SUSHI-do you make your own

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and can you share you ideas with me please.
I have quite a few of the ingredients but have not made the effort (keep buying it ready made)
I have a friend who made some a few days ago and it was bland and rubbery......but we still scoffed it

follow the instructions given in the seaweed packet and rice. You definitely need the rice vinegar, sugar and salt for the rice to make it tasty.

for the fillings I like smoked salmon, prawns, philly, cucumber, avocado.

thankyou.....do you know what mirin is and if it is essential? there wasn't any on the shelf!

Mirin is a sweet liquid and is quite essential to the flavour of the rice dressing. SOrry!

oh, thats o.k! I would rather have the vital ingredients and ensure the flavour is what I'm after
Another question (havent yet opened the packet so don't know) is the seaweed ready to roll/eat? it feels very crinkly in the packet and also as I said my friend made some and it was chewy!!
After reading the instructions I am sure it is!!!! just checking.....

actually, you don't need mirin - as long as you have sugar, that will flavour the rice.
I use 6 tablespoons of rice vinegar, 3 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt...mix together and sprinkle over the hot rice, folding it in so all the grains of rice are nice and shiny with the vinegar dressing.
hope you manage to make some nice sushi!

the nori seaweed should be crisp if you roll the sushi and eat straight away. It does go chewy if you leave it out for a while.

ah, interesting to read different points of view
what fillings do you all enjoy?

smoked salmon is great as you need so little
Some great demo videos on youtube.
They make it look so easy.

I agree that mirrin is absolutely essential to get the right flavor, I have made it a couple of times and its always gone down well.

i don't regularly but I have done.

can I add another question though?
does it always taste so fishy? that might be a strange question, but I was making vegetarian stuff, so the fishy/sea-y taste must have been from the seaweed.
but if you buy packs of sushi it never tastes quite so strong

WELL.............
I did it (minus the mirin)
and it was fantastic, really easy!
I actually am amazed and wish I could post a picture to show you.

The only mistakes I made was being too generous with the rice on the first sheet.
Oh and not using a sharp enough knife to cut the first roll.
They look great....will they keep until tomorrow evening because I am now full up but have about a dozen left?

they look great don't they!
would be a hit in this house

a question about the bamboo mat....
do you throw it away or wash it?

califrau wow.

They are amazing

you can eat the sushi the next day if you keep it in the fridge and well covered.

the bamboo mat, yes you can wash it and reuse it next time. Actually, if you can cover it in some cling film it saves you some trouble (sometimes you can buy them with a plastic cover as well).

thankyou.