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Maki-zushi (巻き寿司, rolled sushi) consists of rice and other ingredients rolled together with a sheet of nori. [4] [2] [3] Chu maki (中巻き, medium roll) is a medium-sized rolled maki sushi usually containing several ingredients [2] Futo maki (太巻き, large or fat roll) is a thick rolled maki sushi containing multiple ingredients [4 ...
Media: Sushi. 寿司. Sushi (すし, 寿司, 鮨, 鮓, pronounced [sɯɕiꜜ] or [sɯꜜɕi] ⓘ) is a Japanese dish of prepared vinegared rice (鮨飯, sushi-meshi), usually with some sugar and salt, plus a variety of ingredients (ねた, neta), such as vegetables, meat, or most commonly, seafood, which may be raw or cooked.
The history of sushi (すし, 寿司, 鮨, pronounced [sɯɕiꜜ] or [sɯꜜɕi]) began with paddy fields, where fish was fermented with vinegar, salt and rice, after which the rice was discarded. The earliest form of the dish, today referred to as narezushi, was created in Japan around the Yayoi period (early Neolithic –early Iron Age). [1]
Nori (Japanese: 海苔) is a dried edible seaweed used in Japanese cuisine, usually made from species of the red algae genus Pyropia, including P. yezoensis and P. tenera. [1] It has a strong and distinctive flavor, and is generally made into flat sheets and used to wrap rolls of sushi or onigiri (rice balls).
The word sashimi means 'pierced body', i.e., "刺身" = sashimi, where 刺 し = sashi (pierced, stuck) and 身 = mi (body, meat). This word dates from the Muromachi period (1336-1573) [citation needed] and there are multiple theories as to its etymology: The term was possibly coined when the word "切る" = kiru (cut), the culinary step, was ...
Onigiri (おにぎり): balls of rice with a filling in the middle. Japanese equivalent of sandwiches. Sekihan (赤飯): white rice cooked with azuki beans [2] (小豆) to glutinous rice. (literally red rice) Takikomi gohan (炊き込み御飯): Japanese-style pilaf cooked with various ingredients and flavored with soy, dashi, etc.
California roll (カリフォルニアロール / 加州巻き, Kariforunia rōru / Kashū maki) or California maki is an uramaki (inside-out makizushi roll) containing imitation crab (or rarely real crab), avocado, and cucumber. Sometimes crab salad is substituted for the crab stick, and often the outer layer of rice is sprinkled with toasted ...
Mirin. Mirin (みりん also 味醂）is an essential condiment used in Japanese cuisine. [1] It is a kind of rice wine similar to sake, but with a lower alcohol content—14% [2] instead of 20%. There are three general types. The first is hon mirin (lit. true mirin), [3] which contains alcohol. The second is shio mirin, which contains alcohol ...