Making Sushi Without Mat

Start by making the perfect sticky sushi rice or try this brown rice version and chopping up your veggies of choice.

Making sushi without mat.

Add short grain rice to a pot at a 2 1 ratio of rice to water 2 cups of rice and 1 cup of water for 3 5 rolls of sushi. If you do not have sushi rice you can use white rice and prepare it as you normally would. Then add 2 tbsp of sugar and a dash of salt. Sushi rice unlike white rice is treated with vinegar based flavorings.

While i ve tried making the more traditional sushi with the proper rice seasoning and a makeshift mat it s a lot of work. If you can t manage to track down a bamboo sushi mat or don t want to invest in more culinary trappings when you ve just started out in sushi making don t worry. We don t have access to much sushi grade seafood in the midwest so i most often stick with veggies. Heat the white rice in a pot on the stove or use a rice cooker to prepare the rice for the sushi.

How to make sushi without a bamboo mat first you will cook your rice. Making sushi at home is surprisingly simple. Make your own sushi. So if the rolling part has been preventing you from making sushi rolls at home you can now go ahead with ease.

The plastic molds using for sushi making is durable and easy to use. All this without using a bamboo mat. But if you live near the coast get crazy and do the dang thang. We ll start with how to make sushi for beginners which means sushi rolls.

Create sushi rice with 1 cup 158 g of white rice and a vinegar solution. Dab water along the nori strip to moisten and pull it up and over the sushi roll pressing it in place to make it stick to the rest of the roll and seal the roll. It is dishwasher safe so you can clean the kit by simply putting it inside the dishwasher. Pull the plastic wrap off of the outside of the roll and use a sharp knife to cut the roll into six to eight pieces and turn the pieces on their sides for serving.

You can get the same result from a. With just a little practice you can make sushi rolls at home that are as dazzling to look at as they are delicious to eat. How to make sushi without a mat.