/ / recipes / course / snack-light-meal By course Snack / Light meal 1 viral, validated snack / light meal recipes — each tested by a named editor in a real kitchen. Japanese · 15 min · Easy Onigiri — Japanese Rice Balls Japan's perfect handheld snack: warm short-grain rice shaped into a triangle around a savoury filling, wrapped in a strip of crisp nori. From umeboshi to salmon to tuna-mayo, onigiri is the lunchbox, picnic and convenience-store staple of Japan — humble, portable and endlessly comforting. The whole trick is the right rice, lightly salted hands, and a gentle, firm shaping.