If you're afraid of learning how to make sushi rolls because you're leery of handling raw fish, relax. Many of the most popular sushi varieties sold in the U.S., like California roll and Philadelphia roll, contain no fish at all. They're a perfect blend of starch and vegetable ingredients.
Let's take a look at some basic sushi making tools and principles.
What You'll Need to Make Sushi Rolls
Sushi rice - Sushi rolls use a special high-gluten short-grain rice instead of the long grained white rice you may be used to. It's typically sold in the market as sushi rice and has a distinctive oval or "pearl" shape. The gluten makes the rice grains adhere to one another like a kind of sushi glue and helps the role stay together. About a half-cup of rice is used in a typical sushi roll.
Nori - Nori is dried, toasted seaweed. It's sold in paper thin sheets for sushi making. It provides an earthy flavor to sushi and also works to support the roll during preparation. The easiest sushi style rolls to make use nori as the outer layer. For California style rolls, nori is used as an inner layer (this is also referred to as inside-out sushi). When used on the exterior of a roll, the nori gives the sushi a dark green/gray appearance. Usually one-half sheet of nori is used for each sushi roll.
Bamboo mat - This small, woven, food safe mat is used to roll sushi into a tight cylinder before cutting it into crosswise (bite sized) pieces.
Sesame seeds - Used for flavor and decoration, sesame seeds or occasionally fish eggs are sprinkled on the outer layer of inside-out sushi rolls like California rolls.
Plastic wrap - Used to help roll inside-out sushi.
Sweetened rice vinegar - You can combine sugar with white rice vinegar or buy sushi vinegar already sweetened. It is sprinkled over the cooling rice to provide added flavor.
Vegetables - Roll style sushi is characterized by a multi ingredient center that often includes small strips of julienned vegetables like radish or carrot.
Main ingredients - The center of a sushi roll typically contains vegetables and another ingredient in equal or slightly larger proportions. The main ingredient could be raw tuna, cooked shrimp, avocado (California roll), cream cheese (Philadelphia roll) or even spam (Hawaiian roll).
Wasabi - Wasabi is radish root that's sold in powdered form as a condiment for sushi. It's typically reconstituted with water, soy sauce, rice vinegar or rice wine. It has a horseradish style bite, so serve it on the side instead of in the sushi rolls you prepare.
How to Make Sushi Rolls
Rice vinegar is absolutely necessary in sushi rolls. Sushi is named for the sticky rice, which is made with a little bit of rice vinegar. Without vinegar this is just regular rice, and it will not stick to itself enough to make a roll.
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If you get spicy sushi, yes, it can make you aroused. I don't know about the fish part making you aroused, but spicy food can mimic sexual arousal. The spicy salmon or spicy tuna rolls are extremely spicy at my local sushi restaurant.
Peanut butter jelly rolls (make like sushi)
There are some sushi rolls that are made with fried ingredients. 'Crunchy' rolls or tempura rolls have some fried ingredients in them. I have had a roll that was rolled in panko and then deep fried.
The differences between types of rolls are unique to different restaurants. An order of a roll is normally a set of 6-8 small rolls. A sushi hand roll is about the same amount of food as the other rolls, but served in one cone of seaweed that fits easily in someone's hand.
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There are a variety of different options but I know when making spicy tuna rolls they use either hot chili oil, or sriracha.
Dynamite and California rolls are a Western type of Sushi. The dynamite rolls are especially good because they are made with tempura.