How To Make Hand Roll Sushi

  • December 5, 2007
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Hand roll sushi, also known as ‘cone sushi,’ is the easiest type of sushi to make, and you can fill it however you want —let your taste buds be your guide.

You Will Need

  • 3 sheets of toasted nori
  • 1 c. prepared sushi rice
  • 6 raw fish cut into slabs
  • A cucumber
  • An avocado
  • A sharp chef's knife
  • A cutting board
  • Some water
  • Some prepared wasabi
  • Japanese pickled ginger
  • A small spoon
  • A small dish
  • And a serving platter
How To Make Hand Roll Sushi: Prepare cucumber

Step 1: Prepare cucumber

Peel the cucumber, cut off the ends, and cut it in half lengthwise. Remove the seeds, cut the cucumber into thin strips about one-eighth to one-quarter inch wide, and set the strips aside.

How To Make Hand Roll Sushi: Prepare avocado

Step 2: Prepare avocado

Cut the avocado in half lengthwise and twist the two halves until they separate. Cut the half without the pit into two quarters. Cut off the ends, remove the skin, and slice lengthwise into quarter-inch slices. Set the slices aside.

You can include whatever vegetables you like—scallions, carrots, zucchini, radishes—to customize your hand roll to your own personal taste.

How To Make Hand Roll Sushi: Tear nori sheets

Step 3: Tear nori sheets

Tear or cut the nori sheets in half.

How To Make Hand Roll Sushi: Hold nori side down

Step 4: Hold nori side down

Hold a half sheet of nori shiny side down in the palm of one hand, supporting its length with your fingers.

How To Make Hand Roll Sushi: Press rice into nori

Step 5: Press rice into nori

Moisten your other hand with a little water and grab about 1/4 cup— a small handful—of prepared sushi rice. Ball up the rice and press it onto the left-hand side of the nori.

How To Make Hand Roll Sushi: Spread rice

Step 6: Spread rice

Spread the rice out to about a quarter-inch thickness, leaving a margin of nori around it, then press your index finger into the middle to make an indentation.

How To Make Hand Roll Sushi: Add filling

Step 7: Add filling

Lay a small amount of filling—say, one piece of fish and a slice or two of vegetable—in the indentation in the rice.

If you are hosting a ‘sushi party,’ place all your fillings on one serving platter and have your guests choose their fillings and roll their own.

How To Make Hand Roll Sushi: Tightly roll

Step 8: Tightly roll

Still holding the nori, rice, and filling in one hand, use your other hand to tightly roll up the bottom left-hand corner on the diagonal, over the rice and filling.

How To Make Hand Roll Sushi: Wrap into cone

Step 9: Wrap into cone

Tightly wrap the opposite right-hand edge around, using a folding and tucking method to create a cone shape with the filling on the inside.

How To Make Hand Roll Sushi: Secure edge

Step 10: Secure edge

Use a dab of rice on the corner to secure the inside edge of the nori to the outside of the cone.

How To Make Hand Roll Sushi: Place on plate & garnish

Step 11: Place on plate & garnish

Make as many rolls as you want, and place them on a plate with a mound of prepared wasabi and a mound of Japanese picked ginger.

Nori, an edible sea vegetable, has a higher vitamin C content than raw oranges.

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Comments (3)

lilll

ok! I wanna eat it now! :) I love this site!

over 4 years ago by lilll

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Queue

I would probably cut the vegetables much thinner in order to get more variety into the roll as well as making the roll look a little more appetizing to the eye. Still, a great guide nonetheless!

over 3 years ago by Queue

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swirleyh

Thank you for this! I'm a total beginner at cooking, and since I really love eating sushi, I wanted to try making some at home (I recently bought a lil too much avacados and thought I might try making some cone sushi or rolled sushi at home). Your instructional video has been extremely helpful! It is so clear. Thank you!!

about 1 year ago by swirleyh

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