This is a special edition of Kaori’s featured character recipe series. For this recipe, you’ll learn how to make kawaii animal rice balls with rice and different ingredients.   Putting herself to the challenge for this special edition is Yuna Yabe! Making cute-looking food isn’t something she normally does. Will she be able to pull it off…? Ingredients & Tools: Rice Olives Cheese Ham Corn Pasta Salmon flakes Heart-shaped pick Clingfilm Kitchen scissors 1: Cook the rice Today we’ll be cooking authentic rice in the microwave using a microwavable rice pot by HOME COORDY. Soak the rice in water and place it into the microwave for 10-minutes for freshly cooked rice! Yuna: “I’m amazed you can make rice so easily with a pot and a microwave.” 2: Prepare the rice Yuna will be making three different animal onigiri (rice balls), so prepare three separate plates for each. 3: Mix one portion of rice prepare from step 2 with salmon flakes There’s no correct way to portion the bonito flakes, but in this recipe Yuna mixed in about one tablespoon. 4: Place the rice from steps 2 and 3 into clingfilm and roll into a ball 5: First we’ll make a smiling bird. Here’s what you’ll need. Face: Rice Mouth: Corn Eyes: Black olives Cheeks: Ham Crest: Pick 6: Cut the olives for the eyes and ham for the cheeks 7: Now to arrange the face. Use two pieces of corn for the beak and place on the eyes and cheeks from step 6.   8: Place in the heart-shaped pick for the crest and you’re done! Be careful! If you put the beak on too low the face will look too long! Be sure to place it close to the eyes and cheeks.   9: Next up is making a … Continue reading MOSHI MOSHI COOKING: Recipe to Make Kawaii Animal Rice Balls & Workshops to be Held in France and UK