These Homemade Sushi Rolls are perfect for a tasty light lunch, dinner, snack, or party appetizer. You can easily prepare sushi at home and there are so many options for filling the sushi rolls, that you can never get bored of this meal.
You can use fillings such as avocado, cucumber, carrots, crab, or cooked shrimp, and roll everything tightly into a cylindrical shape using a sushi mat.
Serve sushi with pickled ginger, soy sauce, and my favorite ingredient, wasabi, to enhance their flavors and create an authentic sushi experience.
How to make homemade sushi rolls
Begin by washing the rice thoroughly in cool water, repeating the process until the water runs clear. Drain well. Place the rice in a heavy medium pot with a lid. Add water and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes or until the water is absorbed. Do not lift the lid during cooking.
While the rice cooks, prepare the sushi vinegar by mixing rice vinegar with sugar and salt in a small saucepan. Cook on low heat until the sugar is dissolved, then set aside to cool.
Remove the rice from heat and let it stand covered for 10 minutes. Transfer the rice to a non-metallic bowl, add the sushi vinegar, and gently fold to combine while the rice is still hot. Allow the rice to cool slightly before continuing with the sushi recipe.
Place a sheet of nori over a bamboo mat. Spread the sushi rice evenly over 2/3 of the sheet, leaving 1 inch open towards you. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the rice. Place cream cheese, if used, avocado, carrots, cucumber or your favorite fillings across the middle of the rice.
To roll, hold the bamboo mat with your thumbs and the ingredients with your fingers. Gently pull the mat as you roll to create a firm sushi roll. Continue rolling until the rice is completely covered by the nori.
Remove the mat, straighten both ends of the roll, and slice into six to eight pieces. Arrange the sushi on a serving platter and serve with soy sauce, pickled ginger, and wasabi.
Hope you will try these delightful homemade sushi rolls and enjoy them as much as we did. If you do, make sure to share the photos with me on Instagram.
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Homemade Sushi
Ingredients
- 8 small nori-roasted seaweed sheets
Sushi Rice
- 1 ½ cup Sushi rice
- 1 ¾ cup water
- 2 tbsp rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp sugar
- salt
Filling options
- 1 avocado , peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1 carrot , finely sliced
- 3 tbsp cream cheese
- 1/2 cup imitation crabmeat , finely chopped
Seasoning
- soy sauce , wasabi and pickled ginger to serve
Instructions
- Wash the rice and rinse thoroughly in cool water. Repeat process until water runs clear. Drain well.
- Place the rice in heavy medium pot with lid. Add water and bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 20 minutes or until water is absorbed. Do not lift lid during cooking.
- Meanwhile prepare the sushi vinegar by mixing rice vinegar with sugar and salt in a small saucepan. Cook on low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Set aside to cool.
- Remove the rice from heat and let stand covered for 10 minutes. Place the rice in nonmetallic bowl, add rice vinegar and gently fold in to combine while rice is still hot. Allow to cool slightly before continuing with sushi recipes.
- Place a sheet of nori over a bamboo mat. Spread the sushi rice evenly over 2/3 of the sheets leaving 1 inch open towards you. Sprinkle sesame seeds over its surface. Place cream cheese, imitation crab meat and avocado across the middle of the rice. (or simply carrots or other vegetables).
- Roll the mat lightly by holding it with your thumbs and the ingredients with your fingers. Gently pull the mat as you go to create a firm roll. Continue rolling until all the rice is covered with the nori.
- Remove the mat, straighten both ends of the roll and slice into six to eight pieces. Arrange sushi on a serving platter and serve with soy sauce , pickled ginger and wasabi. Have fun!
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Hi These sushi look very pretty. I wish could pick one and eat.
These looks so delicious.