Wasabi pea pureé

October 14th, 2007 @ 21:52

Rise is such a comfort food for me. It doesn’t really make sense, it’s not a particularly Swedish thing. We’re more.. meat and potatoes, potatoes potatoes. I guess it’s starch thing, I used to hate potatoes as a kid (so much, in fact, that I threw up if I was forced to eat them) so rice became my starch of choice. Today I decided I wanted onigiri filled with wasabi pea purée. Yum! I’ve not been feeling great lately, but I’m seeing a doctor on Tuesday and I’m hopefully getting some help. And besides that, I got myself a daylight lamp today. It’s used in light therapy to help against SAD and it’s hopefully going to help make things a bit better. Anyway, I needed cheering up so here’s what I made!

Onigiri

Wasabi pea purée:

  •  200 ml frozen peas
  • 1 tbsp ready made wasabi
  • 2 tsp oil
  • 2 tsp water
  • salt and pepper

Put peas in boiling water and let boil for 2 minutes. Put in a food processor with all other ingredients and mix together until semi smooth. Add more salt and pepper if needed.

For the onigiri I cooked rice and let it cool. I used one of my onigiri moulds, filled it half full with rice, put in some of the purée and then more rice. Cut up some nori and wrapped it around the onigiri. And then some more wasabi and some soy sauce and I was ready to be comforted.

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9 Comments

  1. So cute! I’ve been looking for a creamy sushi filling - I have a weird thing about semi-firm and crunchy sushi fillings, but the pea puree is genius! My favorite sushi filling is avocado, but I’ll try this one next.

    Thanks!!

    Comment by Mary - October 15th, 2007 at 12:39 am

  2. Those are beautiful! I love wasabi. Those creamy bites must have been pure comfort.

    Comment by Diann - October 15th, 2007 at 1:24 am

  3. The rice looks like it’s in the shape of a heart, aww! You’ve chosen such a healthy and versatile comfort food. Mine is toast.

    Comment by theresa - October 15th, 2007 at 2:05 am

  4. Gorgeous!

    Comment by bazu - October 15th, 2007 at 11:18 pm

  5. Ooh, I think I want to make this with edamame!

    Comment by Melisser @ theurbanhousewife.com - October 16th, 2007 at 9:19 am

  6. I like your sushi because they look like they got their naughty-parts edited out for national television. Teehee.

    Comment by Lindy Loo - October 17th, 2007 at 8:49 pm

  7. I like rice too :) We eat that almost everyday, if you come SG, you can get lots of rice everywhere everyday :)

    Comment by dreamy - October 21st, 2007 at 12:38 pm

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