Friday, October 2, 2009

Prepare rice for the sushi

How to properly prepare and easy to make rice for sushi, this Japanese dish now become so popular around the world. Try this recipe it is simple to achieve.

The following recipe for sushi rice

Ingredients

With these quantities you should get about 750 grams of rice ready to make sushi.

300 g round rice Japanese

1 teaspoon salt

4 tablespoons rice vinegar

2 tablespoons powdered sugar

Preparation

1 - Measure the rice using a cup or bowl and make sure to have a cup or bowl full to the brim. (If needed, use the cup several times. This will be used to measure the water needed for cooked rice)

2 - Wash the rice in plenty of water several times, at least three, until the water became clear.

3 - Put in a colander and let drain at least an hour.

4 - Put the rice in a saucepan. Add water (1/5th and a measure for a measure of rice)

5 - Place the saucepan on the stove, put a lid and bring to a boil good heat.

6 - When the end rice, reduce heat by half and continue cooking 10 minutes. Now put the heat to low and cook another 5 minutes.

7 - Remove from heat, leaving the lid and leave and 10 minutes.

8 - Take a large cutting board or plate of the best cooking in your oven. Make sure it is clean. Dampen it with a little water.

9 - Take the pan of rice and reverse all of a sudden it contains rice on the plate.

10 - Spread the rice evenly with a spatula.

11 - Combine the rice vinegar, sugar and salt, making sure that the sugar and salt are dissolved. (heat a bit if necessary but without boiling)

12 - Pour the vinegar mixture, sugar and salt evenly over the rice and stir while making sure the rice does not form pellets or do not start to stick. Stir rice with a spatula in one hand and the other, cool it with a fan.

13 - Keep the rice in a bowl with plastic wrap to cover it. Use to quickly make your sushi.

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