Hand Roll (Temaki) Sushi Party ... for One
I have been having a sushi craving lately but decided to make it myself at home and save some bucks and the drive to the sushi restaurant. I checked and one of the better Japanese sushi places in the city (not the AYCE place), charges $3.50 per hand roll, so you can do the math on the savings. :)
I bought a package of surimi (fake crab legs) for $4-5, and an avocado, and scrounged in the fridge and pantry for the other ingredients I needed: sushi rice, nori sheets and wasabi paste. I wish I had had some pickled ginger (gari) but I used it all up a while back. The nori sheets were a bit dried out so rolling became problematic.
Regardless of appearance, all three kinds of rolls I made were delicious. And ... all that's left in the pantry is half of one nori sheet and a cup or so of sushi rice.
What you need for 8 hand rolls:
4 sheets nori, cut in half
1 avocado
3 fake crab legs, cut into quarters and then half of the strips diced
capelin roe (masago)
mayonnaise
shoyu (Japanese soy sauce)
Sriracha sauce
wasabi paste
4-6 wedges of baked sweet potato, left over from yesterday's pork chop meal
1 cup raw sushi rice
seasoned rice wine vinegar
Cook the rice using your favourite recipe. Season with the rice wine vinegar, then assemble.
California roll - Sliced fake crab leg, avocado and masago
Veggie roll - Sweet potato and avocado
Spicy Crab leg - Fake crab leg diced and combined with spicy mayo (a bit messy as the very ripe avocado wedge broke during transportation of hand roll to the plate and I had to just wedge it back in).
I managed to eat 6 of the hand rolls but the last 2 were pushing it.
Step 1 - Lay the half sheet of nori on your work surface horizontally. Place the rice ball on the nori on a slight diagonal in the right third of the sheet.
Step 2 - With your index finger, press a channel in the rice ball
Step 3 - Spread some spicy mayo (mayo mixed with Sriracha sauce) on the rice
Building the Hand Roll
Step 4 - Place a slice of avocado on top of the spiced mayo
Step 5a - For a veggie roll, add a couple of wedges of baked sweet potato alongside the slice of avocado. A slice of mango is a nice substitute for the sweet potato.
Step 5b - For a California roll, use a slice or two of fake crab leg (surimi). Roll up, then add a teaspoon or so of the fish eggs to the cone.
Spicy crab hand roll with avocado - only use a little over half of what is pictured as I found a lot of the diced crab fell out as I was rolling. The avocado wedge broke in half and the top bit fell out as well.
Last step NOT photographed as I would have needed an extra hand for the photography.
Step 6 - fold the bottom right corner up to the top of the nori sheet and then roll the triangular package to the left. You'll end up with a cone. Dampen the bottom corner and stick it to the cone, holding down until the cone seals.
I bought a package of surimi (fake crab legs) for $4-5, and an avocado, and scrounged in the fridge and pantry for the other ingredients I needed: sushi rice, nori sheets and wasabi paste. I wish I had had some pickled ginger (gari) but I used it all up a while back. The nori sheets were a bit dried out so rolling became problematic.
Regardless of appearance, all three kinds of rolls I made were delicious. And ... all that's left in the pantry is half of one nori sheet and a cup or so of sushi rice.
What you need for 8 hand rolls:
4 sheets nori, cut in half
1 avocado
3 fake crab legs, cut into quarters and then half of the strips diced
capelin roe (masago)
mayonnaise
shoyu (Japanese soy sauce)
Sriracha sauce
wasabi paste
4-6 wedges of baked sweet potato, left over from yesterday's pork chop meal
1 cup raw sushi rice
seasoned rice wine vinegar
Cook the rice using your favourite recipe. Season with the rice wine vinegar, then assemble.
California roll - Sliced fake crab leg, avocado and masago
Veggie roll - Sweet potato and avocado
Spicy Crab leg - Fake crab leg diced and combined with spicy mayo (a bit messy as the very ripe avocado wedge broke during transportation of hand roll to the plate and I had to just wedge it back in).
I managed to eat 6 of the hand rolls but the last 2 were pushing it.
Step 1 - Lay the half sheet of nori on your work surface horizontally. Place the rice ball on the nori on a slight diagonal in the right third of the sheet.
Step 2 - With your index finger, press a channel in the rice ball
Step 3 - Spread some spicy mayo (mayo mixed with Sriracha sauce) on the rice
Building the Hand Roll
Step 4 - Place a slice of avocado on top of the spiced mayo
Step 5a - For a veggie roll, add a couple of wedges of baked sweet potato alongside the slice of avocado. A slice of mango is a nice substitute for the sweet potato.
Step 5b - For a California roll, use a slice or two of fake crab leg (surimi). Roll up, then add a teaspoon or so of the fish eggs to the cone.
Spicy crab hand roll with avocado - only use a little over half of what is pictured as I found a lot of the diced crab fell out as I was rolling. The avocado wedge broke in half and the top bit fell out as well.
Last step NOT photographed as I would have needed an extra hand for the photography.
Step 6 - fold the bottom right corner up to the top of the nori sheet and then roll the triangular package to the left. You'll end up with a cone. Dampen the bottom corner and stick it to the cone, holding down until the cone seals.