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California roll. California roll (加州巻き,カリフォルニアロール, kariforunia rōru) 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 ...
Gunkan maki (軍艦巻, battleship roll) is a type of sushi consisting of a rice ball wrapped in a sheet of nori which extends in a cylinder upward to hold a loose topping such as fish eggs [1] [5] [2] [3] Hoso maki (細巻き, thin roll) is thinly rolled maki sushi with only one ingredient [4] [1] [2] [3]
Tobiko. Tobiko (とびこ) is flying fish roe in Japanese cuisine, known for its use in sushi. [1] The eggs are small, ranging from 0.5 to 0.8 mm. For comparison, tobiko is larger than masago (capelin roe), but smaller than ikura (salmon roe). Natural tobiko has a red-orange color, a mild smoky or salty taste, and a crunchy texture.
The sushi has a fishy origin story. For many Americans, a California roll is their first foray into the world of sushi. Purists however have derided the fusion food as “not real sushi” — but ...
Alaskan roll A variant of the California roll with smoked salmon on the inside or layered on the outside. [67] Boston roll An uramaki California roll with poached shrimp instead of imitation crab. [68] British Columbia roll: A roll containing grilled or barbecued salmon skin, cucumber, and sweet sauce, sometimes with roe.
Roe, (/ roʊ / ROH) or hard roe, is the fully ripe internal egg masses in the ovaries, or the released external egg masses, of fish and certain marine animals such as shrimp, scallop, sea urchins and squid. As a seafood, roe is used both as a cooked ingredient in many dishes, and as a raw ingredient for delicacies such as caviar.
The flathead grey mullet is a mainly diurnal coastal species that often enters estuaries and rivers. It usually schools over sand or mud bottoms, feeding on zooplankton, dead plant matter, microalgae and detritus. [4] The adult fish normally feed on algae in fresh water. The species is euryhaline, meaning that the fish can acclimate to ...
Red caviar. Red caviar is a caviar made from the roe of salmonid fishes (various species of salmon and trout), which has an intense reddish hue. It is distinct from black caviar, which is made from the roe of sturgeon. [1] Red caviar is part of Russian and Japanese cuisine. In Japan, salmon caviar is known as ikura (イクラ) which derives ...