Sushi is not new to most of us. However sometimes we do not really know all the types of sushi, the ingredients that make up the meaning of each sushi roll.
TYPES OF SUSHI
MAKI: (SUSHI ROLL)
The word “maki” in Japanese means “roll”, so maki sushi means “rolled sushi”. This is the classic sushi that is often mentioned first: many types of ingredients are placed on a layer of rice, the outermost piece of seaweed and rolled tightly
HOSO-MAKI (SUSHI “THIN”)
This type of rice rolls only includes 1-2 kinds of ingredients, the most popular are salmon, tuna, cucumber, carrot, avocado; and roll in half a sheet of seaweed
FUTO-MAKI (SUSHI “FAT”)
This type usually has more than 2 types of ingredients with different colors or flavors complementing each other and rolled with whole seaweed sheet
NIGIRI (SUSHI HOLD)
This word means onigiri, the top has fish, seafood or fried eggs
URA-MAKI/ CALIFORNIA ROLL/ INSIDE OUT ROLL
In this case, the rice is rolled outside the piece of seaweed and garnished with sesame or fish eggs.
TEMAKI
Sushi cone with a sheet of seaweed wrapped outside, inside is rice and ingredients will be revealed to look very attractive
CHIRASHI
Chirashi is a very easy sushi to prepare: All you need is a bowl of rice and arrange all kinds of fish, fried eggs, seafood or other ingredients on top. There is no specific formula for Chirashi. The arrangement depends on your personal preferences
GUNKAN
Gunkan mean ship. This sushi has a piece of rice surrounded by seaweed leaves, decorated with various ingredients such as salmon eggs.
DO AND SHOULDN’T ENJOY SUSHI
- You can use chopsticks to pick up or use your hands to enjoy sushi, do not use a knife and fork.
- Sushi rice should not be added to soy sauce. You should only dip the fish / seafood / eggs into the soy sauce and enjoy.
- Eat the whole piece of sushi to feel the taste, do not bite each piece. Only bite type Temaki – cone sushi.
- Without mixing wasabi and soy sauce, wasabi should be placed on top of the sushi.