Fun N' Easy: Home-Made Sushi

Soya Sauce & Wasabi from Asian mart in Odense Denmark

Home-made Sushi. They actually tasted pretty decent =P

The sushi here was made for a bunch of friends during my stay in Denmark. We were having potluck dinner and everyone supposedly brought a dish representing our culture. Since I was the only Asian there, they requested me to make them Sushi as they're very curious about this famous food. Don't be confused if the toppings are a little bit twisted because it's not easy to find all the things I wanted to use in Odense (a small city in Denmark).

What I needed:

• Makisu or Bamboo mat to roll sushi in
• Sushi rice (Sticky rice)
  
• Sushi vinegar (which contains sugar and salt)
  
• Toppings (I prepared crab meat, omelet, cucumber, mayo & thousand island)
• Nori or Seaweed Sheet
  
• Soya sauce and wasabi
• Sharp knife
  

How I made them:

• Wash a few times and cook the sushi rice
• Cool the cooked rice
• Mix the cooked rice with sushi vinegar. Taste it.
  
• Prepare toppings, slice the crab meat, omelet and cucumber, slice them thin and long.
  
• Open bamboo mat and place on the table
• Place the seaweed sheet on top of the bamboo mat
• Spread the rice thinly and evenly, leaving 2 cm top edge untouched
• Place a long thin strip of topping at about 2-3 cm from bottom rice edge
• Spread some mayo, thousand island and wasabi
• Slightly wet the 2 cm top edge, so that this edge can easily stick when rolling the sushi
  
• Roll from bottom to top.
• Warm the knife with warm water
• Cut sushi into pieces
• Dip into soya sauce before eating it (depends on preferences)
  

Don't you agree that everytime you cook, you actually cook all your stresses away?