California And Maki Rolls (japanese Sushi)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• 1 medium avocado, peeled, pitted, and sliced into 1/4-inch thick pieces
• 4 sheets nori
• 4 cups sushi rice, cooked (sushi rice made in bamboo steamer)
• 1/3 cup sesame seeds, toasted
• 1 small cucumber, peeled, seeded, and cut into matchstick-size pieces
• 4 crabsticks, sliced lengthwise
• pickled ginger, for serving
• wasabi, for serving
• soy sauce, for serving

Recipe

• 1 squeeze the lemon juice over the avocado to prevent browning.
• 2 cover a bamboo rolling mat with plastic wrap.
• 3 cut nori sheets in half crosswise.
• 4 lay 1 sheet of nori, shiny side down, on the plastic covered mat.
• 5 to make califronia rolls:.
• 6 wet your fingers with water and spread approximately 1/2 cup of the rice evenly onto the nori.
• 7 sprinkle the rice with sesame seeds.
• 8 place the second plastic covered bamboo rolling mat on top and flip the two over so that the rice side is down.
• 9 place 1/8 of the cucumber, avocado and crab sticks in the center of the sheet.
• 10 grab the edge of the mat closest to you, keeping the fillings in place with your fingers, and roll it into a tight cylinder, using the mat to shape the cylinder.
• 11 to make maki:.
• 12 spread 1/2 cup of the rice over the surface of the nori, leaving about 1/2-inch of nori on the furthest edge uncovered so you will be able to seal the roll.
• 13 press the rice down firmly but gently.
• 14 sprinkle sesame seeds on the rice.
• 15 place 1/8 of the cucumber, avocado and crab sticks in the center of the sheet.
• 16 begin rolling the edge of the bamboo closest to you, using the mat to press down on the sushi roll firmly but gently as you roll.
• 17 the nori should stick to itself when the roll is complete; if it doesn't, use a cornstarch slurry to moisten it.
• 18 pull away the mat and set aside.
• 19 cover with a damp cloth.
• 20 repeat until all of the rice has been used.
• 21 cut each roll into 6 pieces.
• 22 serve with pickled ginger, wasabi and soy sauce.