How To Make Sushi – Easy Recipes For Beginners

This Japanese dish has taken the world by storm. It has become on of the most popular foods out there. And the good news is, it is also very easy to make. It consist mainly of rice, seafood, which is often raw and vegetables. Of course, there are many vegan... The post How To Make Sushi – Easy Recipes For Beginners appeared first on Architecture E-zine.

Dec 29, 2020 - 16:51
How To Make Sushi – Easy Recipes For Beginners

This Japanese dish has taken the world by storm. It has become on of the most popular foods out there. And the good news is, it is also very easy to make. It consist mainly of rice, seafood, which is often raw and vegetables. Of course, there are many vegan and vegetarian options as well. So, today, in this article, we have prepared a few easy to follow recipes with instructions on how to make sushi. What’s more, we are going to show you how to cook rice, which is a must have part of the sushi. So, now that you have time on your hands why not try our homemade sushi recipes? They will be the perfect party food once our lives go back to normal.

Sushi is really easy to make

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How to make sushi rice?

Well, it is time to start with the basics. The rice is the absolute must have ingredient, so here is the recipe on how to prepare it.

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup short grain rice
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions:

  1. Rinse the rice well.
  2. In a pan cook the rice with the water until bigger portion of the water has evaporated. Let sit for about 10 minutes.
  3. In a saucepan mix the rice vinegar, sugar and salt and simmer until they melt. Let cool.
  4. Once the rice is ready mix it with the vinegar mixture.

Cooking the rice in the right way is important to create delicious sushi rolls

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Source: Asian Vegan and Beyond

Scrumptious sushi burritos

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Homemade sushi

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup cooked rice
  • 2 nori sheets
  • 1 tsp chili sauce
  • 1/2 avocado, sliced
  • 1/2 cup strips of carrots
  • 3-4 oz. ahi tura or smoked salmon
  • 1/4 cup kimchi
  • 1/8 cup fresh cilantro

Rolling sushi is not that difficult

spread out nori sheet rice parsley avocado crab meat placed on it california roll recipe about to be rolled

Instructions:

  1. Spread out the nori sheets and attach them together with a few drops of water.
  2. Spread out the rice over the nori sheets, leaving 1 inch in front. Cover with the chili paste.
  3. Layer the avocado, carrots, kimchi, ahi and cilantro at the center of the rice.
  4. Roll up carefully, wet the last inch of nori with water to seal it. Cut.

And voila

sushi burritos with rice crab meat avocado parsley california roll recipe placed on black cutting board

Source: Feasting at Home

The super famous California roll

sushi rolls arranged on white plate with small wooden bowls with soy sauce wasabi dragon roll sushi

California roll recipe

Ingredients:

  • cooked rice
  • 16 imitation crabsticks
  • 3 nori sheets
  • 1/2 English cucumber
  • 1 avocado
  • 1 1/2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
  • wasabi, soy sauce, pickled ginger for serving

So delicious

dragon roll sushi nori sheet avocado rice spread out on bamboo rolling mat placed on white surface

Instructions:

  1. Place a nori sheet on a bamboo sushi mat. Cover with rice and sprinkle it with sesame seeds.
  2. Flip over and fold the top half of the mat, press down and open up again.
  3. Layer the rest of the ingredients on the nori.
  4. Roll up the sushi and cut into pieces and serve with the sauces.

Try and see for yourself how easy it is

how to california roll with the help of bamboo mat dragon roll sushi with rice sesame seeds

Source: The Kitchn

Homemade crab sushi

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How to make sushi

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • nori sheets
  • 80z. cream cheese
  • 8oz. imitation crab
  • 2 avocados, cut into slices

Spread out the nori sheets

side by side photos of bamboo mat covered with foil dragon roll sushi nori sheet on top

Cover with the cooked rice

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Mix the crab and cream cheese and layer it onto the rice along with the avocado and roll

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Source: Six Sisters’ Stuff

Now it is time for the Dragon roll recipe

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Dragon roll sushi

Ingredients:

  • 1 cucumber
  • 2 avocados
  • 1/2 lemon
  • 2 nori sheets
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • 8 pieces shrimp tempura
  • 2 tbsp Tobiko

For topping:

  • spicy mayo
  • Unagi sauce
  • toasted black sesame seeds

Instructions:

  1. Roll the sushi as in the other recipes leaving the avocado.
  2. Cut the avocado into slices and place on top of the roll. Wrap in foil and let sit for awhile.
  3. Top with the toppings.

white plate with sushi arranged on it homemade sushi with rice avocado slices on top soy sauce black sesame seeds

Source: Just One Cookbook

Maki sushi recipe

sushi rolls arranged on wooden cutting board placed on marble surface how to roll sushi chopstickes and ingredients on the side

How to make sushi at home

Ingredients:

  • roasted shiitake mushrooms
  • cooked rice
  • 3 nori sheets
  • 1 cup red cabbage, sliced
  • 3 strips of cucumber
  • 1/2 avocado, sliced into strips
  • sesame seeds

rolling make sushi with rice cabbage avocado homemade sushi placed on bamboo mat placed on marble surface

Instructions:

  1. Assemble the sushi roll. Start with the nori sheet, top with rice and add the rest of the ingredients.
  2. Roll as shown in the photos and cut into pieces.

how to roll sushi side by side four step tutorial placed on wooden cutting board placed on marble surface

Source: Love and Lemons

Mango sushi roll

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Types of sushi rolls

Ingredients:

  • 1 ripe mango
  • 4 tempura shrimp
  • 1/4 avocado
  • 2 cups cooked rice
  • 2 nori sheets

sushi with mango rice and avocado how to roll sushi arranged on white plate drizzled with sauce

Instructions:

  1. Assemble the sushi without the mango and roll.
  2. Cut the mango into slices and place on top. Wrap in foil and cut.
  3. Remove the foil and drizzle with mango sauce.

white plate with mango sushi in it with rice how to roll sushi decorated with mint leaves and drizzled with sauce

Source: How Daily

Shrimp tempura sushi

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Shrimp tempura roll recipe

Ingredients:

  • cooked rice
  • nori sheets
  • shrimp tempura
  • cucumber, sliced
  • avocado, sliced
  • lumpfish caviar
  • toasted sesame seeds

nori sheet spread out on bamboo mat with rice shrimp cucumbers avocado types of sushi rolls rice on the side

Instructions:

  1. Assemble the sushi without the caviar and sesame seeds and roll.
  2. Place avocado, sesame seeds and caviar on top.

shrimp tempura sushi rolls with avocado on top arranged on yellow plate types of sushi rolls drizzled with soy sauce

Source: Crafty Cooking by Anna

Temaki sushi

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How to make sushi

Ingredients:

  • cooked rice
  • 2 nori sheets
  • 200g canned tuna
  • 2-3 tbsp kewpie mayonnaise
  • 1 carrot, sliced
  • 1 cucumber, sliced

Place the ingredients at the corner of the nori and roll diagonally

round wooden cutting board how to cook sushi rice nori spread out on it with white rice cucumbers avocado carrots

Great party food idea

white rice cucumber avocado carrots meat how to cook sushi rice wrapped in nori as burrito

Source: Wandercooks

Now it is time for some vegan sushi rolls

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Vegan sushi rolls

Ingredients:

  • 4 nori sheets
  • cooked rice
  • 4 strips pre-cooked kanpyo
  • 1 cucumber
  • 4 strips pickled daikon
  • 1 carrot, sliced
  • 1/2 block smoked tofu

Spread the rice over the nori and add the ingredients in the middle

four step diy tutorial for rolling vegan sushi rolls how to cook sushi rice with avocado cucumber tofu rice

Roll the sushi with the help of a bamboo mat

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Cut into pieces and serve with wasabi and soy sauce

how to make sushi at home bamboo mat with rice avocado cucumber tofu vegan sushi rolls

Source: Okonomi Kitchen

Tasty veggie sushi

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Veggie sushi roll

Ingredients:

  • 6-8 nori sheets
  • cooked rice
  • 2-3 tbsp sesame seeds
  • 2 small carrots, sliced
  • 10-12 asparagus spears
  • 1 cucumber, sliced
  • 1/2 yellow squash, sliced
  • 1 avocado, sliced

vegetable sushi rolls arranged on wooden cutting board how to make sushi at home rolled in different ways

Instructions:

  1. Try and roll the sushi in different ways.
  2. Prepare a few with rice on top, a few with the nori on top and a few with avocado on top. That way you can serve a whole platter of sushi to your guests.

Assemble on a nice tray or board and wow your guests

wooden cutting board how to make sushi at home vegetable sushi rolls arranged on it rolled in different ways

Source: Wife Mama Foodie

Sushi makes for a great party food

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Just grab your chopsticks

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You can use any type of filling you like

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