Sushi project. Finally!

Day 25 & 26 Circuit Breaker: Sushi project 

A year ago, I wanted to learn how to make sushi. I bought most of the ingredients but the project did not take off due to lack of inspiration.

Late Friday evening, the Captain sent me a photo of his dinner. California roll with fried shallot. Such interesting combination, I thought. Perhaps tabiko is rare in Amsterdam, so they replaced it with fried shallot.

Inspired, my sushi project resurrected! 😃

The next morning, I went to Don Don Donki to shop for the ingredients. I found most of it except rice vinegar. I contemplated using apple cider vinegar, but I was against it. The next day, I found rice vinegar at Cold Storage. So happy! My sushi project is back on track.

Rolling the sushi into rolls is very easy. The art of making the perfect sushi rice was the trickiest part. Thankfully there's YouTube, and just let judgement and creativity lead you to do the rest.

Sushi rice ingredients 

• 2 cups short grain rice 
• 1/2 cup white rice vinegar 
• 4" piece of konbu seaweed
• 2 teaspoons salt 
• 1/4 cup of white sugar
• Cold water 

How to make sushi rice? 

1. Clean the rice over cold water.
2. Soak rice for 30 minutes. 
3. Cook rice in high heat. Let it boil until there is bubbles and steam.
4. Then slow down the temperature and let it simmer for 20 minutes. 
5. Cook rice until all the water is absorbed. 
6. Let the rice sit in a flat surface (shallow wooden bucket) for 15 minutes.  
7. In a different pot, cook rice vinegar, sugar and salt until mixture dissolve.
8. Add the mixture to the rice. 

The rice turned out well cooked. So happy! Now it's time to make sushi rolls. 

Sushi ingredients

Ingredients

• Nori - sushi seaweed
• Wasabi tube 
• Garlic tube 
• Soya sauce
• Pickled ginger 
• Avocado - ripe, not too soft.
• Cucumber - as straight as possible 
• Fried shallot - Amsterdam inspired 
• Salmon 
• Tamago - egg omelette 
• Tabiko - flying fish roe 
• Crab stick 
• Inari - sweet tofu skin 
• Siracha mayo (optional)
• Black sesame (optional) 

How to make California rolls? 

1. Bring out the rolling mat and wrap it with a shrink wrap. 
2. Cut cucumber slices 
3. Cut the crab stick. 
4. Cut the avocado last.
5. Now you're ready to make California roll. Use your imagination how. 😁

California roll. Seaweed is in the inside. 

Nigiri sushi

Temaki handroll

 Maki with seaweeds on the outside.

Maki with siracha mayo

I sent the photo of California roll with fried shallots to the Captain. He said it looks like what he had the other day. 😆

I also sent the photos to once-upon-a-time sushi chef Alex. "Pretty pro! The rolls look great! And so does the nigiri! I'm impressed," says the chef.😊

The foodgasm verdict: 8/10