First attempt at... Sushi!

Taken from my Instagram

My first attempt at sushi was fairly decent, I mean as a first try and all. The sushi vinegar really did give it the "actual sushi from a sushi place" taste, which is perfect as sushi restaurants usually add a load of sugar in their sushi, making you want more. These sushi rolls are salt and sugar free (although, the vinegar included some sugar and salt obviously). I found my sushi vinegar in a big supermarket (Tesco), do invest in sushi vinegar as it makes the rice sticky which is what you are looking for. Also, it's very beneficial to have a bamboo mat, again I got mine from Sainsbury's, but oriental shops will most likely sell them as well. The bamboo mat helps you out a lot as nori sheets are quite frail. 

Ingredients

To make five sushi pieces... 

• 1 tbsp of sushi rice vinegar
•  One sheet of sushi nori (seaweed)
• 32g of brown rice
• Two sticks of cucumber
• Two sticks of avocado

Method

Cook the brown rice for 25 minutes. When the rice is done, place it into a wooden bowl and add the table spoon of sushi rice vinegar. Stir the vinegar into the rice until the rice is cool and sticky, this should take up to 3-4 minutes. Lay out the bamboo mat and place the nori sheet with the shiny side facing down, now you have time to prepare the vegetables. Peel off the avocado skin and cut the avocado into strips, along with cutting a third off a cucumber then cutting it in half again, after that cut the cucumber into big chunks. Once the vegetables are prepared, place the rice onto the sushi mat. Make sure your hands are wet so that the rice doesn't stick onto your fingers, then spread evenly across the sheet leaving 1 cm from the top and end. Once the rice covered the sheet, place the cucumber and avocado 2 cm away from the edge of the sheet. Then you take one end of the bamboo mat and start rolling, you firstly roll over the cucumber, then you roll again. Once the sheet has completely covered the rice, take the roll off the bamboo mat and onto a chopping board, make sure that your cutting the sushi roll with a sharp knife to not tear the seaweed. Serve it with soy sauce to get more taste.

Enjoy! Klaud x