First time sushi making question.....?!
First time sushi making question.....?
I couldn't find sushi rice and I couldn't find any sushi rice seasoning. Does it matter if I don't have that? What could I use as a substitute? (I just bought a short grained organic white rice instead)
About those seaweed wraps....I've not opened them yet, but they seem so hard. Are they pliable? Will they bend when I add the rice? Do I need to somehow make them flexible?
BTW...I'm making california rolls.
Thank you!
Answers:
Sushi rice is not an item you purchase. Nor is there packaged seasoning. It is a method of cooking traditional Japanese Rice with vinegar, sugar and salt.
Japanese rice is a medium-grained rice and gets sticky when it is cooked.
INGREDIENTS:
* 3 cups Japanese-style rice
* 3 1/4 cups water
* 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar
* 3 tbsp sugar
* 1 tsp salt
PREPARATION:
After washing the rice well, cook it by pan or rice cooker. See how to cook Japanese rice. Prepare sushi vinegar (sushi-zu) by mixing rice vinegar, sugar, and salt in a small pan.
Put the pan on low heat and heat until the sugar dissolves. Cool the vinegar mixture.
Spread the hot steamed rice into a large plate (if you have it, use a wooden bowl called sushi-oke) by shamoji (spatula). Sprinkle the vinegar mixture over the rice and fold the rice by shamoji very quickly. Be careful not to smash the rice.
To cool and remove the moisture of the rice well, use a fan as you mix sushi rice. This will give sushi rice a shiny look. It's best to use sushi rice right away.
Makes 4-6 servings.