SUSHI - Maki, Nigiri and Sashimi - Zen on a plate :)

Preparation steps

• There are several types of sushi, but I mainly prepare the following, which are also shown in this recipe: 1. Maki sushi - the most popular type of sushi, wrapped rice in nori leaves, stuffed with fish or vegetables. 2. Nigiri sushi - thinly sliced ​​fish served on a small hand-shaped piece of rice, often tied with a nori ribbon, as a small packet. 3. Sashimi - fresh fish or molluscs of the highest quality, caught no longer than 24 hours, served without rice mostly with "daikon" with the addition of wasabi, lemon or lime, soy sauce. Nori leaf - a leaf of dried Wasabi algae - is also called Japanese horseradish, although it does not belong to the same species. Very spicy similar to spicy mustard and horseradish, greenish in color.
• Rice preparation
• For sushi, rice is cooked in a smaller amount of water compared to when you prepare risotto or cook rice in the usual way. For one Nori leaf, about 70g of cooked rice is enough. Now it all depends on how many Nori sheets you plan to use. For example, for Maki sushi, from one Nori list you will get 6 Maki pieces. Here is the ratio, so choose for yourself: 200g dry rice + 220ml water = 300g cooked rice 400g dry rice + 440ml water = 600g cooked rice 500g dry rice + 550ml water = 750g cooked rice
• Wash the shirt. Put to cook on medium heat, be sure to cover. It is best not to lift the lid during cooking to steam the rice. Do not add salt, salt is added when the rice is cooked, along with the other ingredients. If you have a rice cooker then even better.
• Prepare rice liquid; Mix the rice vinegar with the sugar and salt, stirring to dissolve the salt and sugar completely. Then pour over the hot rice and mix carefully with a wooden spoon no more than twice, so that the rice does not fall apart. The amount of ingredients for sushi vinegar is as follows: 300g cooked rice: 50ml rice vinegar + 20g sugar + 1 and a half teaspoons salt 600g boiled rice: 100ml rice vinegar + 40g sugar + 12g salt etc.
• Sushi preparation
• To prepare sushi, be sure to use a bamboo mat so that the Nori leaf can be rolled more easily. Add about 70g of rice to one Nori leaf. Arrange the shirt to be in a uniform layer. The top of the Nori sheet should be left blank. I haven't photographed the step-by-step preparation yet, but here you can see how it's done. And you can find various videos on YouTube. As soon as I take a picture, I will add pictures to make it clearer. The shirt must be arranged in a very thin layer, not thicker than 1 cm.
• Put fish or vegetables in the middle of the rice as desired. If you want exactly how I worked then combine the following: For Maki sushi: 1. Salmon + Mackerel 2. Tuna + shrimp (shrimp or seafood stick) + avocado 3. Avocado + cucumber + Japanese mushrooms Then wrap with bamboo mat. Be careful, you must not roll as if you were doing a roll, but the two ends must join as in a circle. The part of the Nori sheet on which you did not put the rice gets a little wet and then folds / glues to the main part. Now roll a little more with a bamboo mat to press the rice a little. Cut Maki to 3cm, from each Nori leaf you will get 5-6 Maki sushi.
• For Nigiri sushi: Take some rice in your hand and shape the rice into an oblong shape, it can be like a rectangle. Coat with very little wasabi and cover with a piece of fish as desired, I worked with a piece of fresh tuna and boiled shrimp. Cut the Nori leaf into thin strips, about 1 or 1.5 cm and wrap around the Nigiri.
• For Sashimi Cut the fish into square thicker pieces and arrange with the rest of the sushi. I used fresh mackerel and salmon fillets. I served the salmon with the radish.
• Be sure to offer with wasabi, pickled ginger and soy sauce. I mostly serve it with three types of sauce: Plain soy sauce, light. Soy sauce mixed with rice vinegar Soy sauce mixed with ginger
• Of course, you can prepare rice as usual, you can cook the fish first if you don't like fresh, you can fill Maki with ingredients you personally like. It's just that it's not the right thing then :) I served sushi with hump and crab salad in lemon baskets. Ad た だ き ま) (itadakimasu) or good luck! : D