Feb 09 2010

Best Sushi Recipe – What to Prepare and How to Do It


Best Sushi Recipe – What to Prepare and How to Do It
By Ciara Jones

Do you want to have a try of your own cooked sushi in the convenience of your home? Try this. Sushi is the most famous Japanese food in the world and a favorite of the natives itself, too. They also prepare this kind of food when there is something special. So, what is a sushi? What are they things needed to make it?

Sushi is a vinegar rice, with many different ingredients including rice. It is artfully designed and with variations in its cooking style. The different types in making a sushi is Nigirizushi, Makizushi, Oshizushi, Inarizushi, Chirashizushi, Narezushi. There are many kinds of sushi but let us try to learn Makizushi. So, the materials needed are: Fukin (kitchen cloth), Hangiri (rice barrel), Hocho (kitchen knives), Makisu (bamboo rolling mat), Ryoribashi (cooking chopsticks), Shamoji (wooden rice paddle), Makiyakinabe (rectangular omelette pan).

Ingredients:

  • Sushi rice – short grained rice to be combined with rice vinegar, sugar, salt and sometimes, sake or kombu
  • Nori – black seaweed
  • Tuna fish and seafoods
  • Mixtures and fillers – Pickled daikon radishi, pickled vegetables (tsukemono), fermented soybeans (natto) in natto maki, avocado, cucumber in kappa maki, asparagus, yam, pickled ume (umeboshi), gourd, burdock, and sweet corn with mayonnaise.
  • Flavoring – Wasabi or soy sauce

Steps on how to make a Makizushi:

1. Place the Makisu on your preparation table.

2. Put a Nori on top of the Makisu.

3. Put some rice on top of the Nori and spread the rice evenly.

5. Leave a space on the top and bottom of the Nori, probably an inch.

6. Put some toppings, you could choose anything you like as long as the seafood would be compatible to each other and also put Wasabi on it.

7. Slowly, lift the Makisu and see to it that the Nori should be steady so that it will not be damaged. Make sure both of the sides are with the same size or should be even.

8. Roll the Makisu upward.

9. Place both index fingers on the sides of Makisu and shape the makizushi into a square.

10. Cut the makizushi twice with a very sharp knife.

11. Put them together and cut them into pieces.

12. Finished!

If you cannot find the things that are needed before making a sushi, you can find other means for that. Be resourceful because this recipe would bring you to the Oriental and feel like you are in Japan. Experience the adventure in making your own dish with the feel of the Oriental.

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Feb 10 2009

How to Select Perfect Sushi with Wine

Marisa’s Suggestion for Sushi with Roogle Tasting

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If you are looking for a perfect marriage between sushi and wine, Marisa’s suggestions come in handy. Following article is republished with a permission from Marisa Baggett.

Some suggestions for those participating in the Roogle Riesling tasting

 

Free Sushi Booklet – Download a free, printable sushi instruction booklet with techniques, sushi recipes, step by step photos, a recipe for brown sushi rice, and much more.

Some form of sushi with crab is what I highly suggest. But it’s not the only thing that will pair well with this wine. Want some thing fun and eclectic? Try one of these recipes to accompany your Roogle Riesling.  See the Sushi Recipe Index for more recipes.

 

Toasted Walnut and Mushroom Maki

 

Spicy Kiwi and Walu Sushi Rolls

 

Tuna Rolls with Bacon and Apples

 

Grilled Mahi Mahi Maki

 

 

Also, Jennifer Biggs will be featuring a video on her blog that shows her method for assembling a California “bowl” where the elements of a California roll are used to make chirashi zushi, or scattered sushi.

 

Something I like to do is make Martini Chirashi – sushi in a glass! It’s quick and very easy. All you need is a fresh batch of sushi rice and whatever toppings your enjoy most.  In the picture below, I began by placing a bit of masago fish roe in the glass. Then, I topped it with a bed of sushi rice. To finish, I arranged 3 pieces of yellowfin tuna, 3 pieces of albacore tuna, more masago, some thinly sliced cucumbers and shredded daikon on top. The beauty of using a martini glass is that you can see all of the pretty layers through the glass. You can use any of your favorite toppings such as shrimp, scallops, pickled vegetables, etc to customize your very own sushi in a glass.

 

Of interest: Keeping Sushi Economical

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Sep 05 2008

Sunomono Salad

This dish serves as a great accompaniment to most Japanese meals. Sunomono translates into English roughly as vinegared food. The following recipe is both light and refreshing. It is particularly good to eat in the hot summer months.

Recipe

Ingredients:

Sushi Recipe For Japanese Sunomono Salad - Sushi Salad 100 g Dried Harusame Noodles
200 g Crab Meat [I love the Phillips brand]
1 English Cucumber
1 Small Carrot
1 Small Ginger Root
1 Small Japanese Daikon Radish

Marinade:
100 ml Seasoned Rice Vinegar [Marukan or Mitsukan]
15 ml Sake
dash Soy Sauce [Kikkoman or Yamasa]
dash Sesame Oil

Directions:

  • Step 1
    Mix all marinade ingredients and set aside.
  • Step 2
    Boil noodles — 3 minutes — stirring occasionally then rinse well with cold water and drain.
  • Step 3
    Drain crab meat.
    Slice thinly crosswise 10 pieces of English cucumber.
    Shred 1/2 cup carrots [I love using my katsura muki-ki for this].
    Grate finely 2 tsp ginger root.
    Shred 1/2 cup Japanese radish [Use your katsura muki-ki for this too].
  • Step 4
    Combine all ingredients and toss well while adding the marinade.
  • Step 5
    Garnish with lemon wedges and wakame seaweed if desired.

Serve Chilled and Enjoy!