Premium short grain rice
We had some excellent quality short grain rice on hand. It came from a producer in Japan and was quite a young rice.
Every single grain of the rice was beauty in itself.
The story of the rice itself is fascinating. It is about a community creating a symbiotic environment where not only do they produce excellent rice but provide havitat and sustainment for endangered storks.
I love their logo as well – it is a minimal looking logo in shape of the rice grain. The rice grain includes everything of the rice eco-system. 
Just like a premium product does it came in excellent packaging. We highly recommend trying this rice for a special occasion. If you are in US the Stork Natural Koshihikari rice from Toyooka Japan is available from Toiro.
Broccolini
The idea was to feature the rice and it does not take much to have something to pair with the rice. We had good broccolini on hand. We marinated it quickly in yogurt, crushed ginger garlic and white pepper and cooked it in oven at 400 for 15 to 20 minutes.
The rice was washed many times till water runs clear. Then soaked in an earthen pot and cooked covered for about 13 minutes letting the steam escape very gently then rested for 20 minutes.
The rice came out beautiful, every grain shining. We seasoned it with some yuzu based citrusy vinegar. We sliced some shallots thin and fried them crisp. The bowl was assembled quickly with seasoned rice, topped with broccolini, crisp fried shallots.
Grilled Broccolini Rice Bowl
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients
- 1 cup short grain young sushi rice, washed multiple times by swirling and soaked for 20 minutes
- 1 cup + 2 Tbsp water
- 8 Broccolini florets with tender stalks
- 1 Tbsp vinegar (we used a yuzu vinegar, but rice wine vinegar also works well)
- 0.5 cup greek full fat yogurt
- 1 tsp crushed ginger and garlic
- 1 tsp white pepper
- Salt for seasoning
- 1 tsp thinly sliced and fried crispy shallots
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 400 F.
- Marinate broccolini in yogurt, ginger garlic, white pepper and salt mixture.
- Cook soaked short grain rice on medium high heat and covered for 13 minutes letting the steam escape gently. Rest for 20 minutes.
- Cook Brocoolini in a well oiled sheetpan for 20 minutes.
- Uncover the rice and add the vinegar and gently mix. Serve in two bowls.
- Top with cooked broccolini and fried shallots distributed in the two bowls.
- Enjoy while warm.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Entree
- Cuisine: japanese
