Japanese food anyone :)

[scottishlass]

Last night I made my first own sushi :) As His Hubbiness™ was off with former schoolmates to have some fun on his own I was puttering around at home and was making sushi for myself (His Hubbiness™ is the kind of man who doesn't anything he doesn't know and has never tasted as a kid *sigh*).

I had bought sushi maker sets and all and Nishiki rice and lookee here, it worked just beautifully :)

clockwise: bowl of self-made kim chi, rice with sesame seasoning and cucumber cutouts, gari (pickled ginger), soy sauce and wasabi, a plate of maki and nigiri sushi
I made the nigiri and the maki roles, using surimi sticks, fresh salmon & tuna, octopus and gambas. It was very yummy and I had enough to have a little midnight snack when His Hubbiness™ came home and wanted a snack as well (sans Sushi).

Comments

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

Wow good job!! Everything looks really good! I really love making sushi. :) I haven't tried making kimchi yet. Pretty much only my dad likes it at my house. I've only tried it once when i was a kid and it was just too spicy. :/ Though recently i've tried a kimchi but with cucumbers and it was really good.

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Now this is a thought, I have to try it with cucumbers then :)

Well you can control the grade of hotness. If I want to make a kim chi that is not that hot, I leave out the kim chi sauce and only spice the cabbage with a bit of chili powder and hot red pepper sauce. For more reddish colour I add in sweet red pepper powder. THis way, it looks like *normal* kimchi but it isn't so hot :)

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

Tell me how they come out when you get a chance to try it. :)

Thank you for the tips! I'll have to give it a try sometime. :)

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

No problem, I will let you know how the cucmber kim chi turned out.