How to make sushi food

This site is our guide for how to make sushi, sushi ingredients, and serving suggestions. This site has been around now for over ten years! It's our little effort to share with others the fun and delight of enjoying Sushi, all made at home!

We've rercently added video tutorials across the site which we hope you find useful.

Initially when we set out with this little web site, sushi was hardly eaten at all in the UK except for in top-notch Japanese restaurants in London. Now, this healthy food has become so popular that most supermarkets sell lunch-packs of ready made sushi in the chiller along with the good old sandwiches, scotch-eggs and pork pies!

Step 1 Slice fish With a very sharp knife, slice the trimmed fish slab into individual portions so each piece is a rectangle approximately 2-inches long and ¼-inch thick.

To make things easier, cut all your fish at one time, but keep the pieces cold until you use them —put them on a plate and keep it in the refrigerator or on top of some ice.

Step 2 Roll rice into ball Moisten your hands with water from your bowl, and scoop an ounce of sushi rice—about the amount that will fit into your palm—and roll it into a ball.

Step 3 Shape rice ball Shape the rice ball into an oblong by squeezing it with firm but gentle pressure.

Your rice should be about the same size as your cut piece of fish.

Step 4 Dab wasabi on fish Pick up a piece of sliced fish. While palming the shaped rice, scoop up a tiny amount of wasabi with your index finger and gently dab it onto the middle of the fish.

Step 5 Press rice against fish Press the shaped rice against the fish and gently but firmly cup the two together until they adhere.

Step 6 Squeeze together Firmly squeeze the sushi together until the fish and rice become one. Tap with your right index finger as you go to create a uniform shape.

Step 7 Continue process Place the finished sushi on a serving plate or sushi board, and continue making pieces until all the fish is used.

Step 8 Garnish plate Garnish the plate with a mound of Japanese pickled ginger and a smaller mound of wasabi. Pour some soy sauce into a small dish and get ready to dunk.

This revolution is on a par with the transition from a snack by the seaside moving from "pie 'n chips" to an parma ham, avoacado and mozzarella panini!! Who'd have thought!?

Making sushi is difficult to get right, but it's fun. Once you master it, you'll be experimenting with new ideas. A great way to entertain is to invite your freinds round for an evening where you involve your guests in the praparation too.. it's hilarious!!

Above all its much more cost effective to make your own, as sushi is still pretty expensive!