Homemade sushi makes me happy
Mar. 18th, 2006 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Somewhere in the past year, I discovered sushi. I love it so much that a once-a-month visit to my favourite small Japanese restaurant isn't enough, so in the weekends my SO and me often make maki ourselves.
(Maki are the long rolls that are usually cut into six or eight pieces; nigiri are the separate clumps of rice with nice cuts of fish on top. I like both, but nigiri are less easy to make, and we don't have enough variety of fresh fish to make it worthwhile.)
I thought it would be very difficult, but making maki is pretty easy. All you need are the right ingredients - rice vinegar, sushi rice, nori, really fresh fish and vegetables, and a bamboo mat to roll the maki on. Then, for eating it, you want some Japanese soy sauce, some wasabi and maybe some pickled ginger, just like in a restaurant.
My favorite recipe for how to make sushi rice and maki is in Dutch, but this one looks pretty good too.
(Maki are the long rolls that are usually cut into six or eight pieces; nigiri are the separate clumps of rice with nice cuts of fish on top. I like both, but nigiri are less easy to make, and we don't have enough variety of fresh fish to make it worthwhile.)
I thought it would be very difficult, but making maki is pretty easy. All you need are the right ingredients - rice vinegar, sushi rice, nori, really fresh fish and vegetables, and a bamboo mat to roll the maki on. Then, for eating it, you want some Japanese soy sauce, some wasabi and maybe some pickled ginger, just like in a restaurant.
My favorite recipe for how to make sushi rice and maki is in Dutch, but this one looks pretty good too.
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Date: 2006-03-18 07:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-18 07:51 pm (UTC)The last time I posted about sushi, I remember asking what sort of nigiri I should try next, and you and one or two others said, Unagi (the roasted eel with sauce). It's very very good. Mmmm.
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Date: 2006-03-19 02:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-19 10:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-19 05:21 am (UTC)I never seem to roll mine tight enough, somehow. They taste great, but look like a mess.
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Date: 2006-03-19 10:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-20 05:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-03-20 05:17 pm (UTC)I seem to remember you have sushi places in town? If so, possibly you could ask the sushi chef where they get their fish. I doubt they'd mind getting such a question, especially if you're already a customer. *g*