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Why not try making your own sushi at home? Futomaki sushi rolls also make great finger food at a party or other social event.

Japanese rice dish Takikomi Gohan with Chicken is called Kashiwa meshi originally from Kyushu in Japan.

It's a very simple stir fry dish that's easy to create and very quick to prepare.

Easy salmon Maze Sushi recipe Blog.

Inside Out Egg Sushi Rolls Have you ever been to a sushi bar, seen inside out sushi rolls on the counter and wondered, "Who had the idea to turn a sushi roll inside out?" Or maybe,"How does the chef do that?' If you have, then read on..... So, Inside Out Sushi Rolls are Japanese, right? Well, not exactly...in fact, you don't often see uramaki (as they are called in Japanese) on the menu in a sushi bar in Japan. That's because, as the name California Roll might suggest, they

Easy Temari Sushi balls recipes using smoked salmon.

Sea Bream Ochazuke If you've heard of ochazuke , you may know it is one of Japan's oldest forms of cooking. There is no exact equivalent meaning in English but roughly ochazuke means "put with tea" although "steeped in tea" might have a better resonance with English speakers. Anyway, linguistics apart, ochazuke as a dish probably started life with the use of water rather than tea. Until recent times, rice was a precious commodity and leftovers would have been recycled into o

This blog is about Salmon Sashimi Poke Bowl.

How to make Large sushi Roll without using raw fish. I use Teriyaki chicken for this large sushi rolls and it works!

Takikomi Gohan Japanese rice doesn't have to be a sidekick dish - mixed with flavourings and vegetables, it can be a one pot show stopper all by itself - the Japanese call this dish " takikomi gohan ", (literally, steamed mixed rice). The rice is steamed in a broth of soy sauce, cooking sake and mirin under a bed of vegetables. I've used chicken and mushroom in this recipe but you can use other vegetables and/or exclude the meat component. Takikomi gohan is delicious eaten ho

Here's another recipe using the Japanese superfood - Natto. In this recipe, I use natto in a popular Japanese sushi dish - Gunkan Maki....

This is quick and easy way to make TemakiSushi at home.

Popular sushi rolls recipe.

Seafood stick Uramaki Sushi rolls Here's another "looks difficult but it's really not" recipe - seafood stick uramaki . Now, uramaki, as you'll already know if you're reading my blog, means "inside-out roll" and they're also known in the US as a California maki or California roll because that is where they were first made. The story goes that a sushi bar owner in California was struggling to get the locals to eat nori seaweed - obviously, if you don't want to eat nori, sushi

Ah, natto....that great divider of opinions. Are you a lover or a hater, or just a, "never tried that before" kind of person? If you've...

How to make Sushi Rolls.

Here's my latest inside out California sushi roll dish. This time, I've made Natto California rolls - so, natto and cucumber with some black sesame sprinkled on the rice.

How to make Tamagoyaki and Shiso Uramaki Sushi Rolls. Tamagoyaki means Japanese Egg Omelette and Uramaki means inside out sushi roll.

Takikomi rice Rice hasn't alway been a cheaply available staple in Japan. Centuries ago, rice was an expensive commodity, so much so that the Japanese used to bulk out their precious rice using other cereals or grains such as barley and millet, cooking everything together in one pot. That was how the idea of Takikomi rice (literally, "boiled together meal" , in English) took form. Nowadays, of course, people still add things to their rice but for health and flavour reasons no

This is easy poke bowl recipe.