Sushi is a Japanese dish that is now experiencing the peak of its popularity, especially in Russia. On the shelves of supermarkets you can find all the ingredients, and according to these step-by-step recipes, prepare sushi at home. In fact, it is not difficult, the result will exceed all expectations, besides the dish will cost much cheaper.
Sushi at Home - General Cooking Principles
Not all varieties of rice are suitable for sushi. You can buy special Japanese rice, there is a mark on the package. But it is not always on sale or the price is unreasonably high. That is why more and more often in recipes is indicated simply round or Krasnodar rice. In composition, grain size and other characteristics, it is great.
What else is needed to make sushi:
• rice vinegar;
• salt, sugar;
• Nori sheets;
• soy sauce, ginger and wasabi for serving.
Of course, there is no sushi without filling. Here you can show all your imagination and choose the most favorite products. Usually use fish and seafood, fresh vegetables, avocados, crab sticks. For a combination, you can take as a basis known recipes or come up with something of your own.
For folding sushi using a special mat. In order not to dirty anything and everything turned out, the rug is wrapped with cling film. Sushi is cooked in a small amount, as it is not recommended to store a Japanese dish.
How to cook sushi rice at home: a step by step recipe
Good rice is the basis of the dish. And it is very important to cook it properly. Sushi without rice is found, but most often in some diet recipes, cottage cheese, egg omelettes and other products are wrapped in noria. Such options have nothing in common with Japanese cuisine.
Ingredients
• 1 tbsp. rice;
• 0.5 tsp. salts;
• 50 ml of vinegar;
• 0.5 Art. l Sahara;
• 1.5 Art. water.
Method of preparation
1. Wash the rice thoroughly, pour it into the pan. We choose a pot with a thick bottom and it is very desirable that it should have a tight lid. 2. Pour water. We measure strictly according to the recipe, it is impossible to add excess liquid. If the water is low, the rice will come out hard and dry.
3. Bring to a boil, cover and cook for exactly 15 minutes. You can not cook rice for more than 20 minutes.
4. Turn off the stove, let the rice stand for another 10 minutes so that the remaining moisture is evenly distributed inside.
5. While rice is infused, we combine rice vinegar with salt and sugar, put it on the stove, heat it over low heat until all the grains are dissolved.
6. Pour vinegar dressing into rice, quickly stir, cool to a warm state.
Home Sushi: Hosomaki's Step-by-Step Recipe
A simple version of sushi at home. In the step-by-step recipe salted salmon is used, but you can also take another red fish at your discretion.
Ingredients
• 390 grams of boiled rice;
• 3 sheets of nori;
• 150 grams of salmon;
• a little wasabi.
Method of preparation
1. On the mat in front of you put a nori sheet with the rough side up.
2. Lay out 130 grams of boiled rice for sushi, smear with your hands in an even layer, leaving a small empty strip on the opposite side. So that the rice does not stick to the hands, they need to be moistened. You can use just water, but more often it is mixed with rice vinegar.
3. Apply a drop of wasabi with a strip where the fish will be located.
4. Slice the salmon into slices. Lay out the strip along the entire length of the sheet.
5. Lift the edge of the mat, gently twist the roll. Cover with a rug and, pressing tightly with your hands, give the correct shape.
6. Transfer the workpiece to the cutting board. Moisten a large and sharp knife, cut the roll in half, then each part in half and more. It should make 8 identical pieces.
7. Transfer the sushi to a plate, cut up, add wasabi, pickled ginger and serve soy sauce in a small bowl.
Home Sushi: Philadelphia's Step-by-Step Recipe
Philadelphia Sushi is another very popular option that is easy to prepare at home. The amount of filling is designed for 1 cup of dry rice. Cook it in a step-by-step recipe, which is listed above. Ingredients
• 150 grams of Philadelphia cheese;
• 300 grams of salted salmon;
• rice ready;
• 1 avocado;
• 1.5 sheets of nori.
Method of preparation
1. Avocado for sushi is better to use slightly unripe so that it does not fall apart. Cut it into strips, remove each skin.
2. Sheet noriya cut in half, you need 3 halves.
3. We cover the special mat with a film. This is very important, since Philadelphia sushi is cooked with rice outside.
4. On the film lay out a piece of algae, more precisely its half. The rough side should be on top.
5. Moistened hands lay out the rice, but not just. Bottom must be left empty algae. We make a strip of about two centimeters. Top lay a couple of centimeters on the film above the sheet of noria. Carefully level, press rice.
6. Cover the unfolded rice with the unused side of the rug. Turn to algae were out.
7. Put the cheese on the seaweed, then the avocado pieces. Gently twist the roll.
8. Lay out thin slices of salmon on the film. Spread so that between them there were no gaps.
9. Put open salmon on salmon, cut off pieces of salmon, which will go beyond the edge.
10. Fold the edges of the rug and gently roll to give sushi the correct shape.
11. Cut the roll into pieces, shift to a serving dish.
Sushi at Home: A Step-by-Step Recipe with Cucumber and Crab Stick
A simple step-by-step recipe for sushi at home with an inexpensive filling. It is advisable to take a cucumber young or remove large seeds.
Ingredients
• 130 grams of finished rice;
• 1 leaf of algae;
• 30 grams of cucumber;
• 20 grams of cream cheese;
• 3 sticks (crab).
Method of preparation
1. On a mat lay out a sheet of algae.
2. Apply a uniform layer of rice to the rough side, leaving 1.5-2 centimeters from the opposite end.
3. Now you need to put a strip of cream cheese. We do this at a distance of about five centimeters from the side nearest to you.
4. You can put a few drops of wasabi on cream cheese. It is to taste. 5. Cut the cucumber into straws, put it on the cheese.
6. Put crab sticks on top. If they are long, then two things are enough. If the sticks are short, then put a piece of the third thing.
7. Lift the edge, gently twist the roll. Cover with a rug, smooth, giving a square shape.
8. Cut into 8 pieces, put on a plate.
Sushi at Home: A Step-by-Step Recipe with Eel
There are several options for filling with eel. It is difficult to say which one is worse or better, it all depends on personal taste. Here is a step-by-step recipe for sushi at home with eel and cucumber, sesame seeds (Unagi maki).
Ingredients
• rice for sushi (ready);
• 260 grams of smoked eel;
• 3 sheets of nori;
• 2 cucumbers;
• raw sesame;
• wasabi, ginger, soy sauce.
Method of preparation
1. Cut the eel into long strips. If initially the piece is a bit short, then it will be possible to stack several things.
2. Slice the cucumber into thin strips.
3. Sushi with eel is made thin here. Therefore, each sheet of algae must be cut in half.
4. Prepare a bowl of cold water. You can add a little vinegar or squeeze lemon juice into it.
5. wetting hands, put a layer of rice on the algae.
6. Posting stripes of eel and sliced cucumber.
7. Sprinkle the top with sesame seeds. Many do not need, should leave about a teaspoon without a slide on one roll.
8. Twist the roll. Align with a rug, cut with a sharp knife dipped in the same water with vinegar.
Sushi at Home: Step-by-step recipe with flying fish caviar
Sushi with small caviar looks very elegant, they are original and unusual. But at the same time they are easy to do at home, you just need to get all the necessary ingredients. Additionally, for the filling you will need crab sticks, you can replace with eel or shrimp, salmon at your discretion, or prepare sushi just with a cucumber.
Ingredients
• Nori sheets;
• 1 large cucumber;
• boiled rice;
• 1 jar of caviar;
• 1 pack of chopsticks (crab). Method of preparation
1. Boil rice according to all the rules, there is a detailed recipe above. It will take 2 cups of dry cereal. After cooking, fill with vinegar, cool.
2. Cut the long cucumber into strips, clean the sticks from the film, just open the jar of caviar. Cut sheets of algae in half.
3. Cover the mat with film, put a piece of seaweed, apply a layer of rice, leaving the opposite side 2 cm above the film.
4. Immediately apply a layer of flying fish roe to the rice. Cover with the free side of the mat, smooth and turn over.
5. Put foxes and cucumber on the fox. You can take another stuffing. For more juiciness, you can add a little melted cheese.
6. Twist the roll, put the rug into the correct shape, cut into pieces.
Sushi at Home - Tips and Tricks
• When cooking rice, no spices can be added to the pan. But it is recommended to put a small piece of nori, hold it a little and take it out. Algae will give your flavor rice.
• No need to try to make large sushi, save sheets of seaweed or your time. These sushi are not very tasty, besides, they are uncomfortable to eat.
• Sushi or rolls? In fact, there are differences between these dishes, but in Russia they are called differently, which is not prohibited.
• To ensure that the opposite side of the sheet glues together normally, leave an empty strip of algae. For a stronger connection, you can lightly grease it with water. But this should be done immediately before twisting.
