How to make sushi?!
Answers: I love sushi and have tried to make it myself. The Nori always tears. Anyone have any tips or personal recepies to making tasty sushi? I have visited the web sites, but no one ever states how to prepair the Nori. Also , any idea how to make the Temtation Roll? The ingredients seem pretty easy, but it is covered in a tasty, thick soy like sauce. Anyone have the recipe for that? Sushi is sooooo expensive when bought ready to eat yet is very affordable when you make it yourself. Problem is, it never comes out right!!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!!!
"The Nori always tears."
Use a food scissors. (They do exist)
"but no one ever states how to prepair the Nori"
This site does: http://www.imakesushi.com/howto/sushi-ro...
LEAVE NEMO LONE!!!!
The Nori is already prepared when you buy it, so there shouldn't be any problem - are you using a bamboo rolling mat? If not, that could be your problem :)
I haven't had a temptation roll before, but I would guess the sause to be sweet soy - it is really delicious and has the thickness you described.
Hope this helps :)
I make sushi all the time...and i have to say, it is a complicated process, there's no way i can tell you everything in one answer. So, my best advice for you is go out and buy a sushi cook book. Invest in a good one, after all you're already saving money by making the sushi at home. Most books break down the process into steps, tells you exactly what ingredients to buy, and have lots of roll recipes. A new book just came out called The Sushi Experience by Hiroko Shimbo that got a wonderful review in this month's Saveur. The author is a well-known food authority in Japan who has written other highly rated cookbooks and is trained as a sushi chef. She not only has recipes for the home chef but she covers the history of sushi as well as lots of practical information about fish, about ordering in a restaurant, about knives and equipment, etc.
Hope this helped. Good luck.
If you're ripping the nori, it sounds like your hands or the knife aren't lubed enough. Rub some extra sushi su (sushi vinegar) on the knife and your hands before trying to spread the rice on the nori.
Your rice may also be too hot or starchy. When you add the sushi su, just fold it into the rice and do not stir as that releases too much starch. Overly sticky rice could tear the nori. Also make sure that you completely cool the rice. Most sushi experts recommend using a small fan on the rice.
Have you tried making hand rolls? They're not as pretty as regular rolled sushi, but they're easy to make. That's just where you put all your ingredients into a piece of nori and roll it into a cone shape.
I wet my nori down with rice wine vingar before i start, about a teaspoons worth. That makes it stick together better, too.
1/2 cup cooked rice
1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
2 large green tortilla wraps, cut in half
1 can (6 oz.) solid light tuna in oil, drained
1/2 cup thin cucumber strips
1/2 cup thin carrot sticks