Monday, November 7, 2011

Dirty Habanero Rice-Balls *Original Recipe*

Today was inspirational. What started out as a simple habanero rice recipe, evolved into a hot rocking original recipe. It's like they say, "When you have rice, make Rice-Balls!"

[CAUTION: Remember to ALWAYS wear latex or vinyl gloves and protective goggles. The oil from the peppers can burn your skin. Don't touch hands, nose, face when handling peppers.]

Ingredients:

2/3 cup of short grain brown rice

1/3 cup of calrose rice or sushi rice

1 habanero pepper diced

1/2 tsp of salt (optional)

2 cups of water

1/4 cup of fresh chopped cilantro

2 scallions, diced

2 tbsp of fresh lime juice


Directions:

1) Chop and dice habanero, cilantro and scallions. [ Remember to wear gloves & goggles ^^]

2) Rise rice. Then place in rice cooker with water; and turn the switch on. (conventional method can also be used to cook rice)

3) When the rice is boiling, add the diced habanero pepper, and 1/2 tsp of salt (optional).

4) After the rice is done, let it cool for 2-4 mins. Then scoop rice into a bowl.

5) Add cilantro and scallions, lime juice and mix with rice.

*To prepare Rice-Balls*

(At this point the rice should be very sticky.)

1) Set aside a bowl of water.

2) Dip hands in water, then take about 3/4 of a hand full of rice.

3) Form the rice into a ball, similar to how you would form a snowball.

4) To form the famous Rice-Ball triangle shape: Place ball in-between hands and slightly flatten, then flatten the bottom. Then form the 2 remaining sides of the triangle.

Repeat until there's no more rice!

This recipe should make around 7-8 Rice-Balls.

Feel free to garnish with seaweed....we used yellow peppers.

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