Temaki Sushi Recipe
The best and perhaps the easiest hand-rolled sushi is the temaki sushi roll. Following this recipe guide would teach you how to start rolling yours in a matter of minutes.
Equipment
- Rice cooker
Ingredients
- 1 tsp sugar and a pinch of salt
- 1 carrot finely sliced
- 1 cucumber sliced into strips
- 1½ tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp sushi vinegar Sub
- 2 nori sheets per person sliced in half
- 2-3 tbsp kewpie mayonnaise
- 6 cups cooked sushi rice
- 200g tuna canned in brine
- soy sauce
- wasabi
Instructions
- Transfer cooked sushi rice to a wide, flat-bottomed pan or dish.
- Pour the sushi vinegar over the cooked rice and mix gently with a flat rice paddle to avoid breaking any of the grains. Allow the rice to cool completely before serving.
- Mix tuna and kewpie mayo in a small bowl until well combined. Add more kewpie mayo as required until you have a smooth texture and delicious flavour
- Take up a sheet of nori (sliced or broken it in half into a rectangle shape) and place it in your hand or on a plate. Top with a scoop of rice in the top left corner in a roughly triangular shape.
- Layer on your chosen fillings (such as the tuna with kewpie mayo, carrot and cucumber). Fold the bottom left corner up and over the fillings, then continue to roll into a cone shape.