Homemade Sushi

So I've always want to try my hand at making sushi. So the other day I was at the grocery store and bought  stuff to make sushi. Best Idea Ever! It was very simple to do and etremely tastey. If you are a sushi lover you must try making your own.

First step is to make the rice. Follow the recipe below. It is super delicious!

Mom's Sushi Rice

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups Japanese sushi-style rice
• 3 cups water
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt

Directions

1. Place rice into a large, deep bowl. Fill with cold water and rub rice together with hands until the water turns milky white. Pour off the cloudy water, being careful not to pour out the rice. Repeat 3 or 4 times until you can see the rice through 3-inches of water.
2. Drain the rice in a fine strainer, then place into a saucepan along with konbu and water. Allow to stand for 30 minutes. Stir together rice vinegar, sugar, and salt until dissolved in a small bowl, set aside.
3. Cover, and bring rice to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to stand for 5 minutes.
4. Scrape rice on a large cookie sheet. Stir in vinegar mixture until well incorporated and no lumps of rice remain. Allow to cool at room temperature. 

Once the rice is completely cooled, you can start making the sushi. You will be to get some seaweed sheets. I found some Takaokaya brand roasted seaweed in the asian section at my local grocery store.

Step 1**If you don't have a bamboo rolling mat you can just a use a clean dish/tea towel, (not a fuzzy one)  Lay out one sheet of seaweed on your tea towel, and cover with a thin layer or rice leave about 2 centimeters at the top. The rice is super sticky, so I use a wooden spatula dipped in water to spread the rice. Then you can spread a thin line of wasabi paste on the center of the rice, if you don't like "heat" just omit this step.

Step 2 Fill with desired ingredients over the wasabi. I used crab, cream cheese, avocado, and jalapeño. But you can use whatever combination you want. (Cucumbers, carrots, salmon, shrimp, etc.....)

Step 3 It's rolling time. Start by take the bottom part of the rice and folding it over the filling. Be sure to make it tight. Then unwrap it from the tea towel and move the roll to the bottom of the towel and continue to roll it up. 

Step 4 Once you have it rolled nice and tight, Get a sharp knife and run it under water then slice you sushi in half inch pieces. And your are done!!