sushi- how to make it good !

[EmPowering]

ive tried making sushi a few times:laughing: all ended in disasters

as soon as i go to wrap them they all fall apart and dont stick and DISASTER !:p

so how do i make them good ! also whats some yum fillings !

[LAMmum]

I know what you mean, making sushi is a bit of a fine art :). I've done it heaps of times with the odd disaster. Have you got a sushi mat to roll them up with? Once I've put the rice & filling on I wet the far end with a bit of water with my fingers which makes it stick once you've rolled it. As for fillings try the following options:

smoked salmon slices & avocado
cucumber & sundried tomato
canned tuna (mushed up with a bit of kewpie mayo) & lettuce
cucumber, blanched carrot slices & daikon (pickled radish - from Asian food shops
seafood stick, cucumber & avocado

Good luck :wave:

[EmPowering]

thanks !:)

haha yes i have a mat but they somehow just wont stick and rice goes flying everywhere and oh my !

thanks for tips though !

[CheekyChicken]

Do you use the specific rice, and the vinegar?

[EmPowering]

Do you use the specific rice, and the vinegar?
:yes::yes:

i find its more the seaweed has trouble sticking when i roll it so it just all falls apart !

[QTB]

agh i have sushi problems too! i can never get the rice right, then if i manage too, i can never get it layered right so that the filling ends up in the middle with the rice around it :laughing:

mmm sushi!!

[EmPowering]

agh i have sushi problems too! i can never get the rice right, then if i manage too, i can never get it layered right so that the filling ends up in the middle with the rice around it :laughing:

mmm sushi!!
:laughing::laughing::laughing: my exact problems ! guess im just not cut out to be a sushi maker ! i went with the easy option yesterday and bought some:p

[Electric Rodeo]

google sushi express, it is a little sushi maker. You end up with more of a square shaped roll but it squishes it all into place nicely(without it exploding at each end.
I'm not sure if they are sold online I got mine from a sushi place.
I had a tandoori susshi roll the other day it was pretty good, think it had the kewpie mayo on it. A must have for suhi IMO.

I love the stuff but can never make it as good at home either.

[QTB]

:laughing::laughing::laughing: my exact problems ! guess im just not cut out to be a sushi maker ! i went with the easy option yesterday and bought some:p

haha iv been doing that for about a year now, since i first tried making sushi and kept failing! :D much easier to buy it! mmm now i want sushi! lol


google sushi express, it is a little sushi maker. You end up with more of a square shaped roll but it squishes it all into place nicely(without it exploding at each end.
I'm not sure if they are sold online I got mine from a sushi place.
I had a tandoori susshi roll the other day it was pretty good, think it had the kewpie mayo on it. A must have for suhi IMO.

I love the stuff but can never make it as good at home either.

will definatly google it! i dont care if its square, as long as it turns out better than mine! hehe thanks!

[Electric Rodeo]

If the link is allowed it is http://www.sushiexpress.com.au/

If not it is the second one down if you google it as one word.

I want it now too, might go get some rice cooking

[QTB]

HERE (http://www.gtp.com.au/sushiexpress/inewsfiles/6_Easy_Step_Instructions.pdf) is a link to instructions on how to make perfect sushi! (after the instructions on the machine) im gonna follow it exactly this afternoon and see how it goes!


can anyone tell me what the Kewpie Mayo is?

[EmPowering]

google sushi express, it is a little sushi maker. You end up with more of a square shaped roll but it squishes it all into place nicely(without it exploding at each end.
I'm not sure if they are sold online I got mine from a sushi place.
I had a tandoori susshi roll the other day it was pretty good, think it had the kewpie mayo on it. A must have for suhi IMO.

I love the stuff but can never make it as good at home either.
thanks ! anything is betetr than my sushi making


QTB- :laughing: i want sushi now... might have to make a trip to shops !

[Electric Rodeo]

QTB kewpie mayo is in a bottle the shape of a kewpie doll. It is in the japaese section of the supermarket with the nori and stuff. I think it is inside some plastic wrappig on the shelf. Red and cream package. Super high fat but sooooo good!

I'm off the check out your link now:)

[EmPowering]

QTB kewpie mayo is in a bottle the shape of a kewpie doll. It is in the japaese section of the supermarket with the nori and stuff. I think it is inside some plastic wrappig on the shelf. Red and cream package. Super high fat but sooooo good!

I'm off the check out your link now:)
i LOVE the kewpie mayo- i get it at woolies:)
also from a little japanese shop here i buy the japanese bbq sauce- so good !

might have to try those instructions:cool:

[EmPowering]

well those instructions look perfectly easy on there- lets see when i actually do it:laughing: they dont show all the rice sticking to every surface etc !

[Electric Rodeo]

i LOVE the kewpie mayo- i get it at woolies:)
also from a little japanese shop here i buy the japanese bbq sauce- so good !



Ooh I've never seen the bbq sauce but we have no speciality stores round here:(
I try to stock up on that sort of stuff when in melb.

Glad those instructions were there it reminded me how to use the express thing I have.:oThanks!

I might make a tandoori one for lunch. Tandoori chk/kewpie mayo/maybe carrot.

Do you girls like wasabi???

First time i tried it I had squirted it inside the roll cause I originally thought that the green stuff in sushi was wasabi...not avocado;)

Woooowser! did it nearly blow my head off!

[Electric Rodeo]

well those instructions look perfectly easy on there- lets see when i actually do it:laughing: they dont show all the rice sticking to every surface etc !

Is that for the sushi express?? It is good cause the rice/filling get squished together and stay that way yet they can't escape the container. Much less mess:thumbsup:

[EmPowering]

Ooh I've never seen the bbq sauce but we have no speciality stores round here:(
I try to stock up on that sort of stuff when in melb.

Glad those instructions were there it reminded me how to use the express thing I have.:oThanks!

I might make a tandoori one for lunch. Tandoori chk/kewpie mayo/maybe carrot.

Do you girls like wasabi???

First time i tried it I had squirted it inside the roll cause I originally thought that the green stuff in sushi was wasabi...not avocado;)

Woooowser! did it nearly blow my head off!
oooh the bbq sauce is so good ! that and the mayo on okanimiaki? is sooo good ! if you've ever had that ! im suprised this little asian take away store sold it.

oooh i would make some for lunch but im lazy to go to shops and get seaweed etc:laughing:

im not a fan of wasabi as i dont like spicy stuff lol !

:laughing: at thinking it was wasabi in sushi !

yeah the sushi express does look good:)

[Silver_Lining]

I made Sushi last weekend with my best friend and it turned out so well! We had a bit of help with this (http://www.kitchencupboard.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=799) little guy though! Can definitely recommend it!

We made chicken, cucumber, avocado and prawn, avocado and capsicum! SO good!!!

We used the proper sushi rice and cooked the rice in a rice cooker. It turned out perfectly!

We're going to have a sushi day at work and make it in here! Can't wait :sleeping:

[Electric Rodeo]

oooh the bbq sauce is so good ! that and the mayo on okanimiaki? is sooo good ! if you've ever had that ! im suprised this little asian take away store sold it.


OH I know the stuff now, is that like a vege pancake and they put the sauce/mayo on top. Delish. Now I want one of those pancakes.:)
Need to stop all this talk of food I do.:p

My rice is cooking now.

[peanutbutter&jelly]

QTB kewpie mayo is in a bottle the shape of a kewpie doll. It is in the japaese section of the supermarket with the nori and stuff. I think it is inside some plastic wrappig on the shelf. Red and cream package. Super high fat but sooooo good!

I'm off the check out your link now:)

I think I need to make my rice more damp, my nori always ends up dry and it doesn't matter how long I leave it for!

And should I really admit to pre-pregnancy eating kewpie mayo off my finger, straight from the bottle :o Its addictive stuff :o

[EmPowering]

yum thanks ! wow that maker looks very snazzy:laughing:

[EmPowering]

well the sushi rice is in the rice cooker atm:fingerscrossed:

[EmPowering]

I think I need to make my rice more damp, my nori always ends up dry and it doesn't matter how long I leave it for!

And should I really admit to pre-pregnancy eating kewpie mayo off my finger, straight from the bottle :o Its addictive stuff :o
:laughing::laughing: its yum hey ! i thought i had some in fridge .. i dont:(

[EmPowering]

OH I know the stuff now, is that like a vege pancake and they put the sauce/mayo on top. Delish. Now I want one of those pancakes.:)
Need to stop all this talk of food I do.:p

My rice is cooking now.
yep those pancakes ! so good !:laughing: my rice is cooking now too- somehow think there will be a disaster

[peanutbutter&jelly]

Worst comes to worst, take all the rice out, arrange it in some pretty way, chuck your middle stuff on top and eat it like that :D
Definately done that a few times :laughing:

[Electric Rodeo]

I think I need to make my rice more damp, my nori always ends up dry and it doesn't matter how long I leave it for!

And should I really admit to pre-pregnancy eating kewpie mayo off my finger, straight from the bottle :o Its addictive stuff :o

Perfectly legal, I do the same thing:D

If you wet the nori with some water on your finger tips it softens up pretty well.


well the sushi rice is in the rice cooker atm

Mine is cooling ready to go, I got some vocado, tandoori marinated chk bits, carrot and kewpie mayo. Hope the combo turns out alright, has never seen in in the shops:p


I made Sushi last weekend with my best friend and it turned out so well! We had a bit of help with this (http://www.kitchencupboard.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=799) little guy though! Can definitely recommend it!

We made chicken, cucumber, avocado and prawn, avocado and capsicum! SO good!!!

We used the proper sushi rice and cooked the rice in a rice cooker. It turned out perfectly!

We're going to have a sushi day at work and make it in here! Can't wait

That's a contraption and a half, how does it get the nori on it. Or like the one I have do you roll it after everything is stuck together?

I remembered another nice filling. Cook up some chik breast/thigh in the masterfoods teriyaki flavour base. It is in a yellow pouch.
Freeze in portions for singele use (that's what I do since no one else eats it)
Pretty good with avocado.

My fav is the california roll. Hmmmmmm yummo.

[EmPowering]

all i can say is oh dear:laughing:

[katieandjake]

OMG, you girls are making me crave sushi.
it is without doubt my FAV food! i love the tuna and crab meant and prawn ones. emmm. will have to look into this sushi making stuff to save some $$$ also can u buy wasabi, or make it? lol cant eat sushi without it!

[Electric Rodeo]

OMG, you girls are making me crave sushi.
it is without doubt my FAV food! i love the tuna and crab meant and prawn ones. emmm. will have to look into this sushi making stuff to save some $$$ also can u buy wasabi, or make it? lol cant eat sushi without it!

Yep you can buy wasabi in a tube in the asian section of most supermarkets. You can have it all to yourself waaaaayyyyy too hot for me.

They sell the pickled ginger in that section too if you like that with your sushi. You will also find the rolling mats etc so you could do your own.

Yumm