Gunkanmaki (Topped Oval Sushi)
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Ingredients
- For the base:
- Sushi rice
- Nori
- For the common toppings:
- Uni (sea urchin) roe
- Salmon roe
- Negitoro (minced raw tuna)
- Sliced cucumber
- Quail egg
Method
- Cut nori into strips 1 inch wide and long enough to fully surround your sushi rice with at least 1 inch of overlap.
- Form the sushi rice into oval pieces approximately 1 inch wide by 1¼ inch long by 1 inch high.
- Starting with one end of a nori strip, fully wrap the nori around the sushi rice. Wet the inside of the overlapping nori, and press over the first end to seal the roll.
- Stand the rolled rice up, and place the desired topping(s) on top of the roll as shown in the images.
Recipe source: Wikibooks Cookbook · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikibooks contributors (history) · Wiki markup removed and reformatted
Photo: Sushi Nemuro Hanamaru Tokei Dai (184517515) by Sorah Fukumori (CC BY 3.0) · source