Sushi

Sushi – An Introduction

Sushi, is a general term for all dishes using ‘sushi meshi’ (vinegared rice) in combination with other ingredients. The most common types of sushi are:

Hand shaped Sushi (Nigiri-Zushi) consisting of a topping, smeared with wasabi sitting on a pillow of rice.

Rolled Sushi (Maki-Zushi) has countless variations, with each sushi chef producing their own variations. At its simplest rolled sushi consists of nori seaweed spread with rice and topped with one or more fillings.

Hand Rolled Sushi (Temaki-Zushi) is sushi which consists of nori seaweed which is shaped and filled with sushi rice and fillings. This style of sushi is ideal for dinner parties and summer picnics.

Sushi Ingredients Type of Sushi

Fillings for sushi are limited only by your own imagination, traditionally ingredients such as pickled daikon radish (takuan), dried gourd ribbons (kanpyo), lotus root (renkon), Shiitake mushrooms, and Wasabi are used in conjunction with fresh fish and vegetables.

Type of Sushi

Nigiri
Small rice balls with fish, shellfish, etc. on top. There are countless varieties of nigirizushi, some of the most common ones being tuna, shrimp, eel, squid, octopus and fried egg.

Gunkan
Small cups made of sushi rice and dried seaweed filled with seafood, etc. There are countless varieties of gunkanzushi, some of the most common ones being sea urchin and various kinds of fish eggs.

Norimaki

Sushi rice and seafood, etc. rolled in dried seaweed sheets. There are countless varieties of sushi rolls differing in ingredients and thickness. Sushi rolls prepared "inside out" are very popular outside of Japan, but rarely found in Japan.

Temaki

Temakizushi (literally: hand rolls) are cones made of nori seaweed and filled with sushi rice, seafood and vegetables.

Oshizushi

Oshizushi is pressed sushi, in which the fish is pressed onto the sushi rice in a wooden box. The picture shows trout oshizushi in form of a popular ekiben (train station lunch box).

nari
Inarizushi is a simple and inexpensive type of sushi, in which sushi rice is filled into aburaage (deep fried tofu) bags.

Chirashi
Chirashizushi is a dish in which seafood, mushroom and vegetables are spread over sushi rice. It can resemble domburi with the difference being that chirashizushi uses sushi rice while domburi uses regular, unseasoned rice.

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