A Helpful Sushi Maker

Getting a helpful sushi maker can assist you in overcoming much of the work needed when making numerous sushi rolls. Sushi rolls can take a lot of work, which involve repetitive steps. The first think you need to do in order to make a good sushi roll is to make rice balls. You do this by cooking a sushi rice and mixing it with sweetened rice vinegar until it forms a sticky, pliable mixture. After allowing the mixture to cool, you would lay a sheet of nori seaweed flat on a bamboo mat and then spread a layer of the rice mixture onto the seaweed. Afterwards, you would place your choice of vegetables or fish into the center of the rice and then wrap the ingredients into a sushi roll, finally slicing before serving.



Although there are not many steps in making sushi rolls, it can be challenging making sushi rolls by hand. Some of the most common complaints when making sushi by hand is that the nori sheets can tear if you are not careful, or stretch out of shape. Another issue would be folding the nori too loosely and the ingredients falling out, or, folding it too tightly and breaking the sushi roll. Sometimes it can be difficult just to spread the sushi mixture evenly onto the seaweed wrap.

Also, although there are only a few tools needed to make sushi, they are very specific tools. The mixing bowl and spoon must be wooden in order to keep the rice sticking together and to have it cool evenly. Also, a bamboo mat and sharp slicing knife are essential sushi tools.

This has all changed with the invention of the sushi maker. A sushi maker is a convenient plastic mold which forms the sushi roll for you. The sushi maker comes in numerous shapes and sizes and are very easy to use. They are also very easy to clean and store after use.

Sushi molds and makers can come in regular round molds, triangular shaped molds, square molds, or even cute heart shaped molds. Whatever your sushi needs, you will find a sushi maker useful.

A sushi maker is much easier to use than a bamboo sushi mat. The sushi maker is a simple plastic mold in which you place a nori sheet, your sushi rice and vinegar mixture, a layer of your favorite sushi ingredients, such as vegetables or fish, and then add another layer of rice on top. The sushi maker then molds and presses the sushi roll into shape, or conveniently pushes them out of a tube perfectly shaped and ready to eat. Sushi makers are easy and fun to use.

It is easy to find sushi makers. Sushi molds can be found in specialty Asian food shops, home appliance stores, specialty cooking stores, and online. There are even sushi maker sets sold on T.V. Sushi molds also come in fun shapes such as Hello Kitty, or in teddy bear and bunny rabbit shapes. There are many reasons why you should get a helpful sushi maker.