11 Easy Steps to Make Hand Roll Sushi

Hand roll sushi also known as cone sushi is the easiest type of sushi to make and you can fill it however you want. Let your taste buds be your guide.

You Will Need:

3 nori sheets
1 cup sushi rice
6 oz. raw fish slabs
A cucumber
An avocado
Chef’s knife
Cutting board
Water
Wasabi
Picked ginger
Small spoon
Small dish
Serving platter

Step 1
Que the cucumber, cut off the ends and cut in half lengthwise. Remove the seeds. Cut the cucumber into thin strips about 1/8 to 1/4 inch wide, and set the strips aside.

Step 2
Cut the avocado in half lengthwise and twist the two halves until they separate. Cut the half without the pit into 2 quarters. Cut off the ends, remove the skins, and slice lengthwise into 1/4 inch slices. Set the slices aside.

Include whatever vegetables you like to customize your hand rolls: scallions, carrots, zucchini, and radishes. Customize your hand roll to your personal taste.

Step 3
Tear or cut the nori sheets in half.

Step 4
Hold the half sheet of nori shiny side down in the palm of one hand supporting its length with your fingers.

Step 5
Moisten your other hand with a little water and grab about a 1/4 cup, a small handful of prepared sushi rice. Ball up the rice and press it onto the left hand side of the nori.

Step 6
Spread the rice out to about a quarter inch thickness leaving a margin of nori around it, then press your index finger into the middle to make an indentation.

Step 7
Lay a small amount of filling; say one slice of rice and a slice or two of vegetable in the indentation in the rice.

For a “sushi party,” arrange your fillings on a platter and let guests roll their own.

Step 8
Still holing the nori rice and the filling in one hand, use your other hand the tightly roll up the bottom left-hand corner on the diagonal over the rice and filling.

Step 9
Tightly wrap the opposite right-hand edge around using a holding and tucking method to create a cone shape with the filling on the inside.

Step 10
Use the dab of rice on the corner to secure the inside edge of the nori to the outside of the cone.

Step 11
Make as many rolls as you want and place them on a plate with the non-prepare wasabi and a mound of Japanese pickled ginger.

Nori has a higher vitamin C content than raw oranges.