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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Simple Sushi


Ingredients 
450ml sushi rice. 
500ml water 
112ml Japanese rice vinegar. 
4. tablespoon sugar pinch of salt  



Method 
cook the rice with water in a rice cooker. mix the vinegar, sugar & salt set aside. 
when the rice is cooked transfer into a wooden tub (a plastic or grass mixing bowl will do) with a wooden spatula stir the rice to cool it in the mean time dribble the dressing over the rice, stir well but not vigorously so that the ingredients are well mixed. you may wish to get someone to help you fan the rice so that its not too hot to handle. taste your rice from time to time, you may not wish to use up all the vinegar cover the rice with a damp tea cloth, make sushi by shaping the rice into a small rectangular block top with your favourite fish or roe with some practice you may make some vegetable sushi roll using seaweed sheets for these you'll also need a tatami mat to press the rice firmly together.