So you learned how to make sushi rolls. Sushi making is always a fun experience for everybody. The video shows you a few tricks to make your presentation stands out. Making a flower out of cucumber and carrots looks pretty simple. Choosing a right sushi plate with a proper garnishment turns your creation much more presentable.
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Making Sushi – Mold Me Or Roll Me
By Steve J Gerwig
Making sushi at home can be fun and rewarding. But learning how to roll the sushi correctly can take a bit of a learning curve.
Fortunately for the less able among us, there are plastic molds available for use in making sushi.
Most, if not all real sushi chefs, use the time honored tradition of rolling their sushi rolls with a bamboo mat or Makisu. To use a bamboo mat you need to cover it with plastic wrap in order to keep the roll together and be able to unload the mat after the roll is pressed. You also need to practice, practice and practice some more to get the rolls just right.
Believe me you will have many ugly rolls to consume before you are ready to present your rolls to guests. At least if you want to impress them with your new found sushi making skills. However there is a better way to get passable sushi rolls without the learning curve.
Introducing the sushi molds.
Looking a little like ice cube trays, they are plastic molds in the shape of the rolls. Usually in two pieces, so you can load the bottom piece with rice and sushi ingredients and use the top piece to press the rolls.
These molds are terrific time savers and produce a pretty good looking roll.
A skilled sushi chef would rather die than be caught using these molds, but if you are just getting started and want to make quick, presentable sushi rolls, give the molds a try.
Steve has been writing articles on a wide variety of subjects. Come visit my latest site at http://philandtedstrollers.net/. You will find information and reviews from other Phil and Ted Strollers owners here.
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Top 10 Signs You’re Addicted to Sushi!
By V Udasco
It’s official. You know you’re addicted to sushi when…
10. All you can think of during the Superbowl is, “What are they going to DO with all that wasabi?! They should move those chips away to make room for the sushi!”
9. Your friend wants to show you his rare fish collection and all you can think about is how close they are to sushi grade and if you should cut against the grain of the fillet.
8. You attribute every ache and pain to the obvious…has to be mercury poisoning! And you should be able to miss work on Monday (a la Jeremy Piven), right?!
7. Your doctor has to explain your blood pressure results in terms of “the red cap” and “the green cap” bottles.
6. Instead of a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, you’re convinced it’s a roll…a free, never-ending, always changing rainbow roll.
5. When you catch a cold, you head to your favorite sushi bar for treatment: wasabi nose flush.
4. You’ve eaten so much wasabi you are now immune to it and have to add rooster sauce to “spice it up”
3. Sure, you love eel, fish roe and octopus now…but a couple of years ago you wouldn’t touch nori with a ten foot pole if your life depended on it!
2. Ginger stopped tasting like Irish Spring. Not only do you finish yours now, you ask everyone else, “Are you gonna finish that?”
And…..
1. Your local sushi bar either let you name a roll or they have already named one after you…and they didn’t have to ask your name to do it!
The Cure: There isn’t one. Enjoy sushi, enjoy life.
“Too much of a good thing is wonderful” – Mae West
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How to Make Sushi – Secrets Revealed – What Sushi Restaurant Owners Do Not Want to Tell You
By Maggie 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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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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