I got a sushi making kit which had these plastic inserts etc. to make fancy sushi but it didn’t really work very well for me. So I just decide to use my mat and roll it old school and they turned out great !
Sushi rice (recipe)
1 cup sushi rice
1 cup water
1 tbsp rice vinegar
1 tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp salt
Wash the rice really well until water is clear.
Place water and rice in a pot and let it come to a boil.
once it comes to a boil reduce the heat to low and cover the pot and let the rice cook for about 15-20 minutes.
Take off the stove and let it cool covered for about 15 minutes
Now add the vinegar , sugar and salt and use a fork to mix it in and coat all the rice without making the rice mushy.
Sushi rice is ready !
Filling
Carrots - julienned into thin slices
Avocado - cut into thin strips
Cucumber ( remove seed) - cut into thin strips
Mango - cut into thin strips
Cream cheese ( block of Philadelphia ) cut into strips
Sushi nori packet ( seaweed)
Wasabi
Pickled ginger
Soy sauce
Instructions
- Place a sushi mat ( bamboo mat for rolling on the counter)
- Place the nori on the mat
- Then place some rice and flatten it with hand to spread it across the nori leaving the edges clean
- Now place the strips of vegetables/ cream cheese ( whatever you want for filling on the rice ) in the middle
- Now roll the sushi with the mat and make sure to stop and make the roll tight. Then cut into pieces ( typically 6-8 pieces depending on how thick you want the roll )
- Sushi is now ready to serve with wasabi, pickled ginger and soy sauce on the side.
- You put a little bit of wasabi on the sushi and dip in soy sauce and eat it . Eat ginger in-between to cleanse the palate.
- I made four types of rolls -
- mango, cucumber , carrot , avocado and cream cheese
- Tempura asparagus, tempura sweet potato, carrot and cream cheese
- Avocado , tempura avocado ,cucumber, cream cheese and crushed peanuts
- ‘California roll’- carrot , cucumber, avocado and cream cheese
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