Basic Sushi Recipe Uk

Make a platter of four vegan sushi varieties with a choice of fillings. Easy step-by-step photos and instructions, perfect for first-time sushi makers!

The recipe below will help you through the process of making four of the simplest varieties: hosomaki (small cylindrical sushi with one filling), maki (thicker rolls with more fillings), nigiri (an oval shape of pressed rice topped with roasted pepper instead of fish), and dragon rolls (inside-out sushi with the rice on the outside). Such a treat for a weekend lunch or a party platter.

The idea of an 'easy' sushi platter might be a bit hard to believe, and I'm not promising this is super-speedy - perhaps

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Of the sushi. Much of the preparation could be done the night before if you don't have time to do it all in one go.

But there's nothing difficult about making vegan sushi, just follow the step-by-step photos and my video below, and you can't go wrong. (Probably).

Here's what you will need - a few specialist ingredients, but I got all of these in a large-ish supermarket so you shouldn't need to go out of your way or to multiple shops to find them.

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Sushi rice is a Japanese variety of short-grain rice. It has a particular texture and cooking style so do try to get hold of it for a really authentic sushi texture. However if you really can't find any, I've heard of people using arborio (risotto) rice with good results, though haven't tried it myself so can't make any promises!

Rice vinegar is a mild and sweet vinegar made from fermented rice. Again, it is really a big part of that authentic sushi flavour.

Sushi nori(or roasted seaweed sheets) are the dark green sheets that you roll your sushi up in. They are fairly easy to find in supermarkets. Read my 'top tips' below for a few pointers on working with nori sheets.

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Sushi ginger I love this stuff!! It is a pickled ginger quite specific to Japan. I bought mine, but if you make a lot of sushi it is very easy to make your own which will work out a lot cheaper. This is a good recipe.

You can choose to use any or all of these sushi fillings, depending on how long you have to prepare them, and how much variety you want.

You will need a bamboo sushi-rolling mat - it is possible to make sushi without one but honestly, this makes it just so much easier.

Spicy (tinned) Tuna Rolls

They are very inexpensive and once you have realised how easy it is to make homemade vegan sushi you will get a lot of use out of it, I promise! Something like this one* would be ideal.

Prepare any of the fillings you wish to use. Slice carrots into thin matchsticks, then pickle in rice vinegar, sugar and salt until needed. Roast the peppers in an oven or air fryer.

Lay a sheet of nori on your bamboo rolling mat, and spread with prepared rice using a wet spoon. Leave a small gap at the top. Lay your chosen fillings in a line along the rice as pictured.

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Use the bamboo mat to roll the sushi up very tightly, tucking in the fillings as you go. Trim the ends of the roll and slice it into six equal pieces.

You can find special sushi rice in most larger supermarkets. It is a Japanese variety of short-grain rice with a particular texture and cooking style for a really authentic sushi texture. If you really can't find any, I've heard of people using short-grain risotto rice with good results, though haven't tried it myself so can't make any promises!

As the sushi contains rice it is really important that you store it in the fridge and keep it for no more than one day. Read more advice on storing cooked rice from the Food Standards Agency.

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Sushi is delicious served with a small bowl of soy sauce or tamari for dipping, and a pile of pickled ginger to pile on top. You can also serve a little wasabi paste alongside for a fiery kick! How about trying my 3-minute Amai Sauce as a slightly thicker dipping sauce?

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It was amazing and my 8 year old helped. Fiancee very impressed. We didn't have a bamboo rolling mat so used a tea towel and tin foil and it worked pretty well. Definitely making this again. Great recipe and instructions, thank you.

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Make a platter of four vegan sushi varieties with your choice of fillings. Easy step-by-step photos and instructions, perfect for first-time sushi makers!

Serving: 1 serving (approx 8 pieces) Calories: 171 kcal Carbohydrates: 26 g Protein: 4 g Fat: 6 g Saturated Fat: 1 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g Sodium: 612 mg Potassium: 305 mg Fiber: 4 g Sugar: 4 g Vitamin A: 3350 IU Vitamin C: 58 mg Calcium: 62 mg Iron: 1 mg

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Make Your Own Sushi

Hi! I'm Kate, vegan home cook and blogger behind The Veg Space and author of Vegan in 15. I'm passionate about creating easy vegan recipes that even a first-time cook can follow.How to make homemade sushi rolls with my easy to follow, step-by-step guide and recipe video. Get my top tips and tricks and watch the video for making sushi at home. Including how to make sushi rice, maki sushi, California rolls, dragon rolls and nigiri sushi. Plus find out about the fantastic sushi kit I used to make this wonderful sushi platter.

Making sushi at home is one of those challenges that can be very satisfying, especially once you get the hang of it and start to feel like a real sushi pro.

The great thing about homemade sushi rolls is that you are in full control of the ingredients. Make your sushi with or without fish, make it vegetarian or vegan, and pick your favourite fruit and vegetables for fillings. Making sushi at home is also a lot of fun, especially if you get friends and family involved. The other benefit is that homemade sushi is always going to be far cheaper than in a restaurant and most of the ingredients will keep well in the cupboard ready for your next sushi making night.

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In this guide I will walk you through the whole sushi making process. From what ingredients and equipment you need to how to roll and slice into perfect sushi pieces.

The below will be enough to make a full platter (serves 4) of different types of homemade sushi or if you prefer a platter of one type of sushi. See further down the post for links to making different types of sushi.

Sushi without raw fish: If you don't want to use raw fish, other options you can try are cooked crab meat, crabsticks, tinned tuna, smoked salmon, or smoked mackerel.

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Sushi without fish: If you don't want to use fish at all just load up with fruit and veg. You could also try with cream cheese or tofu. Cream cheese, cucumber and chives is a great option.

Toppings: Once the rolls are made you can add extra flavour with toppings like pickled ginger, soy sauce, wasabi paste, sesame seeds, onion seeds, chia seeds, extra thin slices of avocado or fish (see dragon roll sushi recipe), butterflied king prawns (see nigiri sushi recipe) chopped mango, thinly sliced spring onion or salmon roe.

In this guide I will show you how to make 4 types of sushi. Three are sushi that are rolled and the the other is balls of sushi with a topping. Below I will go over each type of sushi and provide a link to the recipe for making each one:

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Maki sushi is the smallest rolled sushi and is made using half of a nori sheet, instead of a full sheet. The nori sheet is on the outside of this roll and the rice and veg are in the middle. Maki sushi can be made with just raw fish, just veg or both. As the maki sushi is small the inside shouldn't be over filled, so spread the rice as thinly as possible and only use 2 pieces of veg or fish. There is also a Futomaki which is the larger version of the maki sushi (2-2.5 inches wide).

Maki sushi is a smaller type of sushi where the fish a veg are in the middle of sushi rice (sumeshi) with a seaweed sheet (nori) wrapped around the outside. Here, I will show you how to make your own maki sushi at home with my simple step by step guide.

California rolls are larger then the maki sushi and use the whole sheet of nori. The rice for this roll is presented on the outside and the seaweed is

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