Make sushi at home

Ingredients

• 300 g cooked rice
• 360 ml warm water
• 50 ml rice vinegar
• 25 g sugar
• 5 g salt
• 6 sheets nori
• 1 cucumber
• 1 avocado
• 1 carrot
• 200 g firm tofu
• soy sauce to taste

Method

1. Prepare the sushi riceRinse and cook the sushi rice, then season it with rice vinegar while warm.
2. Cut the fillingsLet the rice cool and cut vegetables and other fillings into strips.
3. Roll and slice the makiRoll maki and slice with a damp knife, or arrange everything as a sushi bowl.

Beginner tips

• Use damp hands for the rice and a damp sharp knife for clean slices; cool the rice at room temperature only briefly.

Substitutions and variations

• Make maki, hand rolls or a sushi bowl with cooked tofu and vegetables; raw fish is not required.