| Sushi is a Japanese food consisting of | | | | sheets after drying the weed |
| vinegar-added rice with a topping. However, many | | | | 6. Soy Sauce |
| people know sushi for its raw fish, but if you are | | | | 7. Vegetables including asparagus, carrots, celery, |
| vegetarian, you may create your own sushi | | | | sprouts, lettuce, and one can add any vegetable. |
| delicacies using vegetables. | | | | 8. Sushi-grade fish and even canned tunas are |
| These are basic tools you need in your kitchen to | | | | also good |
| prepare sushi | | | | Take a small sheet of nori place it on top of mat |
| 1. A sharpened knife to cut fish and/or vegetables | | | | that rolls sushi. Add cooled vinegar-cooked rice on |
| and a cutting board | | | | top of nori. Add little wasabi (optional). Add |
| 2. A wooden ladle or spatula to work with rice | | | | vegetables/tuna/sushi-grade raw fish on top of |
| 3. A sushi rolling mat, to roll sushi into desired | | | | this. Do not over pile ingredients on to the roll. |
| shapes | | | | Then roll the sushi up and see that the roll is |
| Ingredients Needed | | | | compressed and squeezed evenly to ensure good |
| 1. Sushi Rice or the sticky rice and medium or | | | | shape to your roll. Now cut the roll to desired |
| small-grained white rice is used to prepare this. | | | | number of pieces. You may even refrigerate the |
| 2. Rice Vinegar | | | | roll before cutting. |
| 3. Wasabi (it is a green-colored condiment | | | | As you see it very easy to prepare sushi and |
| prepared from horseradish) | | | | once done you may enjoy sharing with your |
| 4. Gari, which is a pickled ginger | | | | friends. |
| 5. Nori which are seaweeds but used as thin | | | | |