Nenaghgal Makes Sushi at Home

I'm a huge fan of sushi and I'd have to say it is probably the main food I miss most from when we lived in New York. So a couple of weeks ago, on a new mission to try and get my family to eat more fish - I decided I was jolly well going to figure out how to make it myself.

I picked up key ingredients in Kilkenny City - the Sushi rice, Wasabi and Nori but surprisingly found the sushi mat in Tesco along with the rice vinegar. It's a really simple process I assure you and you don't have to use fish - I just used smoked salmon some thin cucumber and red pepper slices.

 First make the rice - I got my husband to make it ahead of time so it had chilled. Lay a piece of nori out on your matt. Dap your fingers into some rice vinegar and spread lightly over the nori. Then take your sushi rice - which is super sticky! and spread out on a thin layer - leave a bit of room at the top.

 Add the extra ingredients such as salmon and red pepper - I also put a think layer of wasabi paste in as well which gives it a fabulous kick! Personally I don't think I'd be quite comfortable doing the fully raw fish sushi -I'd prefer to buy that in a sushi restaurant.

 And then you slowly roll working the nori around the rice - it worked!!

 And then slice.

A little messy but delicious - we dunked our in dark soy sauce - the only thing I did not have was pickled ginger to lay on top and something that I find particularly delicious!.
My daughter Sophia took all the photos of me preparing it - she's hoping to have her own blog some day soon too!
Coming up soon - my monkfish dishes.....
Have you tried making sushi? If so, what did you put in?