DIY Sushi

Thoughts of sushi can often take us to an expensive restaurant, overly fussy and lengthy presentation times, and to thoughts of expensive fresh fish inside the rolls of delight. However, as long as your prepared to substitute the fresh fish for a vegetable or egg alternative, the homemade or DIY sushi can be surprisingly thrifty, and fun to make. We serve ours ready for you to make yourselves, with the rice spread on the nori, and the ingredients cut into strips. You're free to pick and choose your ingredients from basic omelette strips, avocado, cucumber, pepper, courgette, and of course we're on hand should you find it too tricky. As long as it's relatively fresh, and can be cut into long thin strips, whatever you have left in the fridge will work fine.

Ingredients: Sushi rice (cooked some hours before), carrots, courgettes, cucumber, avocado, eggs (basic omelette), peppers, soy sauce, and of course, nori.

Method: Cook the sushi rice at least a few hours before making your rolls, or the night before is fine. Then chop all the ingredients into long and thin strips. Set aside and prepare the rolling mats and nori. Once cooled, the rice should be spread thinly on the nori, leaving a couple of cm's at the bottom, and a little more at the top. Have a bowl of water ready for the rolling, and un-sticking of your hands!

Tips: Don't add too much before rolling your sushi - a small well-resented one is better than an over-flowing messy one!

Music: Turning Japanese - The Vapers because god loves a lazy lyrical connection!