First lay out a bamboo rolling mat or plastic wrap before placing your nori sheet down.
How to make a sushi roll without bamboo mat.
Dab water along the nori strip to moisten and pull it up and over the sushi roll pressing it in place to make it stick to the rest of the roll and seal the roll.
With a lint free towel some homemade sushi rice and chopped vegetables you will be able to roll your own sushi in no time.
Add vegetables on the end.
If you can t manage to track down a bamboo sushi mat or don t want to invest in more culinary trappings when you ve just started out in sushi making don t worry.
Don t worry if you do not have a special sushi mat.
Then add 2 tbsp of sugar and a dash of salt.
How to make sushi without a bamboo mat first you will cook your rice.
We don t have access to much sushi grade seafood in the midwest so i most often stick with veggies.
How to make sushi without a mat start by making the perfect sticky sushi rice or try this brown rice version and chopping up your veggies of choice.
Since i did not have a bamboo rolling mat i used plastic wrap and rolled it using that.
But if you live near the coast get crazy and do the dang thang.
Arrange the fillings towards the middle slightly closer to you.
Just place the nori on a plain working area on the kitchen counter.
Pull the plastic wrap off of the outside of the roll and use a sharp knife to cut the roll into six to eight pieces and turn the pieces on their sides for serving.
Roll until just an inch of nori shows at the top.
Seal the edge of the nori with a little cold water.
Spread a thin layer of rice on it.
Firm it up by squeezing the mat around the roll until it feels uniformly snug.
The flexibility of the bamboo and silicone allows the layered ingredients to be rolled easily.
Add short grain rice to a pot at a 2 1 ratio of rice to water 2 cups of rice and 1 cup of water for 3 5 rolls of sushi.
Next add about 1 cm of rice covering 80 of your nori sheet.