VEGAN SUSHI ROLLS
Sushi is such an easy thing to make vegan. Its great for having people over because you can make tons for so cheap. Its easy to make lots of different kinds and just an all around awesome meal. It takes a bit of practice to get the rolling part right but there's tools you can use to make it easier! Personally I just always use my hands but my little sister uses this. Its a sushi bamboo rolling mat. Theres a link attached if you want to buy one check them out. As well as a picture below. It works awesome and makes your rolls really perfect. Plus you can make rolls with rice on the outside and seaweed in the middle which is pretty hard to do when you don't have one. There's so many great ingredients you can use in a sushi roll. Heres a list; cucumber, carrot, celery, avocado, tofu, yam tempura, ginger, garlic, seitan piece's, bell peppers, onion, spinach, lettuce, thats the most I can think of but I bet theres more! I love all of the San J gluten free sauces. The soy sauce they make is perfect. I also love using everland sweet and sour sauce!! Its by far my favourite organic sweet and sour sauce ever! Theres a link to both companies websites attached to their names if you want to check them out. Heres my quick easy steps for making sushi.
Rinse your sushi rice in a strainer until the water runs clear. About 1 to 2 minutes. In a medium sized pot combine your water and rice. The measurements are a little different for sushi rice. It should be about 1 cup to 1 and 1/4 cup of water. Anymore than that and your sushi rice turns into sushi dough. Place a lid on your pot and allow it to come to a boil on med-high heat. Once it starts to bubble turn down to min. heat. Allow to cook for around 15-20 minutes. You can add 1 teaspoon of sesame oil and 1 tablespoon of soy sauce to the water. It really adds to the flavour of your rice. Once all the water is absorbed and your rice is hot and sticky you can remove it from heat and give it a good stir. Now that thats cooling its time to do the fixings! This part is totally up to you! You can do whatever you want with it. Remember not to overstuff them too much or you'll have a hard time rolling them. Also remember to cut your vegetables long and thin so they fit better inside your roll when cutting pieces off. Fry up your tofu in your choice of stir fry sauce. Prepare a clean area to roll your sushi.
To roll your sushi without a mat you need to place a seaweed wrap on your cutting board. Place one big spoon full of rice onto your wrap. Flatten it out with a spoon. This makes it a lot easy to roll it. Make sure your rice is right to each side of the sushi wrap or they won't cut up into pieces very well. Place your ingredients in the middle and begin to roll from the side closest to you. Pinch tight with your fingers begin to roll the roll against the cutting board or plate. Its kind of like rolling burritos but without the sides folding in. Heres an example,
Just make sure you start by turning the end into the middle very tight and continue that motion till the entire thing is rolled.
Use cold water to seal up the edges. Dip your fingers in cold water and rub the ends of the sushi wrap to form it together.
Once thats ready you can slice up your sushi to serve!
This is my recipe for these rolls.
Recipe
2 cups sushi rice = 6 rolls
2 carrots, sliced thin and long
3 celery stalks, sliced thin and long
half a cucumber. sliced thin and long
half a red pepper, sliced thin and long
half a container of soyganic tofu, fried
Everland sweet n sour sauce
San J Soy sauce for dipping.
I love dripping some sauce into the inside of the roll. It makes your rolls look extra fancy.
This is a picture of my yam tempura! I haven't posted the recipe yet but I thought I'd give you a sneak peek! Stay tuned if you want the recipe!
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