Best of Sushi: Temaki-sushi (Hand rolled sushi)

Temaki-sushi (Hand rolled sushi)

Step 1. Cooking rice

Wash rice until water clear and cook,

Electric rice cooker is very convenient and gives stable results. This is available from approximately SEK 600:-. However, you can also cook it on normal electric stove. In that case, first with 2/6 power for 10 minuets, then 6/6 power until the water is gone, and let it sit for 15 minuets. Important thing is to avoid opening the lid of the pan during the process, and observe the final incubation time. When the water is gone, the boiling sound disappears, and this can be also confirmed by touching the pot with hard thing.

A sheet of Kombu is added together with rice and water, but this can be omitted when using powder vinegar.

Step 2. Adding vinegar and cooling

After the rice is cooked, then move it into a new bowl. Mix sushi vinegar either in the form of liquid or powder. The recipe for sushi vinegar is as following.

For 4 cup of rice (1 cup= 180 ml), use 1/2 cup of Japanese vinegar+ 5 Tbsp of sugar + 1 tsp of salt

In case of powder ("sushi-no-ko"), use 1 pack (75g) of it with 5 to 7 cup of rice.
Be careful not to destroy the rice grain. Let it cool down while mixing. Then, the rice is ready.

Step 3. Preparing Neta

For Temaki-sushi, usually Neta will be prepared like a stick of 1 cm x 1 cm x 10 cm. But this doesn't matter so far as it can be rolled.

Step 4. Rolling at table

First, take a Nori-sheet on your palm.
Second, spread rice and Wasabi on it.