Sushi

[mr ailsbury]

Really want to try and make some so I was just wondering if anyone else has tried? what have you made? taste nice?

Also can anyone recommend any like beginners sushi cook books that they've used?

cheers

[The Duck]

I swear its raw fish? How hard can it be? You don't even have to cook it!

[Hannah Shucksmith]

Sod making sushi, Tesco's chilled section is the place to be.

[mr ailsbury]

Tesco's chilled stuff tastes like aids the rice tastes like moldy cheese. (thought you liked cooking and stuff anyways? lol)

and I know you don't have to cook it (though not all sushi is raw) its more for preparation of the ingredients and what ingredients go into each different thing etc.

[NVWOCI WVS]

I make sushi. It's pretty easy. Just buy some sushi rice, some seaweed, a bamboo rolling mat thing, some fish to fill it with, and some wasabi. They won't turn out neatly the first time, but they taste good no matter how shit they look.

[Hannah Shucksmith]

There are many different types of sushi, Tom, for example there's Uramaki, Dragon Roll Sushiii, The Calaforni Roll...

Sushi isn't all the same, though there are two main types: Futomaki and Hosomaki... Futomaki normally consists of two or more fillings, and Hosomaki can contain one filling, usually fish but on occasions a small vegetable.

I reckon I should have my own thread: Old Ma' Hannah's Cooking Thread, anything you need to know, ask here!

Edited June 15, 2009 by Hannah Shucksmith

[weirdoku]

I add all sorts of stuff in mine, sausage, egg, cucumber, seafood sticks, watever fish I have, other seafood meat if you have any. I have it with wasabi soemtimes but soy sauce mixed with vinegar (1:1 I like it) goes with sushi quite nice. To be anyway. Don't specifically has to be sushi rice, I use normal rice most of the time.

[NVWOCI WVS]

no. you don't deserve your own thread for that copypasta.

[weirdoku]

Oh for f**k sake I want sushi now...

[mr ailsbury]

Yeah I pretty much get the basics and all that stuff, I eat it whenever I can get it, just kinda wanted to have a go at making it and get a book or something thats got decent simple how-to's with lists of ingredients and also stuff I can be more adventurous with.

like I could go out and buy the parts sort of "ready made" or I could go from basic ingredients and like prepare the rice from scratch and fillet the fish etc.

[Wing]

I've rolled Sushi a few times - just looked it up and it's Makizushi. It's really easy to make, although mine have always been pretty basic, and admittedly not all that pretty.

Basic things you'll need:

Bamboo rolling mat. It's not essential, it could be pretty easy to find a substitute, but if you can find one they're cheap anyway.

Sushi nori seaweed stuff.

Sushi rice. However, I've heard any short grain rice works. I've found pudding rice is just as sticky, and a lot cheaper.

Seafood! I usually use prawns, salmon, tuna and mussels. All personal preference.

Vegetables. Anything will work really; as long as you can cut it into thin strips to fit along the middle of your sushi. I generally use peppers and cucumber.

General idea:

i) Seaweed goes on rolling mat.

ii) Put a layer of rice over your seaweed, then layer on a row of vegetables and a row of seafood on top. I spread about a 1/3 of the seaweed slice with a thin layer of rice. Caution: don't be tempted to stuff it too full or it'll split

ii) Roll the b*****d. You'll need to coil it up, so keep the first roll small and tight.

Once you have an idea then you can arrange the ingredients to make it look prettier - it's always satisfying to have the tasty bits in the middle. I usually add sesame seeds to the rice, and use spring onions and ginger for flavour.

There'll be plenty of sites for recipes and instructions to elaborate. I did get the Yo! Sushi cookery book as an Xmas gift, but I haven't actually used it yet, I'll have to dig it out. Anything you want me to look out for in it?

Hope that helps..