My cravings drove me to make homemade Sushi rolls for the first time😋

They may look a little difficult to make yourself, but it’s actually easier than most of you think.

As it was my first attempt to make Sushi rolls myself, they don’t look perfect and there were some errors in the process, I admit, but it’s ok as it was fun and most importantly it made my stomach content :)💕

Tool to make Sushi rolls

When you make Sushi rolls, you need this special tool called Makisu (巻きす).

Makisu

巻きす

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The green part which is a flat surface is where you put rice and stuff against, and the other side (white side) which has rounded surfaces is gonna be the bottom side when you roll.

Ingredients

• Short Grain Rice
• Nori Seaweed
• Your desired ingredients to roll with rice
  
  This time I picked salmon (サーモン) and albacore (ハマチ) for the fish. And other ingredients I used were cucumbers and Japanese style omelet (玉子焼き -Tamagoyaki-).
  You could use/add avocados, Japanese Taku-an pickles (たくあん), imitation crab meat (カニカマ), Shiso herb (大葉), Tobikko (とびっこ), radish sprouts (カイワレ大根), etc.

Steps to make Sushi rolls

1. Place Makisu in the correct way

The flat side up and the rounded side down, and the end of the strings should be on the side which is farther away from you. Like this:

2. Place Nori seaweed

The rough side of Nori should be facing you. Like this:

3. Place rice on Nori

The cooked rice can be either Sushi rice (cooked rice mixed with vinegar and sugar) or regular rice. It should be short-grain rice.

4. Spread the rice

Spread the rice evenly by using your fingers. Leave the space about 1 inch in the top area on the Nori like in the picture.

5. Place Sashimi fish and other ingredients

The fish has to be fresh Sashimi-grade and cut into thin long rectangle shapes. Place them in the middle of the spread rice. Like this:

6. Roll

Hold the bottom part of the Makisu and start rolling. Lightly hold and support the ingredients with your other hand when you roll, like in the pictures below.

*Important tip
When you roll it, the key is to try to do it tightly so it doesn’t fall apart and the inside toppings won’t come out when you cut it into small pieces when you serve.

After you successfully finished with the first roll part, hold it with both hands and put some pressure on it as you try to make the roll tight and stable. Like this:

Then take the end of the Makisu which you just moved to roll, like this (the right hand is doing it in the picture.):

And hold it up with one hand and try to roll the rest by pushing and rolling forward with another hand like these:

After you successfully finished rolling, hold it with your both hands and put some pressure on it as you try to make the roll tight and stable just like the previous step. Like this:

7. You made Sushi roll!

Ta-da! You made your Sushi roll yourself! Congratulations!! Now please proudly move on to the last step 😉

7. Cut and serve

Now your Sushi roll is waiting to be cut and served. Enjoy looking at the beautiful cut surface you made!

Time to enjoy!

Dip it in soy sauce mixed with a little amount of Wasabi. Be careful not to soak it in the soy sauce pool 😉

– Eat Well, Be Happy-

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I love a dish like this colorful tuna salad that has many colors (but not artificial colors though.) because I can enjoy the beauty of the dish with my eyes and it makes me into a bright mood before I enjoy the taste of it. I feel like it could even be considered as a course meal itself as you enjoy the look first with your eyes, then enjoy it with your mouth next 🙂

One of the things I do and enjoy, when I make some dishes, is trying to make them look beautiful. To me, cooking is one of my artistic works. The biggest part of the art is when I serve on a plate and decorate the food I just finished making, but it’s not only that and there are many other parts to enjoy the artistic sides along the whole process of cooking dishes. I’m often mesmerized by the beauty of the natural colors of food like vegetables and fruits.

All the colors are pretty and they look beautiful! Do you agree?

Colorful Tuna Salad

So this night, I was really excited when I made this colorful tuna salad as I was cutting all the ingredients which were avocado, onion, yellow paprika, and red paprika while I was feeling like I was getting all the bright energy from all the beautiful vivid colors of them. It was really fun as well to see each color were getting layered one by one on top of other colors when they were being served on the plate.

I love this dish because it checks so many boxes off as it gives you extra fun when you are preparing, has the beautiful combination of all the colors for your eyes to enjoy, it also tastes really good when all the ingredients are mixed together with the dressing in your mouth, and furthermore, it gives you all the different vitamins and other important nutrients such as vitamin C, iron, fiber, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, magnesium, calcium, omega 3, protein, etc.

Yummy to your eyes and also to your mouth💗
It’s perfect, isn’t it?! 😁
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Since I knew he would mess up the fillet, I watched a few Youtube videos to learn how to fillet this type of fish. I’m quite proud of how well I was able to fillet it for the first time.

My husband found a few good recipes online for the sauce and we made two styles, one grilled and one deep fried for our fish tacos. Very yummy! I think the fried one won the competition for best taste!

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