I managed to have both wasabi and ginger at home at the same time so I have become an unstoppable sushi machine.
Process photos and captions in the link.
Did you have to use special sushi rice? Did you cook it with rice wine vinegar or something?
No need for a special rice, I used some unlabeled short grain that has been in the pantry for a long time lol. I’m not saying I never buy glutinous Japonica rice, but it’s expensive and I’m turbo cheap.
To season the rice I just used a commercially available seasoned rice vinegar (rice vinegar, sugar, salt, kelp, yeast extract) and I also added mirin. That’s a very lazy and easy method but I’ve also made my own seasoning in a sauce pan to dissolve the sugar. I think the key components are vinegar, salt, sugar and mirin so if you find a recipe like that you’re probably good. I learned to make sushi from home when I was a teen from a cookbook - I’ve been winging it for like 20 years since then, lol.
I’ve never cooked the rice with the seasoning and I think you would risk burning it because of the sugar. I made my rice in the rice cooker, then drizzled the seasoning on and used a paddle to incorporate.
I hope you try it out! Even if you just eat it in a bowl instead of making rolls it’s delicious and quite easy to make at home.
I expected sushi made out of potatoes and am a little disappointed, ngl. Looks delish
this looks so good, omg
You can get crazy with it if the goal is vegan sushi!
Vegan Futomaki: Vegan tamagoyaki (I use sweetened tofu), shiitake mushroom, cucumber, carrot, pickled yellow radish. (Really whatever veggies you want)
Sweet Potato roll: cooked sweet potato, panko, avocado, spicy vegan mayo
Mango Avocado roll: Mango, avocado, mango sauce (just puree some mango with a touch of mirin and sweetener + water until it is right consistency)
Fried mushroom roll: Fried mushroom of your choice! (Shiitake, enoki, oyster). Add panko for some crunch and eel sauce for sweetness (eel sauce is vegan)
Pickled and cooked veggies are your friend! I’ve thrown in some veggies leftovers into a roll with eel sauce with great success :)
