郭靓太煮私房菜 ：寿司拼盘 Sushi Platters

Recently watch too much of the TVB Movie Buff Championship (超级无敌掌门人)...especially the section 'Lat Lat Sao Si Bin Koh Sik' ...wahh really instigate me craving for sushi again 挑起条寿司根~~~

This time we not finding any new place to makan.....since every time we went to buffet sure will skipped the sushi and go for mainly sashime and others....its is very stomach-filling la...not worthy to consume a lot during buffet. So this round we plan to DIY sushi at home...making fun while learning ..keke

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First of all...would like to thanks all my friends and fans for their support and compliment for my Home-Made Sushi *clap *clap *clap.

Now first take a look at my 'Creation' and i'll reveal my so-called 'Secret Recipe' for this successful attempt. keke.......

 California Maki

 Salmon Sushi and Tamago

 Chuka Chimni and Corn Sushi

 Tuna Mayo and Tsubukko

 Ebi Tempura Maki

  Ebi Tempura Maki

 Dragon Roll

Dragon Roll

 Unagi Maki and Ebi Tempura Maki

Salmon Nishoku

Tadaa....does my sushi looks tempting and make your saliva drooping now? keke
Ok...now heres the sharing~!

A few things to prepare and we'll ready to go..

Ingredients:
~ Sushi Rice
~ Nori Sheet
~ Sushi Seasoning
~ Assorted Food Ingredients

Tools:
~ Bamboo Mat
~ Clingfilm
~ A Very Sharp Knife

 Premium Rice @ Rm27.80

 Clean and white

no need to rinse can straight away cook it

DIY Sushi Beginner's Pack

Bought at Jusco @ RM28.90

 Sushi Seasoning

 10 Nori Sheet from the Beginner's Pack 

 Soy Sauce ~ Ideal for Sushi & Sashimi 

Bamboo Mat

Steps 1: Prepare Food Ingredients

Sincerely, this is my first time DIY sushi at home...i was initially not planning to spend a lot for this trial....just in-case i failed..so i targeted to make California Maki only

A quick browse at Jusco for the raw ingredients, Japanese Cucumber, Crab Stick and Avocado....eh eh...there were a lot of ready-made toppings for sushi available also...gets very exciting looking at it.....arghh we just cant stop our-self taking more and more of it into our trolley.....haha ...at the end we had over spent for food as per our initial plan @.@

 Crab Stick

 Japanese Cucumber 

Cut the cucumber into quarter and peel off the seed

 keep only the crunchy part

Ripened Avocado

1 avocado cut into thick pieces

 another 1 cut into thin slices

my skills not so good...cut into slightly too thick abit..keke

 Prawn Fritters 

 Deep Fried it

drip off the oil

 My favourite ~ Unagi @ RM24.90

 put the unagi on the grill pan

 grilled it in the pre-heat oven

suppose to cut it into quarter but i cut it into halves 

haha...home-made one make it more generous la ..keke

 Tuna Mayonaise

 Flying Fish Roe and Chuka Chimni

 Mayonaise

Sweet Corn

black sesame

Get all the things ready

Steps 2: Cook Sushi Rice

i'm using the normal way of cooking it by microwave

soak it with slightly more water at least 30 minutes before cooking

rice 1:3 water 

Here...

 20 minutes in the microwave

nice sushi rice well done by the microwave...keep it cover with lid and let it steam for about 15 minutes.

wait till it slightly cool down then only mixed it with the seasoning

Steps 3: Prepare Sushi Rice Seasoning

There's still a way to prepare the seasoning on our own, if don't have the ready-made seasoning and wanna take the challenge~~

Sushi Seasoning:

~ 3 1/2 Cup Rice Vinegar

~ 3Tablespoon Sugar

~ 1 Teaspoon Salt

Mixed the 3 ingredients in sauce pan over low heat until sugar and salt is dissolved. Set it aside and cooling.

Steps 4: Mixed Sushi Rice with Seasoning

Sushi Seasoning from the Beginner's Pack

 100ml Sushi Seasoning for 450g Sushi Rice

After the rice steam for 15 minutes, sprinkle the seasoning over the rice and fold it quickly. 

Steps 5: Prepare Bamboo Mat, a clean wet cloth, a bowl of clean water

wrap the bamboo mat with clingfilm 

for easy rolling and cleaning

a clean wet cloth and a bowl of clean water

Steps 6: Assorted Sushi

Start with something very easy first...keke

 Cut the nori sheet into 1 inch width

grab a spoonful of sushi rice into palm and squeeze squeeze and firm it while the rice is still warm

but make sure to wet your palm with some clean water for moisture

else will end up like my hubby palm ...full of rice..keke

 firm the sushi rice into ellipse shape and wrap it around with the nori

then filled it up with any toppings such like tuna mayonnaise, chuka chimni, sweet corn

 easy job~!

easy easy job~~!

Next: Rolling Sushi ~ California Maki

After the easy easy job...now come the difficult up level sushi~~!!

 place a nori sheet on the bamboo mat

 slightly wet your hand with the clean water and wipe off just to moisture your palm 

take the sushi rice and spread on the nori sheet evenly

dun put too much and thicky rice, make sure still can see thru the nori sheet at bottom

 flip over the nori sheet

place the main ingredients for california maki

1 sliced japanese cucumber, 3pieces thick cut of avocado and 2 pieces of crab stick

and squeeze a line of mayonnaise on top of all

then start rolling

roll first half of it

press it hard hard to firm the mixture and sushi rice

then continue to roll it till the end

also press it hard hard to firm the sushi rice

tadaa....done the rolling

now cut it

wet the sharp knife with some water and wiped off with the clean cloth

this is to prevent stickiness of the rice to the knife

as per professionals advise, cut the roll in the above way...haha

i forgot to cut as per advise that makes my sushi cut not in same width..keke

 place it nicely on the plate and decorate it with the flying fish roe

see the failure head and tail ... still yummy...keke

Next: Dragon Roll

Do the same as the above steps, place a nori sheet and spread sushi on top of it and flip it over. 

 Place a cucumber 

 and place halves of the unagi on top of it

and start rolling roll roll

* see my generous ingredients ...haha

 when rolling done

place the 'thin' slices avocado on top of it

and roll it again with the bamboo mat to firm the avocado slice to the sticky sushi rice

 cover it with a piece of clingfilm

 and cut it with the wet moisture knife

remove the clingfilm when cut work is done

 place it nicely on the plate

tadaa my Dragon Roll is done

Next: Ebi Tempura Maki

Again...doing the same to spread sushi rice on the nori sheet and over-flip it. 

 Place slice of cucumber

 2 tempura prawn

 and a squeeze of mayonnaise

then start rolling rolling

 make sure the prawn tail is out there for visual purposes haha

 place the Ebi Tempura Maki nicely on a place

easy and yummy~!

 see closely i actually din cut it evenly haha

 take the picture in a different angle ..it looks better ya

Inspired to make this Salmon Nishoku from Saisaki buffet 

make a cake of sushi rice and wrap it with a salmon fillet

squeeze a touch of mayonnaise and top it with some flying fish roe

the salmon is a bit too thick and soft...its cannot stand still...ops

Next: California Temaki

 Cut the nori sheet into 3 inches each

 spread some sushi rice on the left side only 

 place the slices cucumber

 1 crab stick 

 and a touch of mayonnaise

then start rolling it ...slightly 'senget' the nori and make it looks like a cone

 at almost the end of the nori sheet, put 2 sushi rice and roll it till the end

using the sushi rice to stick firmly the nori sheet to prevent it open..keke

 then sprinkle some flying fish roe at the top

place it nicely on the plate ~ yum~!

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After all the trial and effort... I thought i will failed but unexpectedly its quite easy to DIY sushi at home but yet realize the main challenge is actually on how to make it more presentable.... hmmm...

I believe practice makes perfect....will see when i'm craving for sushi again and i'll try to do it more better than this time. 

For all the food ingredients, we had actually spent for about RM100...seems equivalent to have japanese buffet for 2 at any shop. But wait.....we had sushi for 2 days 4 meals.........4 meals leh....even have some extras for my spaghetti 

Tempura Prawn with Crab stick salad and Roasted Sesame Dressing

This is a great experience rolling rolling sushi at home...both me and hubby found it very fun and interesting. Especially to thanks his uncle from Sweden whose a Sushi Chef shared his tips on the making to us. 

For those who like to cook at home or like japanese sushi, this could be a good experience and yet a very happening activities with kids and family. Happy Trying~!