Gomoku rice ball, kinpira, and watermelon
A Japanese breakfast tray with a gomoku rice ball, kinpira gobo, mozuku seaweed, ohitashi, soup, watermelon, and yogurt.
On the tray
A gomoku rice ball, kinpira, mozuku, and watermelon.
Gomoku means "five ingredients". Gomoku rice is cooked together with chopped vegetables and other ingredients, seasoned with soy sauce and dashi. Here it is shaped into a rice ball.
Kinpira gobo is burdock root and carrot cut into thin strips and stir-fried with soy sauce and sugar. It keeps for days, so it turns up on many trays. Mozuku is a thin, slippery seaweed, usually eaten cold in a light vinegar dressing. Ohitashi is blanched greens steeped in dashi and soy sauce.
