How to Make Sushi – Secrets Revealed – What Sushi Restaurant Owners Do Not Want to Tell You
By Magdalene Tan

When it comes to food, we all have our weaknesses. Some people just cannot resist another bite of chocolate or that beef burger oozing with all its juices.

For me, I love Sushi! Sushi is NOT just about raw fish and caviar. The varieties and ingredients are as wide ranging as your imagination can be. You can roll a sushi with egg, avocado, carrots, cucumber, beef, prawns and the list goes on and on.

More importantly, Sushi is extremely healthy. It is heavily pack with nutrients and minerals. A typical setting of 7 – 9 pieces contains about 300-450 calories. Not only are they low in fat, the fishes used provide protein and are rich in Omega 3 fatty acid, the vegetables are a great source of vitamins and the Nori (seaweed sheet) is rich in iodine. Even the sushi rice provides complex carbohydrates. You really cannot get a more nutritious meal and snack than this.

There are 5 good reasons why you should make your own sushi and we will go through each of them in this article.

1. Sushi is one of the fast growing healthy fast food

2. Sushi can be prepared very quickly

3. Sushi is very easy and fun to prepare. Even a child can help out

4. Sushi can be prepared very economically i.e. on shoestring budget

5. Sushi makes great party food

Unfortunately, for many people, sushi is extremely pricey. Any Sushi Lover will tell you that sushi dining is kept for that special occasion because of its price tag. Seeing how Sushi Masters stalwartly wave their razor sharp Yanagi Ba knives and their deft hand movement, it is no wonder that we think that making sushi is best left to these highly skilled and talented Sushi Chefs. Did you know that it is actually a misconception that only sushi master can carve out a decent sushi platter? I will let you into a little secret… You do not even need to know how to use chopsticks to know how to make sushi, what’s more eat it!

Making sushi is one of the easiest tricks of the trade. The good news is you can learn to make sushi in no time and on really shoestring budget as well.

Let us very quickly run through the usual ingredients that you will need. You can get Japanese Sushi rice grains, Nori and Sushi mat from most Oriental supermarkets. For all other ingredients such as beef, prawns, capsicum, carrots, cucumbers and really any ingredient that you fancy putting into your sushi roll; they are easily available from your local supermarket. By the way, there is minimal cooking involved, so even if you are not a great cook, you can still be your very own Sushi Master. Most of the work and fun of course, is in cutting up the ingredients and rolling them up into sushi rolls. There are really no special skills or talent needed to roll the sushi. The motion in rolling a sushi roll is identical to rolling up a towel into a baton! It is that easy. There is a very simple video in the link below that will show you exactly how this is done.

You will be amazed by the spread and colours of your sushi platter from just these basic ingredients. To give your platter the “restaurant look” you can include garnishing and decorations made from thin strips of carrots and cucumbers or you can use cookie cutters to cut out carrots and cucumbers into shapes of flowers.

Just these tips alone will allow you to throw a brilliant sushi party at home. Your guests will be able to eat till their hearts’ content without you feeling the pinch in your pocket. In fact, I will suggest that they join you in rolling their own sushi. It is a lot of fun to get everyone involve making homemade sushi and the truth is making sushi is really not rocket science.

Never again will you have to resort to eating the cold, gunny sushi rolls sold in supermarkets or even sushi bars and restaurants. You will derive so much more pleasure in sinking your teeth in the warm and moist homemade sushi rolls.

For decades, Sushi restaurants and bars have fiercely guarded these tips and tricks and kept these secrets from the public domain, which are now made available to you. I strongly encourage you to try your hands on making sushi and I promise that you will never look back.

To find out more about how to make sushi, watch a video demonstration of making sushi and obtain more information about The Art of Sushi Dining and get more Sushi Recipes, visit http://www.HowtoMakeSushi.co.uk.

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Miso soup is commonly consumed in Japan. It is served with daily meals. Although the soybean paste is the main ingredient, each family has its own recipe. Some add daikon or seaweed while others cook with clam. Just like french fries to Americans, it is a common side dish in everyday meal for Japanese.

As I grew up eating miso soup everyday, I did not realize until recently its tremendous health benefits. Studies show that daily consumption of miso soup cuts the risk of breast cancer. Rich with antioxidants and protective fatty acids, it also contains full of vitamin E, B12, and many other minerals to boost your immune system.

Video Contributor: Koji Kagawa

The video features two of the best sushi restaurants that Las Vegas offer. The chefs at Yellowtail show their signature dishes. The restaurant’s beautiful interior is very inviting. If you want to experience elegance and fine cuisine, Red Square will meet or exceed your expectation.

Sushi making is not as difficult as you might think. Kelsey and Spike show you how to make sushi in a few easy-to-follow steps. While Kelsey makes California rolls, Spike demonstrates how to make summer rolls, sushi style. Using lemon juice for California rolls is a great tip. For summer rolls, using Japanese buckwheat noodles is a great idea. In the end both Kelsey and Spike bring a little something new instead of showing you a traditional way of making sushi.
Place both California rolls and summer rolls on a sushi plate and your sushi dinner is served.

Vegetarian Sushi Recipe (Also Vegan) – Ingredients And Directions On How To Make The Perfect Sushi
By Heather Nauta

This vegetarian sushi recipe is more of a tutorial to get you started. Once you get through a few practice sessions, sushi makes an incredibly easy vegan dish for a snack, dinner or addition to your next pot luck.

Sea vegetables are packed with minerals, and the nori sheets used in making sushi are a tasty way to get his highly nutritious food into your diet.

This recipe will serve 4 people as a main dish.

Vegetarian Sushi Recipe Ingredients

• 1 cup short grain brown rice
• 1-2 Tbsp brown rice or apple cider vinegar
• 4 sheets of nori
• 1 carrot, julienned
• Section of zucchini, julienned
• 1 mushroom, sliced
• 1 Tbsp tamari (or soy sauce)
• 1 green onion, sliced lengthwise

Vegetarian Sushi Equipment

You’ll find things much easier if you get a sushi rolling mat, although it isn’t necessary. There are kits with a lot of fancy stuff that are expensive, but you can find a rolling mat individually for a few dollars. There should be some in a grocery store or a Chinese food store.

Vegetarian Sushi Recipe Directions

1. Before you start, cook the rice by bringing 2 cups of lightly salted water to a boil, adding the rice and then turning it down to simmer for 45 minutes. In place of white sushi rice, the short grain brown rice is sticky enough but has more nutrients than white. Long grain brown rice will not work. Stir in a tablespoon or two of vinegar, so that the rice sticks to itself, and let it cool.
2. The mushrooms need to be started ahead of time as well. Place the slices in a container with a lid that seals, then add a pinch of sea salt and about a tablespoon of tamari, seal the container and shake. Leave the mushrooms for about an hour, and they will become soft. The excess tamari needs to be squeezed off the mushrooms, since it will seep through your sushi roll and make things too moist.
3. Lay a nori sheet out on the rolling mat, with the grooves in the nori parallel to the direction you’re facing.
4. Spread rice onto the nori sheet, leaving a gap on the back edge to seal the roll. Lay a small amount of vegetables in a row on the edge of the sheet closest to you, perpendicular to the direction you are facing. Roll the sheet around that row of vegetables. You’ll need to press tightly backwards (to you), and slightly down onto the roll. Don’t squish it, but the roll should be tight. Take the rolling mat out a bit so that you don’t roll it into the sushi, and continue rolling tightly until you get to the end of the nori, where the gap was left to seal the roll closed.
5. Letting the sushi roll sit a few minutes allows the nori to soften from the moisture in the rice. Once it’s ready, cut the roll into slices and you now have created the perfect vegetarian sushi recipe. The common accompaniments are a dipping bowl of tamari, pickled ginger and wasabi.

To watch a free video of me making this vegetarian sushi recipe, so I can show you the exact techniques that will make the perfect sushi, go to http://www.healthyveganrecipes.net/video/simple-sushi

Heather Nauta is a registered holistic nutritionist who teaches you how to live a healthy vegan/vegetarian lifestyle, including how to get proper nutrition, enough protein, vitamin b12 and other minerals, and how to make an amazing variety of simple, fast healthy recipes that taste incredible for you and your family.

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