How to make Sushi the Easy Way?

Sushi is rice based Japanese dish. The rice is prepared especially with rice vinegar, with sugar or salt added to it. I always thought the exotic Sushi is too complicated to make. So when the chef at ITC Gardenia was giving a lesson on how to make Sushi the easy way I happily followed it up.

The sushi rice mix was done previously. It was rice vinegar soaked rice with salt. But how much of what exactly went to the mix is not known to me. I think it is the chef’s secret. I googled to find that rice vinegar, sugar and salt goes into the sushi rice mix.

The rice mix was shaped into balls of 20grams each. I tried my hand here, giving just enough pressure to hold the grains together yet not too tight.

Tip number 1. Each time a new ball is made we have to wet our palms in cold water so that they don’t stick to palm.

How to make Sushi the Easy Way

Next they were rolled in seaweed sheets. It is like making cigars you know, rolling tobaco leaf shred into a paper or leaf roll. Only this was a bigger, big enough for a normal mouthful. A little bit of top space was left empty to do fillings.

Fillings for Sushi

The chef used a mix of kiwi, avocado and spicy mayonnaise to fill. The final decoration was done with miniature cucumber slices to give it a battleship appearance and finally decorated with edible flowers and leaves.

How to make Sushi the Easy Way?

Spicy Kiwi and avocado Gunkan. Gunkan is a traditional sushi shape which resembles a Japanese battleship.

I needed no prior experience to make this specialty dish, and that was amazing! But yes, it requires lot of patience, attention to details and undying love for Sushi.

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