While in Venezuela, my husband and I became big fans of SUSHI. We used to go at least once a week to this fast food sushi restaurant in one of the malls close to our apartment. My favorite type of sushi are the rolls. These are made of sticky rice, seaweed paper, and different types of fillings. There are many different rolls but my favorite is the California roll: made of rice, seaweed, avocado and imitation crab meat. I thought I would share the recipe with you on how to make this phenomenal sushi roll in hopes that you might enjoy it also.
Ingredients: a bamboo mat (for easy cleaning you may cover it with plastic wrap), seaweed (Nori), sticky rice, black sesame seeds, avocado slices, strips of imitation crab meat.
Place the bamboo mat on a flat surface. Then place a half sheet of Nori/seaweed on top of the mat. You will need to cover the surface of the seaweed with sticky rice. You want to make sure that the rice is as flat as possible without clumps. Lightly sprinkle the surface of the rice with black sesame seeds. Flip the rice over so that you are now looking at the seaweed side. You will then take the slices of avocado and slices of imitation crab meat and lay them in the middle of the rice, length wise. At this point you are ready to make the roll. Take the mat and roll it over the avocado and crab. The put a little bit of pressure on it so it will stay in that form, and continue to finish rolling it. One you have made the roll, make sure you have a sharp knife ready. Cut the roll in half, and then go ahead and cut each half into 4 pieces. This will give you 8 rolls. This is the amount one would normally get at a restaurant.
I recommend that you try making this recipe more than once. It may take a few tries to perfect the art of making sushi rolls.
What’s your favorite sushi?
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July 10th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
California rolls are not sushi. Try eel, tuna, octopus.
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July 11th, 2008 at 7:39 am
They are sushi… more for those who rather veggies instead of anything else. I have tried all the ones you mentioned above. The eel roll has a sweet sauce on it, and I’m not a big fan of sweets. The octupus here in the US is normally served cooked in a sushi roll. In Venezuela we sashimi and sushi with the raw stuff… I eat pretty much anything! Do you have a favorite Sushi place in this area?
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July 13th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I love ‘em with tuna…. although I am not sure I would want them here in Ohio. I loved it for a nice lunch when I am in LA.
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September 14th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
HI can you recommend a good sushi restaurant in Cleveland. I will be coming to the city for the first time, and always looking to enjoy some sushi
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