| When it comes to food, we all have our | | | | sushi in no time and on really shoestring budget as |
| weaknesses. Some people just cannot resist | | | | well. |
| another bite of chocolate or that beef burger | | | | Let us very quickly run through the usual |
| oozing with all its juices. | | | | ingredients that you will need. You can get |
| For me, I love Sushi! Sushi is NOT just about raw | | | | Japanese Sushi rice grains, Nori and Sushi mat |
| fish and caviar. The varieties and ingredients are | | | | from most Oriental supermarkets. For all other |
| as wide ranging as your imagination can be. You | | | | ingredients such as beef, prawns, capsicum, |
| can roll a sushi with egg, avocado, carrots, | | | | carrots, cucumbers and really any ingredient that |
| cucumber, beef, prawns and the list goes on and | | | | you fancy putting into your sushi roll; they are |
| on. | | | | easily available from your local supermarket. By |
| More importantly, Sushi is extremely healthy. It is | | | | the way, there is minimal cooking involved, so |
| heavily pack with nutrients and minerals. A typical | | | | even if you are not a great cook, you can still be |
| setting of 7 - 9 pieces contains about 300-450 | | | | your very own Sushi Master. Most of the work |
| calories. Not only are they low in fat, the fishes | | | | and fun of course, is in cutting up the ingredients |
| used provide protein and are rich in Omega 3 | | | | and rolling them up into sushi rolls. There are really |
| fatty acid, the vegetables are a great source of | | | | no special skills or talent needed to roll the sushi. |
| vitamins and the Nori (seaweed sheet) is rich in | | | | The motion in rolling a sushi roll is identical to rolling |
| iodine. Even the sushi rice provides complex | | | | up a towel into a baton! It is that easy. There is a |
| carbohydrates. You really cannot get a more | | | | very simple video in the link below that will show |
| nutritious meal and snack than this. | | | | you exactly how this is done. |
| There are 5 good reasons why you should make | | | | You will be amazed by the spread and colours of |
| your own sushi and we will go through each of | | | | your sushi platter from just these basic |
| them in this article. | | | | ingredients. To give your platter the "restaurant |
| 1. Sushi is one of the fast growing healthy fast | | | | look" you can include garnishing and decorations |
| food | | | | made from thin strips of carrots and cucumbers |
| 2. Sushi can be prepared very quickly | | | | or you can use cookie cutters to cut out carrots |
| 3. Sushi is very easy and fun to prepare. Even a | | | | and cucumbers into shapes of flowers. |
| child can help out | | | | Just these tips alone will allow you to throw a |
| 4. Sushi can be prepared very economically i.e. on | | | | brilliant sushi party at home. Your guests will be |
| shoestring budget | | | | able to eat till their hearts' content without you |
| 5. Sushi makes great party food | | | | feeling the pinch in your pocket. In fact, I will |
| Unfortunately, for many people, sushi is | | | | suggest that they join you in rolling their own |
| extremely pricey. Any Sushi Lover will tell you | | | | sushi. It is a lot of fun to get everyone involve |
| that sushi dining is kept for that special occasion | | | | making homemade sushi and the truth is making |
| because of its price tag. Seeing how Sushi | | | | sushi is really not rocket science. |
| Masters stalwartly wave their razor sharp Yanagi | | | | Never again will you have to resort to eating the |
| Ba knives and their deft hand movement, it is no | | | | cold, gunny sushi rolls sold in supermarkets or |
| wonder that we think that making sushi is best | | | | even sushi bars and restaurants. You will derive |
| left to these highly skilled and talented Sushi | | | | so much more pleasure in sinking your teeth in |
| Chefs. Did you know that it is actually a | | | | the warm and moist homemade sushi rolls. |
| misconception that only sushi master can carve | | | | For decades, Sushi restaurants and bars have |
| out a decent sushi platter? I will let you into a little | | | | fiercely guarded these tips and tricks and kept |
| secret... You do not even need to know how to | | | | these secrets from the public domain, which are |
| use chopsticks to know how to make sushi, | | | | now made available to you. I strongly encourage |
| what's more eat it! | | | | you to try your hands on making sushi and I |
| Making sushi is one of the easiest tricks of the | | | | promise that you will never look back. |
| trade. The good news is you can learn to make | | | | |