Sushi is an essential part of Japanese cuisine and is probably the most famous and popular Japanese food. It has so many different variations like basic hand rolls, sushi balls (temarizushi), scattered sushi, and many others.
The main part of all these different types of sushi is obviously the rice, so it’s vital that this is made well so whatever type of sushi you choose to make turns out super delicious! So to help you make sure that your sushi is always the most delicious it can be, I’m sharing with you a recipe for perfect sushi rice!
A few tips to make sure the rice turns out the best it can are:
Make sure the rice is hot when you pour the vinegar on top so that the rice turns out nice and shiny.
Don’t stir and squish the rice while mixing in the vinegar, you need to “cut” it into the rice.
Use a fan to cool the rice as you “cut” the vinegar into it so the rice is shiny.
Don’t put the rice in the refrigerator because it will go hard and dry.
Ingredients
Sushi Vinegar (Sushizu)
- ½ cup Rice vinegar
- 1.5 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
Sushi Rice
- 300 g Uncooked sushi rice
- 1 tsp Konbu dashi powder
- 360 ml of water
Instructions
- Cook the sushi rice as per your rice cooker instructions or in a pot. Before adding the water to cook the rice, mix in the dashi powder then pour over the rice.
- While the rice is cooking, in a small pot, heat the rice vinegar, sugar, and salt together to make the sushi vinegar on medium heat until the sugar dissolves.
- Once the rice is cooked, pour the sushi vinegar over it and mix to flavour the rice while fanning it to cool down the rice.
Notes
Nutrition
What brand of sushi vinegar do you usually use?
Hi Greg, I usually use Mitsukan. That is my favourite brand:D
Hello! What brand of konbu dashi powder do you use? Is this something I can buy online? I live in the US, but don’t live near an Asian market. Thanks!
Hi Dee, you can get Shimaya or Ajinomoto brand Konbu Dashi powder from Amazon 😀 They are about $8.
this is what i needed for so long, thank you for sharing!
wow I’m so glad! thank you
For one serving the calorie count is 1203 calories. This seems extremely high for a single serving. When I looked up a conversion chart for 300 grams of rice equals 1 and 1/2 cups of uncooked rice. When cooked this would be almost 3 cups of rice which is far more than one serving. I will reduce the amount of rice I use so that it will be much less in calories per serving. It does sound really delicious.
Hi, it is not for one serving. It is for one whole lot. If you use all of this sushi rice, it will make about 6 rolls of sushi 😀