Saturday, April 30, 2011

How to make sushi at home | Easy Sushi Recipe


Now a day, a lot of people enjoy sushi with friends at restaurant for evening gathering. But Some time restaurants get crowded, makes unable to enjoy the dinner relaxing night out. Now wouldn't it be nice? to being able to enjoy sushi dinner at home for half of the cost, and quiet evening. Invite your girl friend or boy friend over for quiet dinner with quality of sushi restaurant as your main dinner. The only difficult part of making sushi at home is finding quality sea food and sushi rice.
First of all, to make sushi we would need to have good rice. Anyone can steam rice, with a good a rice cooker but to make really good sushi rice, I would recommend to have a good rice cooker, that cost at least $100 sales at any asian market. or you can purchase it online. The reason for that is, because, cheap rice cooker that sale at Walmart and Target doesn't keep pressure on the rice, so the rice became hard inside. That steamed rice won't be able to make good sushi rice. So, if you would like to make good sushi rice, you should invest on a rice cooker. If you enjoy sushi, it would be a good purchase, I recommend it.
Secondly, you will need to have the right type of rice, and seasoned to your taste. Important thing is, you need to be able find the right kind of rice for sushi. The short-grain rice is used for the sushi, and it is also available at local store, not just in Asian store. This type of rice has good stickiness for sushi and keep the rice ball intact with sea food topping. Try to make rice ball with medium or long-grain rice, then you would know.
They don't have stickiness like the short grain rice.It is best to read the instructions on the rice cooker before you cook the rice, but a general suggestion is 3 to 2 ratio on water and rice. Before start cooking, you must be rinse the rice in cold water until wash away the powder on the rice or become clear. After set the rice in the rice cooker, just turn on the switch and leave it. Rice cooker will do a fine job. All you have to do is wait.
After, the rice is cooked but still hot, put it in any kind of large bowl or you can use any non-reactive bowl at your disposal. Mix the rice wine vinegar or Sushi rice mix, I would recommend mitsukan brand( also you can find it at local store or asian market)sparingly into the rice using a cut and fold motion also, gently, but to be careful, braking the rice and becoming a paste. You want to keep the rice grains as solid as possible. Do not mix with too much seasoning, so it is best to taste and carefully mix until the rice become your desired taste. You will realize, How much sushi rice for the amount of seasoning to make sushi rice at home. The rice should be later fanned to cool down the sushi rice to room-temperature. Sushi rice that too warm is undesirable for sushi rice. Now you have your seasoned sushi rice done! Also, You can make the sushi rice hours before you start making sushi at home, as long as you keep the wet towel over the top of the rice to keep it's moist.For more go at
www.offersushi.com

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Making Sushi Class - Learn How to Make Sushi at Home


Sushi is a food that is eaten worldwide in both casual and formal settings. If you don't have the ability or experience to eat sushi in a high class or formal experience you can make your own sushi at home and it can taste just as good as when the chefs make it.

First you must understand exactly what sushi is. The basic form of sushi is that it is a roll of fish or other sea food wrapped up with rice. These ingredients are placed inside of seaweed, also known as nori. There are two different types of sushi as a base.

The first is simpler and is hosomaki which is translated as thin maki. This type of sushi only contains one type of filling which can be fish, seafood, or just a simple vegetable for those who don't eat any type of fish and/or seafood. The second type is futomaki also known as fat maki and this contains two or more fillings for a fuller type of sushi. These two are the basics for sushi making home. They can be spiced up by adding additional sauces or seasonings.

Sushi can also be rolled or folded in different ways. Hand formed sushi, also known as nigri sushi, is the most common type and includes pressed rice along with some type of topping. Another type is known as maki sushi and is rolled up. The seaweed is wrapped around rice and a filling. It may be hosomaki or futomaki.

In order to make sushi a few basic ingredients are required. Nori, short grained rice, seasonings, and a type of raw fish or vegetable are the basic essentials. The vegetables may include but are not limited to avocado, cucumber, carrots, and asparagus. The seasonings can be plants and other items such as ginger root, wasabi, or soy sauce. If you want to include seafood you may want to include shrimp, eel, salmon, or any other seafood.

Now that we have outlined ingredients the actual process of making the sushi can occur. Place nori down flat on a bamboo mat for the filling to be placed inside. Spread a very thin layer of rice on top of the nori that leaves enough visible for the nori to be seen. Any ingredients you wish to be placed inside the sushi are now placed in the middle of the nori.

Now it is time to roll the sushi. Hold the bamboo mat edge and roll away from you. Be sure that the roll is tight but not tight enough that the fillings seep out of the edges. After the roll is complete the bamboo can be separated and the roll is left intact. The entire sushi roll is now ready to be sliced into sections. Depending upon the size you want each roll to be, now cut it into either sections of six or eight.

Don't be afraid to experiment and try different ingredients and combination's. You never know what kind of creation you will come up with.


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