sushi dinner

tonight we made sushi for the first time by ourselves. a lot of time was spent out buying the supplies but the actual sushi making process was fun for us. we took lots of pictures. also, we couldn't believe how easy it was to make. too bad we couldn't get any sushi grade raw fish at the stores. it would have been great.

ingredients: sushi rice (japanese rice, sugar, salt, and rice vinegar) nori, smoked salmon, imitation crab, steamed asparagus, carrots, cucumber, avocado, cream cheese, black seseme seed, wasabi, and soy sauce.



sushi rice:
1 cup of japanese/sushi rice. rinse rice 2-4 times until water is clear. put rice in pot with 1 1/4 cup water on high heat until boil, uncovered. once boiled, put lid on pot and let simmer for 20 minutes. after 20 minutes, remove from heat and let rice sit for 10 additonal minutes with lid on.
mix together 1 TBSP rice vinegar, 1 TBSP sugar, and 1/2 TBSP salt. put in microwave for 30secs-1min.
put rice in wooden or glass mixing bowl. mix in rice vinegar mixture. continue to mix and fan rice. rice is ready to make sushi with once it is at room temperature.

we made one roll each.

ready to eat. yummmieeeeee. another 3 rolls were made a few hours later =)