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Although there are a
number of Sushi types that most people order, in reality, you can
choose any combination of fish and vegetables you like.
Therefore, in addition to some of the better-known Sushi
types, you can be as imaginative as you like and create your own
Sushi variety. The
first list includes some of the most common ways in which Sushi is
made:
- Bara Sushi – The vinegar rice and ingredients are
mixed as a salad
- Chirashi Sushi – The rice bed has various layers of
fish and is served in a bowl called Gomoku Sushi or Iso-don
- Futomaki – This is a large Maki roll that has many
different ingredients using Nori, which is a seaweed wrap
- Inari Sushi – Instead of using the traditional
vinegar rice, brown, fried tofu is used
- Nigiri Sushi – Vinegar rice topped with a slice of
raw or cooked fish, or vegetables
- Okonomi Sushi – This is home-style Nigiri
- Onigiri – This Sushi is made with regular steamed
rice and rolled into a ball with other ingredients
- Oshizushi – Vinegar rice and other ingredients of
choice pressed into a mold
- Temaki – These are cone-shaped seaweed rolls also
called a hand roll
This second list
includes all the various types of Sushi:
- Amaebi – Sweet shrimp
- Boston Rolls – Crab, salmon, and scallion
- California – Crab and avocado
- Ebi – Shrimp
- Egg Salad Rolls – Hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, and
green onion strips
- Hamachi – Yellow Tail
- Hirame - Halibut
- Holiday Rolls – Turkey, cranberry salsa, and cream
cheese strips
- Hotate – Scallop
- Ika – Squid
- Ikura – Salmon roe
- Kani - Crab
- Kappa Ma – Cucumber
- Maguro – Tuna
- Masago – Smelt Roe
- Mirugai – Giant clam
- New York Rolls – Smoked salmon, apple, and avocado
- Pesto Rolls – Turkey or chicken, cream cheese
strips, and pesto
- Philadelphia Rolls – Smoked salmon, cucumber, and
cream cheese strips
- Saba – Mackerel
- Sake - Salmon
- Shrimp Rolls – Shrimp and cream cheese strips
- Smoked Salmon Rolls – Smoked salmon, cucumber, and
cream cheese strips
- Spider Roll
- Summer Melon Rolls – Prosciutto and melon strips
- Tako - Octopus
- Tai – Red snapper
- Tamago – Egg
- Tekka Maki – Tuna Roll
- Temaki – Spicy tuna
- Texas Rolls – Cooked beef, cucumber, and spinach
leaves
- Toro – Fatty Tuna
- Tuna Salad Rolls – Tuna salad and lettuce leaves
- Unagi – Eel
- Uni – Sea urchin
- Veggie Rolls – Pesto, cucumber, tomato, mushrooms,
scrambled egg, scallions
Keep in mind that
some of the Sushi types mentioned above are new recipes from people
with creative minds and all of these have become quite popular in
the United States.
This third list
includes other ingredients that are commonly used for Sushi:
- Short-grain white rice
- Nori (seaweed)
- Mirin (sweet rice wine)
- Seasoned rice vinegar
- Prawns
- Barbecue or regular eel
- Caviar
- Albacore
- Avocado
- Alpha or bean sprouts
- Asparagus
- Shitake mushrooms
- Cream cheese
- Tempura batter
As you can see,
Sushi is not simply rice and fish.
While you can create any ingredient combination that sounds
appealing to you, the one thing you want to do is maintain the
integrity of this Asian food. This
means serving the Sushi with a choice of soy sauce or wasabi, along
with either pickled ginger or green tea as a way to cleanse the
palette.
You will find that
making Sushi is actually very easy.
That coupled with the fact that it is full of incredible
nutrients, low in calories, and tastes delicious, there is no doubt
that Sushi will become your next favorite food. |
