By James A Bruce

If you have been in Japan, I’m sure that you have dined in at some kaiten sushi restaurant (kaiten means spin or rotate). To be honest, I like eating at the kaiten sushi restaurants more than eating at fancy sushi shops. I have dined in many fine sushi shops but what I like about the kaiten sushi is that it keeps my eyes fascinated chasing the sushi plates moving on the conveyor. I find it most entertaining to watch the plates pass by as we ate. The fun thing I like about kaiten sushi is the excitement if someone else had their eyes locked-on on the same plate that I have my eyes on too. It is like a race, a game, a battle, or a war on who gets the targeted plate first.

Though you may not have a kaiten sushi restaurant in your area, you can always make sushi yourself. Here is a recipe for preparing sushi.

Ingredients:

- 500 grams Japanese white grain rice

- One piece of konbu sliced in 2.5 centimeters bristles

- One tablespoon of sugar

- 2 tablespoons of salt

- One teaspoon of glutamate

- Several cups of water

Toppings:

- Six large fresh prawns (not cooked)

- Five fresh scallops

- 130 grams of salmon roe

- 130 grams of fresh tuna

- One tablespoon of rice vinegar or cider

- One tablespoon of powdered green horse radish, Dissolve it in water to form a thick paste.

Preparation:

- Prepare white rice by washing it with water until they are clean. Stain for one hour.

- Put the rice grains inside a rice cooking pot but in the middle of the rice grains add kombu then add more rice grains to cover the konbu.

- Cook rice by using a strong flame just like cooking ordinary rice but just before the water starts to boil, remove the kombu inside the rice cooking pot.

- Adjust the amount of water and cover the rice cooking pot again and reduce the flame to moderate heat.

- Gradually let it boil for about fifteen minutes and for ten second just after you remove the rice cooking pan, increase the flame to full. Let it sit with for about twelve minutes.

- Mix the sugar, salt vinegar and glutamate and heat using moderate heat, Mix well

- Transfer the cooked rice onto a large bowl by using a wooden pestle or a plastic rice pestle.

- Add a small amount of vinegar on the rice and mix well with a wooden pestle or a plastic rice pestle. Mix it using circular motion and fan the rice as you do this. This will make the rice shiny.

- When the rice is warm enough to touch, wet your hands with a little amount of vinegar and make balls the size of meat balls.

Topping:

- Start by boiling salty water in a small casserole. Add prawns and vinegar inside the casserole and cook slowly for one minute. Cool and remove fluid.

- Peel the shells from the prawns. Cut the scallops into two horizontal pieces. Cut the muscles into three discs. Cut the fish diagonally about seven centimeters long.

- Spread a small amount of wasabi on each piece of fish and place it on the rice balls with the wasabi facing down.

- Place the prawns on the remaining rice balls.

- Arrange the sushis in a large plate.

- Slice some radish and cucumber and arrange them around the plate.

- Serve with soy sauce.

I hope you try this sushi recipe.

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By You Lin

Are you a fan of Japanese food? Have you been thinking of trying to cook Japanese food on your own, and yet have been hesitant? Japanese food is actually very simple and easy to prepare, as long as you have the right ingredients and equipment. There are many easy Japanese recipes available everywhere, and more and more have tried successfully to create their own Japanese dishes at home.

For many, a sushi roll is an easy Japanese recipe to follow. This is actually a very easy process. First you need to prepare sushi rice. You will need three cups of Japanese rice, three and one-fourth cups of water, one-third cup rice vinegar, three tablespoons of sugar, and a teaspoon of salt. Cook the rice and let it steam. Mix rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a saucepan. Heat until the sugar dissolves, and wait for the mixture to cool. Place the rice in a wooden bowl, and pour the vinegar. Use a spatula to mix the rice.

Using a bamboo rolling mat, place a sheet of nori wrapper, and spread the sushi rice on it. Put the filling on top of the rice-you can use mangoes, cucumber, fish, crabmeat, or any other ingredient that you prefer. Roll the mat, pressing forward. When the mat has completely rolled, unroll it and you will find a long cylindrical-shaped sushi. Cut into small pieces (sushi rolls) and serve right away.

With this, you can make any kind of sushi that you want, by putting in whatever ingredient you want inside the sushi. Notice that the only equipment you needed for this was a bamboo rolling mat, so it is best to get one for yourself. Sushi is an easy Japanese recipe that is sure to be a hit with family and friends.

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