Episode 20: Vegan Sushi

 

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups cooked sushi rice
  • 1 bell pepper, steamed and slice
  • 2 carrots, steamed and sliced into small sticks
  • 1 cucumber, sliced
  • 2 avocados, sliced
  • 1 package seaweed wrappers
  • 1 yam or sweet potato, steamed and sliced
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp brown sugar
  • (optional) green beans or other thin vegetables fried in tempura batter

Special equipment:

  • Bamboo sushi mat

Directions (prep work):

  • Steam and slice all vegetables
  • Fry green beans in tempura batter if desired, for tempura sushi
  • Put cooked sushi rice in large bowl
  • Squeeze in juice of lemon and mix well
  • Add salt and brown sugar and mix well
  • Cover sushi mat with some plastic wrap to make sushi rolling easier

Directions (regular roll):

  • Place seaweed wrapper on sushi mat
  • Spread a thin layer of rice on top of seaweed wrapper
  • Add some steamed carrots on the edge
  • Add some tempura-fried green beans
  • Add some avocado
  • Using the mat, slowly roll up the wrapper from the edge, smoothing it as you go
  • Dip a knife into some water and cut the roll into small pieces
  • Dip the knife between each cut, so rice will not stick to rice
  • Place the pieces onto a plate and serve

Directions (inside-out roll):

  • Place seaweed wrapper on sushi mat
  • Spread a thin layer of rice on top of seaweed wrapper
  • Flip the wrapper over onto the other side (this way rice will be on the outside of the roll)
  • Place a slide of sweet potato on the edge
  • Add a cucumber slice
  • Add some avocados
  • Using the mat, slowly roll up the wrapper from the edge, smoothiing it as you go
  • Dip a knife into some water and cut the roll into small pieces
  • Dip the knife between each cut, so rice will not stick to rice
  • Place the pieces onto a plate
  • Place a slice of steamed bell pepper on top of each piece

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