Five-Color Sushi

Gomokuzushi

Preparation info
  • Yields

    5 to 10

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Hiroko Shimbo

Published 2000

  • About

Gomokuzushi is another sushi that’s super-easy to prepare, and its elegant, colorful appearance makes it excellent for a party table. The dish does not use raw fish or shellfish. As implied by the name gomoku, “five colors and five flavors,” the rice is tossed with five ingredients. When you want to make this sushi with more than vegetables and egg, add unagi no kabayaki (grilled, flavored eel, which is available refrigerated or frozen at Japanese food stores), cooked s