Friday, January 11, 2013

Have you ever made sushi before?

We hadn't.  We aren't even big eaters of sushi truth be told.  But Monet had been asking for a while if we could make some, and after sampling a few pieces at a friend's place before Christmas, I said "sure"

'Coles' sell kits for around $10 which include the seaweed, rice (which you cook), the vinegar for the rice, the rolling mat, wasabi and soy sauce.  Pretty good value.  I had a few extra chicken tenderloins left over from the previous evening's meal, so I cooked them and sliced them up, a tin of salmon slices, half an avocado, carrot and cucumber batons.  


After cooking and preparing the rice, they were really easy to make.  And fun too.  Monet got into the act.  One thing is to have a sharp knife to slice the rolls.  I could imagine having blunt knives would squash them.


The six sheets of seaweed was right amount for the cooked rice.  And it yielded a lot of sushi.  Too much for the three of us (Lily wasn't tempted).  Thank goodness they were fine to eat the next day too and they were just as good.


4 comments:

kimbofo said...

Yum. I do like a good bit of sushi, but never tried to make it myself. There's a new sushi place near work, which I have been going to frequently. They do a nice vegie dumpling soup, too.

budget jan said...

I have made it quite a lot but strangely I prefer the ready made cafe variety!

LBA said...

No such thing as leftover sushi in this house! :D xx

kurrabikid said...

We have tried making it - but because my boy is a whopping big fusspot we only did a cucumber version. He loved it. I was amazed!