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Mar

Easy Lunch Box Ideas with Frozen Food: Seafood Rice Balls
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Looking for lunch box ideas to brighten up your meals? Lunch boxes are a great way to enjoy homemade food that is delicious and nutritious whether at school, at work or at home.

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It’s a convenient way to help you and your loved ones save money, and by making your very own meals for your lunch boxes from scratch, you’ll be in complete control of ingredients, hygiene and nutritional value. You can make it as light or as filling as you like and get creative by trying out exciting new recipes from around the world.

Seafood Rice Balls / Onigiri

In theory, these meals should be easy to consume, especially if you’re on the go. So in this post, we’d like to share one of our favorite lunch box ideas for a popular Japanese delicacy; Seafood Rice Balls. 

Rice Balls, also known as Onigiri, are made of plain white rice that’s lightly salted and wrapped with seaweed. Warm, cold or at room temperature, they will keep well and will taste good throughout the day.

So today, let’s see how we can all make this simple yet delicious meal at home using premium ingredients from Puri Pangan Utama, the best food company and grocery supplier online in Bali!

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Here’s everything you need:

Ingredients for shrimp batter:

  • 2 tbsp + 2 tsp potato starch
  • 2 tbsp + 2 tsp cake flour
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • ¼ cup water

Ingredients for Tsuyu shrimp sauce:

  • ¼ cup Tsuyu concentrate soup base
  • ¼ cup water

Method:

  1. Cook the rice and season with ¼ tsp salt. Set aside to cool but keep it covered to prevent the rice from drying out.
  2. In a bowl, whisk together your shrimp batter ingredients until well combined. Then add the shrimps and mix well.
  3. In a small pot set over medium heat, add 1 cup of cooking oil. Make sure the oil is hot before frying – you can use the handle of a wooden spoon or a chopstick to test the oil by placing it in the oil. If the oil starts bubbling, then it’s time to fry.
  4. Carefully lower one battered shrimp at a time into the hot oil.  Cook on each side for 1 minute, until pink and curled. Remove shrimp from hot oil and transfer to a cooling rack or a paper towel-lined plate. Allow the excess oil to drip off.

 

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Now it’s time to make the rice balls:

  1. Place cling film over a small bowl or a ⅓ measuring cup and pack it full with cooked rice. Twist the ends of the cling film together to shape it into a packed rice ball. Using the corners of your hand, shape it into a triangle. Poke a deep hole at the top of the triangle. Set aside.
  2. Dip cooked battered shrimp into the sauce, and insert the battered shrimp deep into the rice. The rice ball will break apart here which is normal. Cover the rice ball again with the cling film and shape it back into a triangle.
  3. Take your nori sheet and tear it into 4 long vertical strips to wrap around your triangle. Place your Seafood Rice Balls into your lunch box and don’t forget to add the Tsuyu sauce!
  4. Enjoy!

Ready to start making your own lunch box? With fresh frozen shrimps and premium rice from Puri Pangan Utama, the best grocery supplier online in Bali, you won’t ever go wrong. Impress yourself and your loved ones at any time with irresistible and perfectly cooked shrimp dishes that you can all enjoy.

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