But I've had no problems using regular long grain rice because I tend to use more water when cooking rice and the addition of rice wine vinegar will also add moisture, thus making it sticky enough for forming shapes. Purists will use only short grain rice for sushi rice making because it is a stickier rice. 'Botan' and 'Calrose' are other popular brands. Here's the brand of short grain rice we use for making sushi rice. It presents many ways to have fun with sushi rice. I bought this book a long long time ago and now I'm finally using it. It’s actually flying fish roe, which technically makes it a caviar (albeit less expensive than its sturgeon cousin). I also posted some pictures of earlier attempts at making sushi rice treats. Tobiko is the tiny, orange, pearl-like stuff you find on sushi rolls. what other holiday sushi rice creation can we work on next? Victoria Day sushi? Gee, that gonna be a tough one. I think this may become an Easter tradition for us. It was a lot of fun and it tasted really good too.

So on Sunday morning, we gathered all the ingredients we needed and proceeded to make a whole batch of sushi Easter eggs. I was thinking that we could always eat up the rice the next day with all the leftover meats, but why not make Easter sushi eggs instead to bring to my mom? After this feast, we had a lot of rice leftover. On Saturday, we celebrated my mother-in-law's birthday with a huge dinner of prime rib roast and ham. But, if you have a lot of regular long grain rice lying about, that will work just as well.ĭuring this Easter long weekend, I happened to have the opportunity to have some fun with sushi rice creations. UME-SHISO A tart plum paste (neri ume) and shiso leaf mixture.

Ideally, short grain rice should be used for making sushi rice. A small, bitter, pickled Japanese plum that is made into a paste (neri ume) used in a sushi roll. Sushi rice is simply rice that has been seasoned with rice wine vinegar, sugar, salt and assorted flavourings. I've been playing around with sushi rice for the past little while now, making fun-to-eat creations.

Orange tiny balls on sushi