Ingredients

• 3 cups of cooked rice
• 1 cup of black sesame seeds

• 15 lettuce leaves (or a veg green leaf)
• 1 cup of fresh mint
• 1 tablespoon of almond meal
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce

The centre filling
1 cup of veg floss (optional), or,
peanut butter, or,
olives

Method

• Put the cooked rice into a bowl.
• wet your hands
• put a spoon of rice onto your palm and flatten it.
• place a teaspoon of the centre filling in your palm and close up the rice making a ball shape.
• roll the ball in a plate of sesame seeds.
• Place the ball onto the leaf.

Prepare the garnish

• finely chop the mint
• add the soy sauce to the mint in a bowl so it is just damp. Mix in the almond meal to give some body.
• gently place daubs of mint around the sesame ball, ready to serve.

Rice ball entree

Recipe Lovingly prepared: Holistic food garden health planet – Feb Earthcare workshop