Sushi is a Japanese dish that is currently 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, this is not difficult at all, the result will exceed all expectations, and the dish will cost much less.
Sushi at home - general principles of preparation
Not all rice varieties 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 even more often in recipes is indicated just round or Krasnodar rice. In composition, grain size and other characteristics, it is excellent.
What else is needed for making sushi:
• rice vinegar;
• salt, sugar;
• nori sheets;
• soy sauce, ginger and wasabi to serve.
Of course, there is no sushi without filling. Here you can show all your imagination and choose your favorite products. Usually they use fish and seafood, fresh vegetables, avocados, crab sticks. For combination, you can take as a basis known recipes or come up with something of your own.
For folding sushi use a special mat. In order not to stain anything and everything turned out, the mat is wrapped with cling film. A small amount of sushi is prepared, since it is not recommended to store a Japanese dish.
How to cook rice for sushi at home: a step by step recipe
Good rice is the basis of the dish. And it is very important to cook it correctly. Sushi without rice is found, but most often in some diet recipes, curry, egg omelet and other products are wrapped in nori. Such options have nothing to do with Japanese cuisine.
Ingredients
• 1 tbsp. rice;
• 0.5 tsp salts;
• 50 ml of vinegar;
• 0.5 tbsp. l Sahara;
• 1.5 tbsp. water.
Cooking method
1. Wash rice thoroughly, pour into a saucepan. We choose a vessel with a thick bottom and it is very desirable that it has a tight lid.
2. Pour water. We measure strictly according to the prescription, you can not add excess liquid. If there is little water, then 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 the rice is infused, combine rice vinegar with salt and sugar, put on a stove, heat over low heat until all the grains are dissolved.
6. Pour vinegar dressing into rice, stir quickly, cool to a warm state.
Sushi at home: a step-by-step recipe for Hosomaki
A simple option for sushi at home. The step-by-step recipe uses slightly salted salmon, but you can also take other red fish as you wish.
Ingredients
• 390 grams of boiled rice;
• 3 sheets of nori;
• 150 grams of salmon;
• a bit of wasabi.
Cooking method
1. Lay a nori sheet with the rough side up on the mat in front of you.
2. Put 130 grams of boiled rice for sushi, spread with your hands in an even layer, leaving a small empty strip on the opposite side. To prevent rice from sticking to your hands, you need to moisten them. 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. Cut the salmon into small cubes. Put a 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 firmly with your hands, give the correct shape.
6. Transfer the workpiece to a cutting board. Dampen a large and sharp knife, cut the roll in half, then each part in half and more. You should get 8 identical pieces.
7. Transfer sushi to a plate, place the slice up, add wasabi, pickled ginger, serve soy sauce in a small bowl.
Homemade Sushi: Philadelphia Walkthrough Recipe
Sushi Philadelphia is another very popular option that is easy to prepare at home. The amount of filling is calculated on 1 glass of dry rice. We cook it according to the step-by-step recipe, which is given above.
Ingredients
• 150 grams of Philadelphia cheese;
• 300 grams of salted salmon;
• rice ready;
• 1 avocado;
• 1.5 sheets of nori.
Cooking method
1. Avocado for sushi is better to use a slightly immature so that it does not fall apart. Cut it into strips, remove from each peel.
2. We cut the leaf of the noriya in half, you need 3 halves.
3. We cover a special rug with a film. This is very important, as Philadelphia sushi is cooked with rice out.
4. Put a sheet of algae on the film, or rather its half. The rough side should be on top.
5. We spread rice with wet hands, but not just. Below you need to leave empty algae. We make a strip of about two centimeters. We spread a couple of centimeters on top of the film above the noriya sheet. Carefully level, press fig.
6. Cover the spread rice with the unused side of the mat. Flip so that the algae are out.
7. Put cheese on the seaweed, then pieces of avocado. Gently roll the roll.
8. Spread thin slices of salmon on a film. Spread so that there is no gap between them.
9. Put an open roll on salmon, cut pieces of salmon that will go over the edge.
10. Fold the edges of the mat and gently roll to give the sushi the right shape.
11. Cut the roll into pieces, transfer to a serving dish.
Sushi at home: a step by step recipe with cucumber and crab sticks
A simple step-by-step sushi recipe 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).
Cooking method
1. Put a sheet of algae on the mat.
2. Apply a uniform layer of rice on the rough side, leaving 1.5-2 centimeters from the opposite end.
3. Now you need to apply a strip of cream cheese. We do this at a distance of about five centimeters from the side closest to us.
4. A few drops of wasabi can be applied to cream cheese. It is to your taste.
5. Straws cut the cucumber, put on cheese.
6. Put crab sticks on top. If they are long, then two things are enough. If the sticks are short, then we put a piece from the third little thing.
7. Raise the edge, gently twist the roll. Cover with a rug, smooth, squaring.
8. Cut into 8 parts, 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 sushi recipe 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.
Cooking method
1. Cut the eel into long strips. If the piece is initially a bit short, then it will be possible to stack a few things.
2. Cut into thin strips and cucumber.
3. Eel sushi is made thin. Therefore, each sheet of algae must be cut in half.
4. Prepare a bowl of cold water. You can add a little vinegar to it or squeeze lemon juice.
5. wetting hands, apply a layer of rice to the algae.
6. Put out strips of eel and chopped cucumber.
7. Sprinkle the filling on top with sesame seeds. You don’t need much, about a teaspoon should go without a slide on one roll.
8. Twist the roll. Align with a mat, cut with a sharp knife dipped in the same water with vinegar.
Sushi at home: a 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 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 sticks (crab).
Cooking method
1. Boil rice according to all the rules, there is a detailed recipe above. It will take 2 cups of dry cereal. After cooking, season with vinegar, cool.
2. Cut a long cucumber into strips, peel the sticks from the film, and simply open the jar of caviar. Cut algae sheets in half.
3. Cover the mat with a film, put a piece of algae, apply a layer of rice, leaving from the opposite side 2 cm above the film.
4. Immediately put a layer of flying fish caviar on the rice. Cover with the free side of the mat, smooth and turn over.
5. Put sticks and a cucumber on the fox. You can take another filling. For greater juiciness, you can add a little cream cheese.
6. Twist the roll, give it the right shape with a rug, cut into pieces.
Sushi at home - useful tips and tricks
• When cooking rice, no spices should 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 their flavor to rice.
• No need to try to make large sushi, save algae sheets or your time. Such sushi will turn out not very tasty, besides they are inconvenient to eat.
• Sushi or rolls? In fact, there are differences between these dishes, but in Russia they are called differently, which is not prohibited.
• So that the opposite side of the sheet sticks together normally, leave an empty strip of algae. For a stronger bond, you can lightly grease it with water. But you need to do this just before twisting.
