Me and Malson made sushi today~ It was messy, challenging, and really fun!
First attempt vs. third attempt
(The second attempt was with the rice on the outside, and it turned out looking hideous so I didn't take pics ok)
Ingredients: We used imitation crab sticks, cream cheese, and cucumber for all of them. For the first one, we also had avocado and spicy mayo. The avocado ran out by the third roll and the mayo was only used on the first (apparently it was expired
).
Cooking the low / medium grain rice correctly was the most daunting part, but it actually didn't turn out too bad (a rice cooker is probably easier to use). It seemed somewhat undercooked, but we couldn't tell once we got it rolled up.
The rolling part wasn't so bad, either. Covering the sushi roller in some kind of plastic seems to be easier for clean up and moving the roll around, but I'd go with a large zip lock bag next time... We used plastic wrap and it kept sliding all over the place and wasn't on the roller very well. ._. That rice also sticks to your fingers like crazy, so I found it to be a lot easier to have the seaweed on the outside and rice inside. I also found that it was easier to work near a sink (or keep a bowl of water nearby) so you can dampen your hands frequently when handling the sticky rice.
Cutting the sushi was probably the most difficult part because I kept squeezing the poor sushi to death to hold it in place (I'm 2 strong ok). We covered it in plastic wrap before cutting it the first time, but I think this is only really necessary for sushi with rice on the outside. It only made it harder for us to cut through it. By the third roll, Chris and I were holding the ends of the sushi as gently as we could while I cut it - this time, it turned out fairly well.
I think a better knife would have made the cutting process a lot easier.
This guy seemed to have the easiest method for making the rice in a pot and
this video was very helpful for rolling techniques and stuff.
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