Jack-O-Lantern Carrot Rice
A recipe for Jack-O-Lantern Carrot Rice! Rice is simmered in carrot juice and decorated into Jack-O-Lanterns with nori and green onion.
Servings 8 Pumpkins
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups (315 grams) uncooked Japanese short grain rice
- 2 cups (473 milliliters) carrot juice
- 1 cup (237 milliliters) water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Pinch sugar optional
- 2 sheets nori
- 1 green onion
Instructions
To make in a rice cooker:
- Combine the rice, carrot juice, water, salt, and sugar. Cook according to manufacturer settings.
To make in a saucepan:
- Bring carrot juice, water, salt, and optionally sugar to a boil.
- Add rice, cover, reduce heat to simmer, and cook until all the liquid has absorbed (without removing lid), about 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat, remove cover, lightly fluff with a fork, and allow to cool just enough to handle.
To assemble:
- Use a craft knife, paring knife, scissors, or stencils to cut desired jack-o-lantern shapes out of nori.
- Discard the white and light green sections of green onion. Cut the dark green blades into 1 inch (2.5 centimeter) pieces.
- Place a small bowl of water next to work surface. Wet hands and form handful-sized scoops of rice into a ball. If desired, wrap the rice in plastic wrap to help form a round shape.
- Optionally, use a string to press into the sides of the ball to make the ribs of the pumpkin (ridges running from top to bottom).
- Carefully press the cut out nori pieces in desired pattern on the front of each ball of rice.
- Gently push the end of the green onion piece into the top to make the stem.
- Serve immediately.