Making your own sushi isn't complicated at all. Ones you have the knack of how to roll, you can make all your favorite kinds at home. My favorite fillings are avocado, cucumber and pumpkin in the fall.
Add rice and 700 ml water to a pot with a lid and bring to a boil for about 2 minutes.
Reduce heat to low and cook for 15 more minutes. As soon as all the water has been absorbed by the rice, remove pot from the stove. Place a kitchen towel between pot and lid and let simmer for another 10 minutes.
In a small bowl, mix together rice vinegar, sugar and salt until the sugar has dissolved.
To a big wooden bowl add the rice and with a wooden spoon mix in the vinegar mixture.
Leave rice to cool.
Prepare fillings (e.g. peel and cut avocado and cucumber) and set aside.
Place half a sheet of nori on bamboo mat, rough side facing up. Damp your hands with some water and spread a ball of rice evenly on seaweed, leaving about 1/2 inch from the far edge of the sheet.
Optional: spread some sesame seeds over rice.
Place 2-3 strips of avocado (or your filling ingredient) on the near edge of the rice layer.
Wet the far edge with some water. Lift bamboo mat and fold nori over the filling. Continue to roll the sushi gently but firmly.
Place sushi roll on a cutting board, seam facing down and cut into six or eight pieces using a sharp, wet knife.
Wrap bamboo mat in saran wrap or a freezer bag.
Place half a sheet of nori on (wrapped) bamboo mat, rough side facing up. Damp your hands with some water and spread a ball of rice evenly on seaweed, leaving about 1/2 inch from the far edge of the sheet.
Spread some sesame seeds on rice.
Flip nori and rice so that the shiny side of the nori is facing upward.
Place 2-3 strips of avocado on the near edge of the seaweed. Is using, spread some cream cheese on the avocado and add some sprouts on top.
Lift bamboo mat and fold nori over the filling. Continue to roll the sushi gently but firmly.
Place sushi roll on a cutting board, seam facing down and cut into six or eight pieces using a sharp, wet knife.
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