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| Sushi Meshi |
| Sushi meshi is the rice used in Sushi dishes. It is made by tossing freshly cooked rice with a dressing made of vinegar, sugar and salt [Asian markets carry a packaged mix of this dressing]. The rice-dressing mixture is fanned during tossing to help cool the rice quickly. Sushi meshi is also called shari.
Japanese rice is a medium-grained rice and gets sticky when it is cooked. The long-grained American rice isn't proper for sushi because it is drier and doesn't stick together. Ingredients 3 cups Japanese-style rice 3 1/4 cups fresh cold water 1/3 cup rice wine vinegar 2 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon salt Method After washing the rice well, cook it by pan or rice cooker. Prepare sushi vinegar [sushi-zu] by mixing rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a small pan. Put the pan on low heat and cook until the sugar dissolves. Cool the vinegar mixture. Spread the cooked hot rice into a large plate [if you have it, use a wooden bowl called sushi-oke] by spatula. Sprinkle the vinegar mixture over the rice and fold the rice by shamoji very quickly. Be careful not to smash the rice. To cool and remove the moisture of the rice well, use a fan as you mix sushi rice. This will give sushi rice a shiny look. It's best to use it right away. Makes 6 cups of sushi rice. |
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