rice
• 1 cup of water
• 1 can of tuna
• 2 tbs mayo
• 1 tbs of rice vinegar 
• 1 tbs dashi powder

Preparation

1. first you cook the rice like a normal person would ( if you aren't sure please go ask your mom)
2. after it's done cooking, mix the rice with the rice vinegar in a non metallic bowl
3. while the rice is cooling down a bit, mix the mayo, dashi powder, and tuna together in another bowl
4. once the rice is cool enough to handle (but still a bit warm), grab a regular cereal bowl, line it with seran wrap, form a layer of rice to the shape of the bowl like a cup.
5. once you have done that, fill it with some a good scoop of tuna
6. place a small layer of rice on top of the tuna
7. pick up the rice in the seran wrap and cup it in your hands to form a ball.
8. make sure none of the tuna is exposed 

When you are done, please comment any variances you included to your own rice balls!
the finished product should look a bit like this

google search "rice balls"