California Sushi Roll
Hi I'm Benjamin. I love learning new things and cooking as been part of my hobby for years. I will be making Sushi for the first time.
Equipment
- Bamboo rolling sheets
- rice cooker or a pot
Ingredients
- 1 cup Uncooked white short-grain rice
- 1 cup Water
- 1/4 cup Rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp. White sugar
- 1/2 cup Imitation crabmeat finely chopped
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 8 sheets Dry seaweed
- 2.5 tbsps. Sesame seeds
- 1 Cucumber Cut in thin spears
- 2 Avocados sliced on the long side
- 1 Carrot Cut in thin spears
Instructions
- Rinse the rice thoroughly and cook according to the package.
- Mix the rice vinegar and sugar in a small bowl and stir the mixture into the cooked rice
- Allowed the rice to cool and set aside.
- Mix the imitation crabmeat with mayonnaise in a bowl and set aside.
- Put a plastic wrap onto the bamboo rolling mat.
- Lay a sheet of dry seaweed (shinny side down).
- With wet fingers, firmly pat a thin and even layer of prepared rice over dry seaweed.
- Leave 1/4 inch uncovered at the bottom edge of the seaweed sheet.
- Sprinkle the rice with sesame seeds and press them into the rice
- Carefully flip the dry seaweed sheet over so the seaweed is up.
- Place 2 long cucumber and 2 long carrot spears, 2 slices of avocado and 1tbsp. of imitation crabmeat mixture in a line across the sheet.
- Pick up the bottom edge of the sheet up enclosing the filling, and tightly roll the sushi into a cylinder.
- Wrap the bamboo mat around the cylinder sushi and gently squeeze to compact it tightly.
- Cut each roll into 1 inch pieces with a very sharped knife dipped in water.
- Enjoy Immediately!