Sushi rolls at home

Rolls and sushi at home are traditional Japanese dishes made from rice and seafood, which today have gone far beyond the borders of Japan and are taking on new forms and fancy recipes. Sushi can only be filled with seafood, but rolls contain more rice and the filling can be anything from seafood to sweet fruits. To form sushi beautifully, you need a special mat and a sharp knife for slicing. This dish is served accompanied by soy sauce or wasabi.

Classic Philadelphia rolls at home

The classic recipe for Philadelphia rolls is prepared on the basis of rice, red fish and cheese of the same name. Nori sheets are hidden inside the roll itself, which is wrapped in very thinly sliced ​​fillets of lightly salted red fish. Recently, avocado or fresh cucumber have been added to these rolls. You can use round grain rice and cream cheese.

1. 
   Sushi rolls are easy to make at home. Measure out the exact amount of rice - special for rolls or simple round grain. Prepare all other ingredients and a bamboo mat.
2. 
   Rinse the rice thoroughly until the water is completely clear. Then place it in a colander to drain all the liquid.
3. 
   For rolls, rice must be cooked correctly. Wash 200 grams of rice, pour into a separate pan, add 250 ml of clean water and bring to a boil over high heat. Cook the boiled rice over low heat under a closed lid for 12–15 minutes without stirring. Then cover the pan with rice with a towel for 10 minutes, then transfer it to a bowl and stir with a wooden spatula with rice vinegar. The rice should cool until warm.
4. 
   While the rice is cooling, prepare the filling for the rolls. If you don’t have Philadelphia cheese, then replace it with any cream cheese, only thick and fatty.
5. 
   Using a sharp knife, cut the red fish into thin slices. To make slicing easier, place the fish in the freezer for an hour.
6. 
   Peel the cucumber and cut into thin longitudinal pieces. Boil the shrimp.
7. 
   Cover two mats with pieces of cling film.
8. 
   Place sheets of nori on one mat.
9. 
   Using hands moistened with water and vinegar, lay the prepared rice in an even layer and, without pressing too hard, leaving the edge of the nori for overlap.
10. 
    Then place the second mat on top of it and carefully turn it over so that the nori sheets are on top.
11. 
    It should turn out as shown in the photo.
12. 
    Carefully place the cream cheese on top of the nori and place the cucumber next to it.
13. 
    Wrap the roll with a roll, starting from the bottom, so that the rice is on the outside.
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    Then place the chopped red fish next to the roll. It can cover the entire surface of the roll or only three sides.
15. 
    Carefully wrap the roll in a layer of fish.
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    You should have a big roll. Use your hands to press a little so that the rice “sticks” to the fish.
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    If adding shrimp, place them next to the cheese in the filling and wrap in the same way.
18. 
    Place the rolled rolls in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. From this amount of ingredients you will get 4 large Philadelphia rolls.
19. 
    Before serving, cut the rolls into 6-8 pieces with a very sharp knife. This is how the classic “Philadelphia” looks in cross-section.
20. 
    This is what Philadelphia looks like with shrimp.
21. 
    Store the prepared rolls in the refrigerator, placing them in a vacuum container. Serve the roll with special sauce.

Good luck and delicious dishes!

Homemade baked rolls

This family dinner dish is made from regular rolls and then baked at high temperature with a special sauce. The ingredients and sauce can be varied according to taste preferences. In this recipe we prepare rolls with red fish, shrimp, cucumber and soft cheese. Bake with mayonnaise sauce, capelin caviar and spices. To ensure that the rolls have a characteristic taste and aroma, buy the ingredients for them in a specialized store.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 minutes,

Portions: 3.

Ingredients:

• Rice – 160 gr.
• Nori sheets – 4 pcs.
• Lightly salted red fish – 200 gr.
• Boiled shrimp – 50 gr.
• Crab meat – 50 gr.
• Fresh cucumber – 1 pc.
• Philadelphia cheese – 200 gr.
• Water – 200 ml.

For the sauce:

• Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp. l.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Capelin or flying fish caviar – 2 tbsp. l.
• Soft cheese – 1 tbsp. l.
• Chili sauce - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. First, boil the special rice for the rolls, but the rice should not be boiled. Cover a bamboo mat with cling film, lay out nori and spread boiled rice on it in an even layer, leaving one edge free.

2. Cut red fish and peeled fresh cucumber into strips. Cut the boiled shrimp and crab meat into thin pieces. We lay this slice evenly on top of the rice so that the edges of the rolled roll do not end up empty of filling.

3. Wet the free edge of the roll with cold water. Then carefully and tightly, lifting the edge of the mat, wrap the roll into a roll. We also secure the edge of the nori tightly.

4. Then, using a sharp knife, cut the formed roll into pieces up to 2-3 cm thick. Some sheets of nori have marks for even cutting.

5. In a separate bowl, prepare the sauce for baking the rolls. Add mayonnaise, fish roe, a spoonful of soft cheese in the amount specified in the recipe, add chopped garlic, chili sauce to your taste and mix these ingredients well with a spoon.

6. Place the cut pieces of rolls on a baking sheet or in a baking dish and apply the prepared sauce to each piece with a teaspoon. Bake the rolls in an oven preheated to 200°C for 10 minutes. Serve the baked rolls hot or warm. These rolls are eaten with chopsticks and dipped in soy sauce.

Bon appetit!

Simple homemade cucumber rolls

Among the various recipes for making rolls, this option is considered the easiest and simplest. In Japan, such rolls are called “kappa maki”, which means cucumber and cylinder-shaped sushi.This dish is well suited to the Lenten table, and for PP, and for vegetarians. The set of ingredients is minimal and can be supplemented with seafood.

Cooking time: 50 minutes.

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 10.

Ingredients:

• Rice – 300 gr.
• Nori sheets – 4 pcs.
• Fresh cucumber – 3 pcs.
• Rice vinegar – 15 ml.
• Sugar – 1 tbsp. l.
• Salt – 1/3 tsp.
• Water – 350 ml.
• Soy sauce - for serving.

Cooking process:

1. Rinse the round rice several times with cold water until the water becomes clear. Then transfer it to a saucepan, add 350 ml of cold water and bring to a boil. Cook the rice for 15 minutes from the start of boiling over low heat and with the lid closed. Then cover the pan with a towel and leave for 15 minutes. During this time, the rice will completely absorb all the water.

2. Cut the nori sheets into halves.

3. Prepare the rice dressing in a cup or glass. Pour in rice vinegar, add salt and sugar and stir. Pour the dressing over the cooked rice and stir.

4. Cover the roll mat with cling film and place a sheet of nori on it. Place cooked and seasoned rice on top of it in an even layer, leaving the edge (1.5 cm) free. Cut the cucumber into strips, removing the pulp and seeds, because there is a lot of moisture in the middle part. Place the cucumber strips on the rice.

5. Then moisten the free edge of the nori with cold water and carefully roll the roll into a roll with your hands. Leave the rolled roll for 10 minutes.

6. Then use a sharp knife to cut into equal small pieces.

7. The pieces must stand upright and stable. Cucumber rolls are ready. We serve them to the table, adding soy sauce or pickled ginger to the taste.

Bon appetit!

Homemade rolls with crab sticks

Homemade rolls with crab sticks are a simple, economical and even very tasty dish. To prepare it, we take rice special for rolls so that it is sticky, high-quality crab sticks and complement the dish with curd cheese. You will not only have a hearty dinner, but also a wonderful treat for your guests.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Portions: 3.

Ingredients:

• Boiled rice – 2 tbsp.
• Nori sheets – 3 pcs.
• Crab sticks – 3 pcs.
• Curd cheese – 3 tbsp. l.

Cooking process:

1. Lay out a bamboo straw and place cling film on it. Place a sheet of nori on this Japanese rug, with the rough side facing up.

2. Cook the rice special for rolls in advance, according to the traditional cooking method, and cool it. You can cook the rice in your usual way and with the classic proportion of cereal and water, just so that it is sticky. Cool the rice and then place it on top of the nori in a thin, even layer, leaving one edge free.

3. Remove the crab sticks from the shell and cut lengthwise into halves. Then place them on top of the rice.

4. Carefully place the curd cheese next to the sticks.

5. Then, using a bamboo straw, roll the roll into a roll. Do not roll it too tightly so that the roll does not lose its taste. Then use a sharp knife to cut the roll into small equal pieces and you can serve it with any roll sauce.

Good luck and delicious dishes!

How to make delicious sushi rolls with chicken?

Chicken rolls are more European fast food than Japanese cuisine, but nevertheless have Japanese style and ingredients. They are more filling, and not everyone likes fish and seafood.The chicken for rolls is either boiled, fried, or smoked, and the rest of the products are the same as for regular rolls or sushi.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Portions: 4.

Ingredients:

• Rice – 450 gr.
• Nori – 4 sheets.
• Chicken fillet – 2 pcs.
• Fresh cucumber – 2 pcs.
• Green onions – 2 pcs.
• Cream cheese – 150 gr.
• Sugar – 50 gr.
• Salt – 20 gr.
• Rice vinegar – 20 ml.
• Sesame – 100 gr.
• Water – 40 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Rinse special roll rice or round rice several times with cold water until it becomes clear. Then cook it until cooked in the way that is more convenient for you. You can cook it in a multi- or double boiler.

2. Next, prepare the dressing for the rice. In a bowl, mix well the amount of water, rice vinegar, salt and sugar in the amount specified in the recipe.

3. Pour the prepared dressing over the boiled rice and stir.

4. Rinse the chicken fillet, dry it with a napkin and cut into thin long strips. Then fry it until golden brown on all sides. If you use smoked chicken, cut it the same way.

5. Wash the cucumbers and chop them into long strips.

6. In a dry frying pan, fry the sesame seeds until golden brown.

7. Lay cling film on a bamboo mat and place sheets of nori on it. Place the boiled rice on the sheets in an even and not very dense layer, leaving the edge of the nori free on one side.

8. Then carefully turn the nori and rice over to the other side so that the rice is on the bottom. Place the prepared chicken, cucumber strips and cream cheese lengthwise on the nori.

9. Then carefully and tightly roll the roll and roll it on all sides in fried sesame seeds.Exactly, form the remaining rolls in the same way.

10. Then cut each roll into 8 pieces with a wet knife, place it beautifully on a dish and can be served with sauce, wasabi or ginger.

Bon appetit!

California rolls at home

The classic California roll is an inside-out roll and has rice on the outside rather than the inside. Its traditional ingredients are crab, avocado and tobiko caviar, that is, flying fish roe. These rolls are popular not only for their beautiful appearance and good taste, but also for the absence of raw products. At home, crab meat can be replaced with high-quality crab sticks.

Cooking time: 45 minutes.

Cooking time: 45 minutes.

Portions: 2.

Ingredients:

• Rice for sushi – 100 gr.
• Large nori sheet – 1 pc.
• Crab sticks – 50 gr.
• Flying fish caviar – 50 gr.
• Fresh cucumber – ½ pc.
• Avocado – 1/3 pcs.
• Cream cheese – 100 gr.
• Rice vinegar – 15 ml.
• Sesame – 100 gr.
• Sauce – for serving.

Cooking process:

1. First, prepare all the products specified in the recipe. From these quantities you will get two servings of 8 large rolls, not the same as in a restaurant.

2. Rinse the sushi rice well and boil until done in a way convenient for you, just do not overcook it. Then season it with rice vinegar, stir with a wooden spoon and cool.

3. Peel the avocado and cucumber and cut into long thin strips.

4. Remove the crab sticks from the shell and cut them like vegetables.

5. Cover a bamboo mat with cling film folded in several layers. Cut the nori sheet in half and place it on the mat.

6.Place the prepared rice on top of it in an even layer, but not very tightly and with wet hands, leaving one edge of the nori free for overlapping.

7. Spread flying fish roe on top of the rice in an even, thin layer.

8. Then carefully, bending the mat in half, turn everything over to the other side so that the caviar is on the bottom and the nori is on top.

9. Place cream cheese in a longitudinal layer on the seaweed.

10. Place crab sticks and vegetable straws on top of it.

11. Then carefully roll the roll into a roll and roll it over the mat several times to make the roll more dense.

12. On a cutting board, cut each roll into 8 equal pieces. Wet the knife with water after each cut, otherwise the cheese will stick to the blade.

13. Cut rolls look bright and appetizing.

14. Serve the California rolls with soy sauce, wasabi and ginger.

Bon appetit!

How to make your own shrimp sushi?

Sushi, unlike rolls, is formed a little differently. Pillows of any shape are formed from rice and the filling is placed on top of them, which is only seafood (shrimp, octopus, fish) and in larger quantities than rice. For a successful dish, it is important to cook rice correctly and preferably special rice for sushi. It can be replaced with round grain. We offer you the simplest recipe for sushi with shrimp, called nigiri.

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Portions: 12 pcs.

Ingredients:

• Rice for sushi – 180 gr.
• Large shrimps – 12 pcs.
• Wasabi - to taste.

To submit:

• Soy sauce - to taste.
• Pickled ginger - to taste.
• Wasabi - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. First we deal with the shrimp. We remove their head.Then we string the shrimp onto wooden skewers, placing them just under the shell, which will maintain their even shape during cooking, otherwise they will curl. Then boil the shrimp in a saucepan along with the skewers. Salt the water a little. Cook the shrimp for 2 minutes until they just turn red. Then rinse them with cold water and leave to cool.

2. Free the cooled shrimp from the shell, leaving only the tails. Then, placing them on a board with their backs down, we cut into the abdomen and remove the intestinal vein. Turn the shrimp over and press them onto the board with your fingers to give them a flatter shape.

3. Prepare rice according to general rules, as for rolls. With wet hands, form small identical balls from the cooked rice. They should also make 12 pieces, like shrimp.

4. Then grease the lower surface of the shrimp with a small amount of wasabi. We arrange the shrimp beautifully on top of the rice balls and immediately place them on the dish. Place pickled ginger and wasabi next to the sushi. Serve sushi with shrimp to the table, adding soy sauce.

Bon appetit!

Homemade salmon and avocado rolls

Rolls with a complex spicy taste and beautiful appearance can be prepared at home, they only require certain ingredients and a little skill in working with a bamboo mat. A good recipe for those who love avocados is to make rolls with this fruit. The avocado should be ripe, soft and creamy and buttery. The remaining ingredients are the same as for Philadelphia rolls.

Cooking time: 40 minutes.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Portions: 1.

Ingredients:

• Sushi rice – 1 tbsp.
• Nori sheets – 2 pcs.
• Avocado – ½ pc.
• Lightly salted salmon – 70 gr.
• Philadelphia cheese – 80 gr.
• Rice vinegar – 1 tbsp. l.
• Sugar – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 1/3 tsp.
• White and black sesame seeds - for sprinkling.
• Soy sauce - for serving.

Cooking process:

1. Rinse the rice several times until the water is clear. Then put it in a saucepan, pour in 1.5 cups of clean water and cook it for 20 minutes over low heat, just do not overcook it. Then cool the cooked rice. In a bowl, mix rice vinegar with salt and sugar and heat slightly until they are completely dissolved. Pour the prepared dressing over the rice and stir, then it will be sticky and you can easily roll the rolls.

2. Cover the bamboo mat with cling film folded in several layers. Place half a sheet of nori on it, rough side up. Place the prepared rice on the nori in an even layer up to 1 cm thick, leaving one edge free.

3. Then carefully flip it over so that the nori is on top and the rice is on the bottom.

4. Using a sharp knife, cut the salmon into thin strips.

5. Place cream cheese in the middle of the nori sheet and fish strips on top of it.

6. Rinse the avocado, dry with a napkin and cut into halves, removing the pit. Then cut the avocado into thin strips just like the fish.

7. Place avocado on top of salmon.

8. Then, using a mat, carefully roll the roll into a roll, moistening the free edge of the nori with water. Place the roll in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

9. After half an hour, sprinkle the chilled roll with white and black sesame seeds on all sides and roll it a little on the mat so that the seeds attach to the rice.

10. Then cut the roll with a wet knife into 8 pieces and you can serve. The rolls are always served with pickled ginger with soy sauce and wasabi.

Bon appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for making homemade tuna sushi

Tuna rolls are popular not only among gourmets. This fish is loved for its special tenderness and refinement of taste, reminiscent of tender meat. Rolls are prepared mainly from canned tuna, tuna flakes, and in the proposed recipe - from smoked fish. A bamboo mat and special Japanese rice will also be an integral part of the preparation. Add tuna rolls with cream cheese and fresh cucumber.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Portions: 1.

Ingredients:

• Rice for sushi – 50 gr.
• Nori sheets – 1 pc.
• Smoked tuna – 80 gr.
• Cream cheese – 2 tbsp. l.
• Fresh cucumber – 60 gr.

Cooking process:

1. First, prepare special sushi rice as you usually cook rice for any rolls. Also prepare the remaining ingredients in the required quantity.

2. Cover a bamboo mat with cling film and place a sheet of seaweed on it. Place the prepared rice on top of the nori in a thin and loose layer, leaving part of the edge free for rolling the roll.

3. Cut the cucumber and smoked tuna into thin long strips. Place this straw on top of the rice and spread a teaspoon of cream cheese on it.

4. Then, using a mat, carefully roll the roll into a log, starting at one end.

5. Press the roll a little with your hands so that the rice is more tightly combined with the nori and filling.

6. Cut the prepared tuna roll into 6 pieces with a wet knife.

7. Place them carefully on a plate, serve with pickled ginger, wasabi and soy sauce.

Bon appetit!

Hot rolls at home

It’s easy to make hot rolls at home with your own hands. We prepare gunkan rolls, which are slightly different from the usual ones. We only wrap rice in nori.Mix the filling (crab sticks and cream cheese) with the sauce and bake the rolls in the microwave or oven. It is better to purchase the ingredients for rolls in a specialized store, then the dish will have a real Japanese taste.

Cooking time: 45 minutes.

Cooking time: 10 minutes.

Portions: 1.

Ingredients:

• Rice for sushi – 50 gr.
• Nori sheets – 1 pc.
• Crab sticks – 80 gr.
• Cream cheese – 2 tbsp. l.

For the sauce:

• Mayonnaise – 2 tbsp. l.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Soft cheese – 1 tbsp. l.
• Soy sauce - a couple of drops.
• Flying fish roe (tobiko) – 1 tbsp. l.
• Chili sauce - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. First, let's prepare the sauce for baking the rolls, because it determines the main taste of the finished dish. In a separate bowl, place a tablespoon of mayonnaise, flying fish caviar and soft cheese so that it melts during baking. Add chopped garlic, a couple of drops of soy sauce, and chili sauce. Gently mix these ingredients with a spoon.

2. Then cut the crab sticks into small pieces and mix them with the sauce prepared for baking.

3. Boil rice special for sushi for 15 minutes and cool slightly. Then, with wet hands, form the rice into small, single-serving size balls.

4. Cut the nori sheet into strips up to 3 centimeters wide or according to the marks on the sheets. We wrap the formed rice balls quite tightly in strips of nori, leaving space on top for the filling.

5. Then place the rolls on a baking dish. Carefully place the prepared filling into each piece. Bake the rolls for 7–10 minutes either in the oven at 200°C or in the microwave at maximum power. Serve the hot rolls with ginger and soy sauce as a separate dish.

Bon appetit!