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Japanese most popular rice dishes: Sushi寿司

About Sushi:

Sushi (寿司) is food that use rice seasoned with sweet rice-wine vinegar, and commonly topped with other ingredients, such as fish or other seafood or put into rolls. Raw fish is the most popular ingredient in sushi, but the main element of sushi is Japanese sticky rice. There are many kinds of sushi, which don't include raw fish. Cooked fish, shellfish, vegetables and various other ingredients can be combined in sushi.

Sushi is low in fat and is a very nutritious food. 7 to 9 pieces contains about 300 to 450 calories. The fish in sushi provides protein and is a good source of omega-3. Vegetables provide vitamins and seaweed is rich in iodine.

sushi, Japanese most common rice dishes

California Roll Recipe

About California roll:
California roll is a very western type of sushi, made with crab sticks and avocado, and usually topped with tobiko. California roll is not made with raw fish, and therefore favoured by most people as "risk free" sushi.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup sushi rice
  • 1¼ cup water
  • ¼ cup sushi vinegar
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 4 sheets of nori (dried seaweed)
  • 1 avocado, peel and cut into strips
  • 1 English Cucumber, remove seeds and cut into strip
  • 1 red pepper, sliced into thin strips
  • 3/4 cup imitation crab meat
  • 50g toasted Sesame Seeds - Black and White for a decorative touch
  • 2 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Methods:

  • Rinse rice under cold water and then put into a saucepan along with the water. ( 1.15 cup of water for 1 cup of rice)
  • Bring to a boil and cook uncovered 3 minutes, stirring, and then reduce heat, cover with a tight fitting lid and let simmer about 20 minutes.
  • Remove from heat and let stand, covered, 20 minutes.
  • Turn out into a large bowl.
  • Mix together the vinegar and sugar until dissolved.
  • Let the rice cool a bit.
  • Put imitation crab in a bowl and mix with salt and mayonnaise. Keep for later use.
  • Cover a bamboo mat with plastic wrap. Put a sheet of dried seaweed on top of the mat. Spread sushi rice on top of the seaweed and press firmly, about ¼ inches thick.
  • Sprinkle sesame seeds over the sushi rice.
  • Turn the sushi layer over so that the seaweed is on top, rice facing down towards plastic wrap. Place avocado, cucumber, red pepper and crab meat lengthwise on the seaweed.
  • Roll the bamboos mat forward, pressing the ingredients inside the cylinder-shaped sushi.
  • Press firmly the bamboo mat with hands, and then remove the rolled sushi.
  • Remove plastic wrap, cut the sushi roll into equal bite-size pieces.
  • Serve.
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