HOW TO MAKE SUSHI

How To Make Sushi

How To Make Sushi

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Step by Step Guide for Beginners: How To Make Sushi

You will need: Sushi Rice, 1/2 sheet of Seaweed ( Nori ), Toasted Sesame Seeds, Rolling Bamboo Mat, Knife, Cutting Board a Presentable Plate, and Sushi Ingredients that you prefer.

How to make sushi : Step 1 – Applying the Rice onto the Seaweed

Start off with a palm of sushi rice in your right hand. Look at it. Estimate about 3.5 inches by2 inches in diameter of an oval shaped sushi rice ball. If you think its too much, take some off. If you think its too less, add some on. You will learn through repetition. More reason to make more sushi.

Place the sushi rice ball in the center on the left hand side of a 1/2 sheet of nori (seaweed). Use your right hand to squeeze the bottom of the rice up while your left hand is pushing forward and downward to move the rice equally across the nori.

Part 1 : Applying Sushi Rice 1

Part 2 : Applying Sushi Rice 2

Part 3 : Applying Sushi Rice 3

Next step is the spreading the top part of the nori. Using your thumbs and index fingers, start from the left handed center of the rice and push towards the left top corner of the nori. The thumbs are the pushers and the index fingers act as a border line so you do not push the rice surpass the nori. Do not push the rice down, push the rice forward. Making sushi is delicate, it does not involve using force. Do this while you move toward the right end to cover the entire top part of the nori.

Part 4 : Applying Sushi Rice 4

On to the bottom. Basically you do the same thing as the previous step for the top part but for the bottom you use all your fingers. Oppositely, your thumbs are now the border liners and the rest of the fingers are used to pull the rice down toward the left corner and across to the right corner to cover the entire bottom.

Part 5 : Applying Sushi Rice 5

Part 6 : Applying Sushi Rice 6

Part 7 : Applying Sushi Rice 7

Your sushi rice patty should be fully covered by now. If you see spots of nori through missing spots of rice then either push rice over it or grab some more rice and fill the holes in. Your rice patty should look something like this. It could be cleaner but that’s fine. You don’t have to make it perfect. Just make sure the left and right sides and corners are fully covered due to the fact that these are the most important parts of spreading rice onto the nori. If rice if left out on the sides and corners then after rolling the roll, the edges will look small, sloppy, and maybe even not stand up properly when your done.

Part 8 : Checking the Sushi Rice

How to make sushi : Step 2 -Placing Your Ingredients

Part 9 – Sprinkle sesame seeds on top of the rice but Optional for those who are allergic.

Place the patty on a wrapped sushi mat, rice side facing down. Leave about a cm of space between the bottom of the sushi mat and the bottom of the rice patty. This space will help ease your rolling process up ahead.  Place the ingredients across the middle of the seaweed.  Place ingredients that contain more water closer to the middle and the dryer ingredients around it.  Placing wet ingredients closer to the edges my prevent the roll from closing.

Part 10 : Placing Your Sushi Ingredients

How to make sushi : Step 3 – Closing and Rolling Your Sushi

Now lets roll. Place your thumbs under the bottom end of the bamboo mat. Pick it up and slide it over the roll. The rice patty and ingredients should roll with the bamboo mat. After pulling the bamboo mat over to top, press the edge down onto the nori of the rice patty. The ingredients should be completely covered by the rice patty and the rice patty should be covered by the bamboo mat. The end of the bamboo mat and the end of the rice patty should touch the nori at the same time, aligned. This is the beginning of closing the roll.

Part 11 : Closing and Rolling Your Sushi 1

Part 12 : Closing and Rolling Your Sushi 2

Part 13 : Closing and Rolling Your Sushi 3

Next, push or tug the bamboo mat inward to push all the ingredients inside of the rice patty, leaving no ingredients exposed. Flap the sushi mat upwards and pull it forward so the sushi roll has moved 90 degrees forward. Mold and press the sides of the roll. Not too hard though, just a bit of firmness will do the trick. Flap it back once and repeat. You can do this a few times if you feel like your roll is not tight or molded correctly.

Part 14 : Closing and Rolling Your Sushi 4

Part 15 : Closing and Rolling Your Sushi 5

Part 16 : Closing and Rolling Your Sushi 6

When you’re finished, place the bamboo mat over the roll. Use the bamboo mat and your palms to press and mold the edges tighter. Do this by leaving a small part of the edge exposed from the bamboo mat and tapping it tight with your palm. Not doing this might result in the ingredients falling out or not being able to stand up right when your finished. Lopsided sushi.

Part 17 : Closing and Rolling Your Sushi 7

How to make sushi : Step 4 – Additional Add-Ons

Almost done! Now if you have any other items to place on top of the roll now is the time.  It can be from fish eggs to avocados to more fish.  Almost anything can be placed on top of a sushi roll.

Part 18 : Additional Add Ons

How to make sushi : Step 5 – Cutting Your Sushi Roll

Now its time to cut. Hold the sides of the roll with your thumb and middle finger and use your index finger to rest on top of the roll making an ark shape. Place your knife under the ark you’ve created and cut down the middle. Placing your fingers like this holds the roll in place while you cut it. Next, place one half directly in front of the other half. Now make an ark with your left thumb, index, middle and ring finger. Thumb and ring finger to the left, index and middle finger to the right. Place your knife under the ark again and cut directly down the middle. Repeat the previous step to the left side and right side to end up with 8 symmetrical pieces of sushi.

Part 19 : Cutting Your Sushi Roll 1

Part 20 : Cutting Your Sushi Roll 2

Part 21 : Cutting Your Sushi Roll 3

Part 22 : Cutting Your Sushi Roll 4

How to make sushi : Step 6 – Your Sushi Presentation

Now arrange the sushi onto a presentable plate. Each piece of sushi should be set diagonally and aligned across the plate horizontally. Garnish with ginger and wasabi. Serve and Enjoy!

Part 23 : Present Your Sushi

I know this was a long post but it was simple right? Now that you know how to properly roll a sushi roll, you can make any type of roll you want!