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Ace That Sushi Making Skill At Home

14th January, 2010 - Posted by health news - No Comments

Sushi is a famous Japanese food. For you to learn to make sushi at home, you should keep a few points in mind. First of all, you should remember that it is not possible to make great sushi on your first attempt. Sushi needs a lot of practice and skill to perfect it. Like, you should try to get the perfect sushi rice in order to make a perfect quality of sushi.

First of all, one should learn to make perfect sushi rice, in order to make good sushi. Sushi rice is usually white, short-grained rice, in which vinegar is mixed to add a sour taste to it. Also, the rice should be sticky enough for sushi, but not too sticky as that would make a really bad-tasting sushi. So, it is necessary to learn to make perfect sushi rice before making sushi at home. This way you can at least make vegetarian sushi easily.

You should also remember that sushi made with raw fish cannot be made right away. Raw fish is usually checked and frozen, to kill germs, and make it safe for human consumption. Therefore, it is important that you learn how to handle raw fish and to freeze fish to make your sushi eating safe.

Sushi chefs have years of knowledge and training to recognize important attributes, including smell, color, firmness, and freedom from parasites that may go undetected in commercial inspection of raw fish.

Another common ingredient after rice, is nori. A nori is basically a seaweed which has been dried and made into edible thin sheets. It is used as a wrap to form the base of sushi and must be unflavored and of high quality. A flavored nori, available with salt or flavored with teriyaki sauce, can alter the taste of sushi so it should be avoided.

If you use a flavored nori, you alter the taste of sushi itself. Nori can be used both inside or outside of sushi wrap, though traditionally nori is used just on the outside.

Futomaki is a type of traditional sushi usually made at home. It is made up of vegetables and is rolled up with the help of a bamboo sushi mat. Sushi mats made up of bamboo are popular to help roll out sushi who are beginners in sushi-making.

Sushi is a form of art, and visual aspects of serving sushi should be kept in mind. Sushi should look appealing and inviting, and make a person’s mouth water. You only need to practice to make good sushi.

Ingrid Preube
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