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Cookbook: Onigiri. Media: Onigiri. Onigiri (お握り or 御握り), also known as omusubi (お結び) or nigirimeshi (握り飯), is a Japanese rice ball made from white rice. It is usually formed into triangular or cylindrical shapes, and wrapped in nori (seaweed). [a] Onigiri traditionally have sour or salty fillings such as umeboshi ...
Sushi (すし, 寿司, 鮨, 鮓, pronounced or ⓘ) 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, and any meat, but most commonly seafood (often raw but can be cooked).
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 ...
1 ½ cup Japanese rice, cooked to fluffiness. Three umeboshi salted Japanese plums (available at Asian food stores; for smaller umeboshi, use one for each rice ball) Two sheets of dried nori ...
Hanaya Yohei. Hanaya Yohei (華屋 与兵衛 or 花屋 與兵衛; 1799–1858) was a Japanese restaurateur and chef who is generally credited as the inventor of Tokyo -style ( Edomaezushi; 江戸前寿司) nigiri sushi at the end of the Edo period. He is also regarded as the inventor of modern sushi that is widely recognized around the world ...
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]
Tamagoyaki. Tamagoyaki (卵焼き or 玉子焼き, literally 'grilled egg') is a type of Japanese omelette made by rolling together several layers of fried beaten eggs. It is often prepared in a rectangular omelette pan called a makiyakinabe or tamagoyaki. The word "tamago" means egg in Japanese, and the word "yaki" means to be cooked over ...
Negitoro is so named because it is a combination of negi (green onion) and toro, which is the fatty parts of tuna. [11] Since the 1980s, with the appearance of new toro sushi combined with pungent vegetables, [12] the well-matched taste and combination of toro, green onion and nori seaweed have become popular.