Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, temari sushi (sushi balls). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Temarizushi, or Temari sushi, are small and ball-shaped sushi. Temari (literally means "hand ball" in English) is a traditional Japanese embroidered ball, which people used to play within Japan. These days, Temari balls are treated more as decorative ornaments in the house rather than a children's toy.
Temari sushi (sushi balls) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Temari sushi (sushi balls) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook temari sushi (sushi balls) using 3 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Temari sushi (sushi balls):
- Make ready 2 cups cooked white rice (sushi rice)
- Take 4 tbsp sushinoko powder
- Take Toppings (grilled zucchini, avocado + smoked salmon)
This traditional Japanese food is easy to eat for the cute bite-sized and also enough colorful to enjoy watching them. The sushi balls can be good to apply for takeout lunches (obento) or pot luck party. Mitarashi-Dango (a traditional Japanese dessert) is healthy because more. Temari sushi rolls are bite-sized balls of rice, sushi, shrimp, eggs, or other ingredients.
Instructions to make Temari sushi (sushi balls):
- Add sushinoko powder to cooked rice while still warm. Mix well and let it cool. (Sushinoko powder - powdered sushi flavoring bought at Mitsuwa supermarket, Japanese store in San Jose)
- Prepare toppings. <Grilled zucchini> Slice zucchini and grill them as desired. Olive oil is a nice touch when grilling. Gently salted and peppered. Completely cooled before making sushi balls. <Avocado + smoked salmon> Peel avocado skin and take pit out, and mash them. Add drops of lemon juice to avoid avocado getting brown and salt mashed avocado (just a hint). Cut smoked salmon in small pieces.
- Spread Saran Wrap (or a similar product) over palm (about twice as big as your palm). Place a topping right in the middle. Place 2 tbsp of flavored rice on top, and wrap it to a size of golf ball.
- FYI - Sweet sour sushi rice is usually made with cooked white rice mixed with vinegar, sugar, salt (+ konbu, a type of sea weed). I personally like using Sushinoko powder to avoid rice getting too wet. Specially, it’s easy!
- FYI - Temari means Japanese traditional handballs.
- FYI - Toppings are usually (traditionally) sashimi fish. But you could try anything you like - cooked meat, pickled veggies, corned beef, ham, SPAM, cooked egg etc. Try your ideas and let me what you liked!!
They are fun to make and perfect for Easter with a spring-like color. But they can be made for any occasion. Temari sushi - 手まり寿司 - or temarizushi - are round balls of sushi rice topped decoratively with ingredients like sashimi, vegetables, seaweed sheets and fish roe. Typically molded onto the iconic round shape using plastic wrap, they can be garnished as elaborately or as simply as you'd like. I would rather get individual pieces of nigiri or specialty maki rolls for a better quantity at similar prices.
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