Rice balls in seaweed flakes

Ingredients:

for the seasoned seaweed flakes

• 10 sheets of gim (seaweed paper), toasted on both sides
• ¼ cup toasted sesame seeds
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt

Ingredients for 1 dosirak

• 2 cups of fluffy white rice
• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
• 2 to 3 teaspoons hot pepper paste
• 1 hard or semi-boiled egg, cut into halves
• a few florets of steamed broccoli
• 4 to 5 small Vienna sausages, pan-fried with a few drops of cooking oil
• Yellow pickled radish (homemade or store-sold), chopped
• A few small cherry tomatoes and lettuce (optional)
• salt, cooking oil, and toasted sesame seeds

Instructions:

1. Tear the toasted gim a few times and put it into the food processor along with the sesame seeds and salt.
2. Process until it turns into coarse powder. Put the flakes into a glass jar or a plastic container. Set aside.
3. Place the rice in a bowl with the sesame oil and mix with a wooden spoon. Let it cool for a few minutes.
4. Divide the rice into 2 portions, and make 2 rice balls. When the rice is warm, it sticks together well. Shape each ball into 4 inch wide discs.
5. Heat up a nonstick pan over high heat. Add a few drops of cooking oil and swirl to coat evenly. Put the rice discs onto the pan and cook for a few minutes until the bottom turns crispy. Turn them over and cook for a few more minutes until the both sides are light golden brown.
6. Cut the Vienna sausages in half and make 2 slits crosswise into one end of each piece. This way, the ends will split into flowers when they cook.
7. Put the sausages into the pan and with a drop of cooking oil. Cook until the ends open up into flowers. Remove from the heat.

Put it all together

1. Put the jumeokbap into your lunchbox container on a bed of lettuce if you have it. Spread a teaspoon or so of gochujang on the top of each rice disc, and then sprinkle a few tablespoons of seaweed flakes over top.
2. Add and nicely arrange the egg halves, broccoli, Vienna sausages, chopped danmuji, and cherry tomatoes (if used). 
3. Eat right away, or save for lunch. Just open the dosirak and enjoy!