Easy Heart-Shaped Rice Ball Bento for Valentine's Day

Name: Easy Heart-Shaped Rice Ball Bento for Valentine's Day
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 120 grams Hot cooked white rice; 1/2 sheet Nori seaweed; 1 slice Ham

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I wanted to make it easier to form a heart shape.

To get a nice heart shape, form two rice balls in different sizes. Make one that is slightly smaller and making the end of one side a bit longer than the other one.
Nori seaweed will stick better to the rice if you make cuts on the overlapping slices. Wrap it with plastic wrap and let it rest for a while. Recipe by asamimaeda

I wanted to make it easier to form a heart shape.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I wanted to make it easier to form a heart shape.

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Ingredients

1 serving

120 gramsHot cooked white rice
1/2sheet Nori seaweed
1 sliceHam

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Steps

1

Wrap a desired amount of rice with a plastic wrap and form 4 rice balls into the shape of a rain drop.
2

Put the two sides together it'll like a heart! The secret to make a nice heart shape is to form one of the rice balls a bit smaller than the other one. Then when you put them together, you set one end longer than the other one. This way the bottom tip of the heart will look pointy.
3

Place the heart on a nori seaweed that is slightly bigger than the heart and cut into the edges of the nori seaweed.
4

Wrap the hearts with a plastic wrap and let the nori seaweed stick to the rice. They look even cuter when they are different sizes.
5

Decorate it with ham or any other ingredients you like.
6

Pack the hearts into your bento box and you're done!