Orange Scented Onigiri

Photo: Cuisine Paradise (Ellena)

Ingredients

1 cup Uncooked Rice

4 cloves

3 Green Cardamom Pods

2 centimeters Long Cinnamon Stick

2 cloves Garlic

2 Shallots, thinly sliced

1/2 tablespoon Olive Oil

1/2 Rind of Mandarin Orange, thinly shred

1 teaspoon Chicken Stock Powder

100 milliliters Fresh Mandarin Orange Juice

1 cup Water

Garnish:

1 1/2 tablespoons Golden Raisin

1 1/2 tablespoons Almond Flakes, lightly toasted

1/2 tablespoon Sliced Spring Onion, optional

Preparation

Preheat the frying pan with oil and saute Onion, Garlic, Cloves, Cinnamon and Cardamon until the onion slices turned soft and slightly golden brown.

Toss in shredded Orange peel and saute it for another 10 seconds before adding in the rice and chicken stock powder, stir well until the rice is coated with oil.

Transfer the rice into rice cooker or thermal pot, add in orange juice and water then cook until the rice is done.

Open the cooker lid, stir in golden raisins, cover and let it stand for another 5 minutes.

To serve, remove the spices(Garlic, Cloves, Cinnamon and Cardamom) from the cooked rice then using a folk to fluff in almond flakes and spring onion till well mixed.

Spoon the rice mixture into "heart shape" sushi mould and shaped into "Onigiri(rice ball)".