How to cook Sushi Rice
Ingredients:
How to Cook:
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After washing the rice well, cook it by pan or rice cooker.
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Prepare sushi vinegar (sushi-zu) by mixing rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a small pan. Put the pan on low heat and cook until the sugar dissolves.
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Cool the vinegar mixture.
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Spread the cooked hot rice into a large plate (if you have it, use a wooden bowl called sushi-oke) by spatula (called shamoji).
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Sprinkle the vinegar mixture over the rice and fold the rice by shamoji very quickly. Be careful not to smash the rice.
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To cool and remove the moisture of the rice well, use a fan as you mix sushi rice. This will give sushi rice a shiny look.
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The sushi rice is ready! It's best to use it right away.
* Makes 6 cups of sushi rice.
How to make Makizushi /Basic Steps to Make Sushi Roll:
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Cook sushi rice.
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Put a nori sheet on top of a bamboo mat (makisu).
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Spread the sushi rice on top of the nori sheet.
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Place the ingredients lengthwise on the rice.
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Crab+Avocado Makizushi
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Ham+cucumber Makizushi
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Tuna+cucumber Makizushi
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Roll up the bamboo mat, pressing forward to shape the sushi into a cylinder.
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Press the bamboo mat firmly and remove it from the sushi.
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Cut the rolled sushi into bite-sized pieces.You can cut the sushi better if you wipe the knife with a wet cloth before you slice it.
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