June 18th is “Onigiri” Day
There is a fun rice ball culture in Japan. However, there is no such country in Southeast Asia as Thailand, which has the same rice culture.
In 1994, when rice was poorly harvested in Japan, they sold Thai rice specially, but it was not popular because it was not favorite for Japanese and could not be cooked well.
However, the price was low. It was rice that helped the food crisis when it was in trouble. At that time, a Japanese Thai food researcher impressed Japanese agricultural scientists with the rice cooked by mixing Thai rice and sticky rice (Mochi rice). I had them eat it as Sushi and rice balls. This is because I didn’t know that Thai rice is different from Indica rice and Japan is different from Japonica rice, so it is not suitable for cooking.
Japanese rice is sticky and including water more than Indica, so it is easy to hold by hand. You can’t do it with Thai rice, and even if you hold it, it will be fluffy.
However, glutinous rice Thai Onigigiri “Kaoniam” is similar to how to eat Sushi because it is hardened by hand and soaked in juice or soaked in meat and vegetables and eaten together. Also, I think it is (Thai version rice ball) to eat ripe fruit mango with sticky rice. ..
I would like to introduce another (Thai version of grilled rice balls). Put glutinous rice in a bamboo tube. Then, I put it in a fire and bake it, and it is the best dish in northern Thailand that has good taste and sweetness due to its (Bamboo) aroma and steaming condition.
＠The photo shows that are Sushi, Rice, Meat dishes, Curry, Mandarin oranges, etc. I received from local people while I was out for dhutanga.