Japanese Sushi Rolls
Japanese food tends to be low in fat, and these stylish sushi rolls are no exception. Now that the ingredients are available in grocery stores, it is easy to make them yourself. You must use sushi rice, which is sticky when cooked.
Ingredients
2 cups sushi rice
1 tablespoon caster (superfine) sugar
4 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 green onions, very finely chopped
30 g piece of cucumber, seeded and finely chopped
110 g smoked salmon
4 sheets of sushi nori, about 10 g in total
2 teaspoons wasabi paste
gari (pickled ginger) to garnish
reduced-salt soy sauce to serve
2 cups sushi rice
1 tablespoon caster (superfine) sugar
4 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
2 green onions, very finely chopped
30 g piece of cucumber, seeded and finely chopped
110 g smoked salmon
4 sheets of sushi nori, about 10 g in total
2 teaspoons wasabi paste
gari (pickled ginger) to garnish
reduced-salt soy sauce to serve
Directions
cooking time 20 mins
makes 32 sushi rolls
- Cook the sushi rice in a saucepan of boiling water according to the package instructions.
- Meanwhile, place the sugar and vinegar in a small pan and heat gently until the sugar dissolves. When the sushi rice is cooked, drizzle the mixture over it, then add the green onions and cucumber, and mix. Cover with a dish towel and leave to cool.
- Divide the sushi rice into 4 equal portions. Cut the salmon into strips about 1 cm wide. Place a sheet of nori, shiny-side down, on a bamboo mat, or a sheet of parchment paper on a board. Spread a portion of rice over the nori, pressing it down evenly and leaving a 1 cm space at the top and bottom. Place a quarter of the salmon along the middle of the layer of rice, then spread the salmon with 1⁄2 teaspoon of the wasabi paste.
- With the help of the bamboo mat or paper, roll up the nori, rice and salmon into a neat tube. Roll tightly to ensure that the rice sticks together and holds the filling in place. Make 3 more sushi rolls in the same way.
- Using a wet knife, cut each sushi roll across into 8 slices and stand them upright on a serving plate. Rinse the knife between cuts. Garnish with pieces of gari and offer a small dish of reduced-salt soy sauce for dipping.
cooking time 20 mins
makes 32 sushi rolls
Nutritional information
PER SERVING
109 calories
3 g protein
0 g total fat
0 g saturated fat
2 mg cholesterol
23 g total carbohydrate
1 g sugars
0 g fibre
187 mg sodium
Like other foods from the sea, nori—a dark brownish seaweed—is a good source of iodine, essential for the healthy functioning of the thyroid gland. It also provides some calcium, potassium and beta carotene, which is converted to vitamin A in the body.
