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Although
there are a number of Sushi types that most people order, in reality,
you can choose any combination of fish and vegetables you like.
Therefore, in addition to some of the better-known Sushi types,
you can be as imaginative as you like and create your own Sushi
variety. The first list
includes some of the most common ways in which Sushi is made:
- Bara
Sushi – The vinegar rice and ingredients are mixed as a salad
- Chirashi
Sushi – The rice bed has various layers of fish and is served in
a bowl called Gomoku Sushi or Iso-don
- Futomaki
– This is a large Maki roll that has many different ingredients
using Nori, which is a seaweed wrap
- Inari
Sushi – Instead of using the traditional vinegar rice, brown,
fried tofu is used
- Nigiri
Sushi – Vinegar rice topped with a slice of raw or cooked fish,
or vegetables
- Okonomi
Sushi – This is home-style Nigiri
- Onigiri
– This Sushi is made with regular steamed rice and rolled into a
ball with other ingredients
- Oshizushi
– Vinegar rice and other ingredients of choice pressed into a
mold
- Temaki
– These are cone-shaped seaweed rolls also called a hand roll
This second list
includes all the various types of Sushi:
- Amaebi
– Sweet shrimp
- Boston
Rolls – Crab, salmon, and scallion
- California
– Crab and avocado
- Ebi
– Shrimp
- Egg
Salad Rolls – Hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, and green onion
strips
- Hamachi
– Yellow Tail
- Hirame
- Halibut
- Holiday
Rolls – Turkey, cranberry salsa, and cream cheese strips
- Hotate
– Scallop
- Ika
– Squid
- Ikura
– Salmon roe
- Kani
- Crab
- Kappa
Ma – Cucumber
- Maguro
– Tuna
- Masago
– Smelt Roe
- Mirugai
– Giant clam
- New
York Rolls – Smoked salmon, apple, and avocado
- Pesto
Rolls – Turkey or chicken, cream cheese strips, and pesto
- Philadelphia
Rolls – Smoked salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese strips
- Saba
– Mackerel
- Sake
- Salmon
- Shrimp
Rolls – Shrimp and cream cheese strips
- Smoked
Salmon Rolls – Smoked salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese strips
- Spider
Roll
- Summer
Melon Rolls – Prosciutto and melon strips
- Tako
- Octopus
- Tai
– Red snapper
- Tamago
– Egg
- Tekka
Maki – Tuna Roll
- Temaki
– Spicy tuna
- Texas
Rolls – Cooked beef, cucumber, and spinach leaves
- Toro
– Fatty Tuna
- Tuna
Salad Rolls – Tuna salad and lettuce leaves
- Unagi
– Eel
- Uni
– Sea urchin
- Veggie
Rolls – Pesto, cucumber, tomato, mushrooms, scrambled egg,
scallions
Keep in mind that
some of the Sushi types mentioned above are new recipes from people
with creative minds and all of these have become quite popular in the
United States.
This third list
includes other ingredients that are commonly used for Sushi:
- Short-grain
white rice
- Nori
(seaweed)
- Mirin
(sweet rice wine)
- Seasoned
rice vinegar
- Prawns
- Barbecue
or regular eel
- Caviar
- Albacore
- Avocado
- Alpha
or bean sprouts
- Asparagus
- Shitake
mushrooms
- Cream
cheese
- Tempura
batter
As you can see, Sushi
is not simply rice and fish. While
you can create any ingredient combination that sounds appealing to
you, the one thing you want to do is maintain the integrity of this
Asian food. This means
serving the Sushi with a choice of soy sauce or wasabi, along with
either pickled ginger or green tea as a way to cleanse the palette.
You will find that
making Sushi is actually very easy.
That coupled with the fact that it is full of incredible
nutrients, low in calories, and tastes delicious, there is no doubt
that Sushi will become your next favorite food.
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