How to cook sushi rice

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Pimp My Rice: Over 100 inspirational rice recipes from around the world

By Nisha Katona

Published 2017

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Use 1 cup of rice to 1¼ cups of water (190g/6¾oz rice to 300ml/10½fl oz water).
Put the rice in a colander and rinse under cold running water until the water runs clear. Leave to drain.
Put the rice and water in a saucepan and bring to the boil, then simmer for about 15 minutes, uncovered, until almost dry with a dimpled surface.
Cover tightly, remove from the heat and leave to stand for 15 minutes.

To use the rice for sushi

Cook 3 cups of rice in 3¾ cups of water, as above.
In a separate pan, heat 80ml/2½fl oz/⅓ cup rice vinegar, 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon salt.
Turn the cooked rice onto a wide, non-metallic dish and sprinkle over the sweet vinegar mix. Use a rice spatula to gently fold the flavour into the rice. The quicker you cool and dry this dish, the glossier the rice grains will be. The use of a fan is not going too far, believe it or not.

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