[iya.donghae]

I was wondering, what rice should I use? And is it alright if I use long-grained rice when making those food items?

I'm planning on making lunches for my summer class since I'm saving up for stuff.

I'm also wondering what to do with onigiri...I mean what to put in it or how to wrap it in seaweed(I've seen neatly wrapped onigiris before but couldn't figure out how to do them)

Any help would be appreciated.

[flosshilde]

about the rice you should use japanese sushi (short grain fat) rice to be truly authentic. usually i dont mind and just use long grain.

[Azura]

more idea to use the Japanese rice

[Raindeer]

short grained japanese rice sticks better I've heard..from what I've experienced so far. its true

[Melitus]

There are vinager + sugar in the sushi rice which make the rice stick better...I usually use short grain

[Mirasu]

I use Kokuho Rose rice, it's short grain rice that's used for sushi. You're supposed to put sugar and rice wine vinegar (1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
2 tbsps sugar in ratio to 3 cups of rice) together and heat it up on the stove until they dissolve. Then put it in the cooked rice and mix the two together with a slashing motion because you don't want to crush the rice into a pulp. Ta-da! Now you're ready to make onigiri and whatever. Oh and there's a lot of tutorials online to help you!! Google it!