Home made sushi

LiE · 20 Oct 2009 at 09:40

I made some sushi yesterday for dinner. Good fun and very tasty. Anyone else attempted this?

Some pictures of the results.

Firestar_3x · 20 Oct 2009 at 09:44

Looks tasty, never made my own but i've eaten more than enough of the stuff.

MonkeyNews · 20 Oct 2009 at 09:57

Very nice, how did you go about making your rice for the sushi? What I do it is to cook it then dry it in the fridge overnight with paper towels on top to remove all moisture, makes it sticky and able to mould the next day.

LiE · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:02

I bought sushi rice which is quite straight forward to cook if you follow instructions.

MonkeyNews · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:03

Just out of interest how long did you leave yours to cool after cooking and did you also have to dry it out before using?

Paul11 · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:07

i tried once, yours look much much better than my attempt

LiE · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:10

You first wash it several times to until the water is clear.
Leave it to stand in the sieve for 30 minutes.
Place the rice and water into a saucepan and put the lid on, bring to the boil on a medium heat and allow to boil for 4 minutes.
Turn the heat to the lowest setting for 8-10 minutes.
Meanwhile make the vinegar/sugar/salt mix to season the rice.
Empty the rice into a wooden bowl and slowly slice in the seasoning all the while fanning the rice. Continue until the seasoning is gone and and the rice is cool.

Indie · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:11

not a fan of sushi nor fish in general, but theres something Sushi makes me keep wanting to try it again and again. lol... yours looks fantastic, id quite like to give it a go. any tips or recipe's?

LiE · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:13

I got a book so I could learn, it's been very helpful.

Sparky__H · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:23

* And don't forget you never take off the lid during the cooking process. So no peaking.

bledd · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:25

salmon nigiri is sexual, think I'm going to get some tonight

Shamrock · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:26

What salmon did you use?

I had lots of salmon sushi in Hong Kong and loved the stuff, but when I came back here and tried some fresh salmon from the supermarket it wasn't anywhere near as nice!

LiE · 20 Oct 2009 at 10:51

Sadly I used salmon from Waitrose, but it was tasty.

Dan7 · 20 Oct 2009 at 11:07

What type of salmon from Waitrose was it? Have been keen to make some myself but worried about the whole "sushi grade salmon" thing

Dark_Angel · 20 Oct 2009 at 11:08

THat looks good - never tried sushi, but really want to.

Madkjb · 20 Oct 2009 at 11:10

They look really good, I've never tried sushi but its something id like to do. Would anyone rate any of the chain sushi restaurants in London?

MonkeyNews · 20 Oct 2009 at 11:15

msm722 said:
You first wash it several times to until the water is clear.
Leave it to stand in the sieve for 30 minutes.
Place the rice and water into a saucepan and put the lid on, bring to the boil on a medium heat and allow to boil for 4 minutes.
Turn the heat to the lowest setting for 8-10 minutes.
Meanwhile make the vinegar/sugar/salt mix to season the rice.
Empty the rice into a wooden bowl and slowly slice in the seasoning all the while fanning the rice. Continue until the seasoning is gone and and the rice is cool.

Like Thai cooking it needs effort to make the perfect rice in Japanese cooking as well it seems but it is so worth it in the end, good work dude and ill give this a go this weekend

Pish · 20 Oct 2009 at 11:47

that looks great, might give this a go and surprise the gf...thanks for the idea

LiE · 20 Oct 2009 at 11:54

Dan7 said:
What type of salmon from Waitrose was it? Have been keen to make some myself but worried about the whole "sushi grade salmon" thing

It was a salmon fillet from the fresh fish counter. Try and get a piece that has an even thickness all the way through, makes it easier to cut.

BrightonBelle · 20 Oct 2009 at 12:26

Looks good well done

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