Onigiri Facts
What is the main ingredient used to make onigiri?
What is Japanese short-grain rice?
What seaweed is wrapped around onigiri?
What is nori?
What country does onigiri come from?
What is Japan?
Name one common shape of onigiri.
What is triangle, circle, or cylinder?
What does the Japanese word nigiru mean?
What is to grasp or squeeze?
Why is salt added to the rice?
What is to add flavor?
Name one filling that can go inside onigiri.
What is salmon, tuna mayo, pickled vegetables, bonito flakes, or pickled plum?
Japan is made up of over how many islands?
What is more than 7,000 islands?
What can you use to help shape your onigiri?
What is plastic wrap?
Onigiri is considered what type of food in Japan?
What is comfort food?
What is the main difference between sushi rice and onigiri rice?
What is sushi uses vinegar rice, while onigiri uses salted rice?
About how much rice is used for one onigiri?
What is 1 cup of cooked rice?
What is Japan's most famous mountain?
What is Mount Fuji?
True or False: Onigiri must always be shaped like a triangle.
False. It can also be round or cylindrical.
Which famous Japanese animation studio created Spirited Away and My Neighbor Totoro?
What is Studio Ghibli?
Why do many Japanese people think of onigiri as a symbol of love?
What is because families often make it together, creating happy memories?
Besides rice and filling, what two things help prepare the rice before shaping?
What are cold water and salt?
Name two of Japan's four main islands.
What are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, or Kyushu?
After adding the filling, what do you place on top before shaping?
What is the remaining rice?
True or False: Onigiri is usually cooked after it is shaped.
False. The rice is already cooked before shaping.