How to... Make Sushi Rice

Name: How to... Make Sushi Rice
Yield: Makes 1 Quantity or 3 Cups Cooked Rice
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons sake or mirin (optional); 4 cm (1½ inch) piece of kombu (kelp), wiped with a damp cloth (optional); 80 ml (2½ fl oz/⅓ cup) Japanese rice vinegar; 210 g (7½ oz/1 cup) Japanese short-grain rice; 1½ tablespoons caster (superfine) sugar

Preparation info

Makes
1
Quantity or 3 Cups Cooked Rice

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

The secret to making great sushi at home is the rice — get that right and you’re halfway there. Sushi is made using a short-grain rice, sometimes called sticky rice. Once cooked, the rice grains stick together, making it ideal for sushi or for eating with chopsticks.

Ingredients

210 g (7½ oz/1 cup) Japanese short-grain rice
4

Main course
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

To prepare the sushi rice, rinse the rice several times in cold water or until the water runs clear, then drain in a colander for 1 hour.
Put the rice in a saucepan with 375 ml (13