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 Although
there are a number of Sushi types that most people order, in
reality, you can choose any combination of fish and vegetables
you like. Therefore,
in addition to some of the better-known Sushi types, you can
be as imaginative as you like and create your own Sushi
variety. The
first list includes some of the most common ways in which
Sushi is made:
- Bara
Sushi – The vinegar rice and ingredients are mixed as a
salad
- Chirashi
Sushi – The rice bed has various layers of fish and is
served in a bowl called Gomoku Sushi or Iso-don
- Futomaki
– This is a large Maki roll that has many different
ingredients using Nori, which is a seaweed wrap
- Inari
Sushi – Instead of using the traditional vinegar rice,
brown, fried tofu is used
- Nigiri
Sushi – Vinegar rice topped with a slice of raw or
cooked fish, or vegetables
- Okonomi
Sushi – This is home-style Nigiri
- Onigiri
– This Sushi is made with regular steamed rice and
rolled into a ball with other ingredients
- Oshizushi
– Vinegar rice and other ingredients of choice pressed
into a mold
- Temaki
– These are cone-shaped seaweed rolls also called a hand
roll
This second
list includes all the various types of Sushi:
- Amaebi
– Sweet shrimp
- Boston
Rolls – Crab, salmon, and scallion
- California
– Crap and avocado
- Ebi
– Shrimp
- Egg
Salad Rolls – Hard-boiled eggs, mayonnaise, and green
onion strips
- Hamachi
– Yellow Tail
- Hirame
- Halibut
- Holiday
Rolls – Turkey, cranberry salsa, and cream cheese strips
- Hotate
– Scallop
- Ika
– Squid
- Ikura
– Salmon roe
- Kani
- Crab
- Kappa
Ma – Cucumber
- Maguro
– Tuna
- Masago
– Smelt Roe
- Mirugai
– Giant clam
- New
York Rolls – Smoked salmon, apple, and avocado
- Pesto
Rolls – Turkey or chicken, cream cheese strips, and
pesto
- Philadelphia
Rolls – Smoked salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese strips
- Saba
– Mackerel
- Sake
- Salmon
- Shrimp
Rolls – Shrimp and cream cheese strips
- Smoked
Salmon Rolls – Smoked salmon, cucumber, and cream cheese
strips
- Spider
Roll
- Summer
Melon Rolls – Prosciutto and melon strips
- Tako
- Octopus
- Tai
– Red snapper
- Tamago
– Egg
- Tekka
Maki – Tuna Roll
- Temaki
– Spicy tuna
- Texas
Rolls – Cooked beef, cucumber, and spinach leaves
- Toro
– Fatty Tuna
- Tuna
Salad Rolls – Tuna salad and lettuce leaves
- Unagi
– Eel
- Uni
– Sea urchin
- Veggie
Rolls – Pesto, cucumber, tomato, mushrooms, scrambled
egg, scallions
Keep in mind
that some of the Sushi types mentioned above are new recipes
from people with creative minds and all of these have become
quite popular in the United States.
This third
list includes other ingredients that are commonly used for
Sushi:
- Short-grain
white rice
- Nori
(seaweed)
- Mirin
(sweet rice wine)
- Seasoned
rice vinegar
- Prawns
- Barbecue
or regular eel
- Caviar
- Albacore
- Avocado
- Alpha
or bean sprouts
- Asparagus
- Shitake
mushrooms
- Cream
cheese
- Tempura
batter
As you can
see, Sushi is not simply rice and fish.
While you can create any ingredient combination that
sounds appealing to you, the one thing you want to do is
maintain the integrity of this Asian food.
This means serving the Sushi with a choice of soy sauce
or wasabi, along with either pickled ginger or green tea as a
way to cleanse the palette.
You will find
that making Sushi is actually very easy.
That coupled with the fact that it is full of
incredible nutrients, low in calories, and tastes delicious,
there is no doubt that Sushi will become your next favorite
food.
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