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How to cook sushi rice
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By Nisha Katona
Published 2017
- 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.