How to cook rolls at home?

The popularity of oriental dishes in our country is growing rapidly. Already today, every self-respecting housewife should have an idea of ​​how to cook rolls at home. This is not difficult and even for inexperienced culinary specialists. The main thing is to know the technology and cooking secrets.

How to cook rolls at home

Tasty rolls can be obtained only if the ingredients were selected with special care.

Cooking tools

To prepare a Japanese delicacy, you need to stock up on a bamboo makis rug, a sharp knife for cutting. A special machine will help optimize the cooking process.

The rolls may contain the following products:

• rice is an indispensable product in rolls. Japanese craftsmen use special rice called “Nishiki” for cooking. Normal round grain or medium grain rice is suitable;
• ginger - kills the microorganisms contained in raw fish;
• nori - seaweed sheets where rice and filling are wrapped;
• soy sauce - an indispensable companion of rolls, giving the dish a special piquancy and sophistication;
• wasabi - horseradish in the form of a paste or powder, makes the rolls sharp;
• rice vinegar - makes rice sweet.

How to cook rice for rolls

The taste of the dish largely depends on the correct preparation of rice.

To begin, rice is thoroughly washed under running cold water. During the procedure, it is recommended to add ice cubes, rice grains and plain water to the pan. All this is left for 30 minutes and only after the expiration of the time the washing process begins. Continue this procedure until the water becomes crystal clear. To do this, you need to change the fluid 10-12 times.

The washed rice is placed in a pan with thick walls and a bottom. Cold water is poured there (1.5 kg of water will be required per 1 kg of rice). The pan is covered with a lid and left over medium heat until boiling. After that, the fire is reduced to a minimum, and rice is cooked for another 10-12 minutes. Then the gas is turned off, but the product is left in the dishes with the lid closed for another 30 minutes. Infused rice grains are transferred to another container, they must cool to room temperature.

After the rice for the rolls is ready, you can begin to prepare the dressing. Japanese technology uses two main methods.

Apple cider vinegar dressing.

 

Ordinary apple cider vinegar is quite suitable for these purposes, but you can also use special vinegar for sushi.

• A 6% solution of apple cider vinegar in an amount of 60 ml is poured into an enamel bowl and put on a fire reduced to a minimum.
• As soon as the contents boil, 30 ml of purified water, 75 g of granulated sugar (it is better to take cane) and 30 g of salt are added to it.
• The composition is mixed until a homogeneous consistency is obtained. After that, the pan is removed from the fire.

Rice vinegar dressing.

This recipe is more traditional and common.

• 35 g of sugar, the same amount of ground salt and 100 ml of rice vinegar are mixed and put on medium heat.
• After boiling, the gas is reduced to a minimum. The composition must be constantly interfered so that it does not burn. Once the crystals of sugar and salt have melted, the sauce is ready.
• The cooled product is mixed with rice.

Simple rolls “Syake Maki” with salmon

This recipe is considered the simplest and fastest.

To prepare stock:

• 4 sheets of nori;
• 200 g of rice grains;
• 2 tbsp. l rice vinegar;
• 1 tsp granulated sugar;
• 2 tsp salts;
• 200 g salmon fillet (slightly salted);
• 200 g of feta cheese;
• avocado;
• fresh cucumber;
• soy sauce;
• wasabi;
• pickled ginger.

Cooking:

1. First, prepare the rice for the rolls according to the recipe described above.
2. For the filling, the salmon is cut into long slices, the cucumber is diced.
3. Peeled avocado and cheese cut into thin strips.
4. On a nori, laid with a smooth surface down, rice is placed and leveled. Salmon, cucumbers, cheese and avocados are placed in the very center.
5. With the help of a rug, Makisu will turn up a tight roll.
6. Rolled up roll is cut into 6 parts.
7. To give the dish a piquancy and a special flavor, you can use pickled ginger, wasabi and soy sauce.

Cooking with shrimp at home

Rolls with cucumber and shrimp - an interesting dish to taste, which can please the household.

Ingredients:

• 6 nori leaves;
• 200 g round rice;
• 250 g of shrimp;
• 2 fresh cucumbers;
• 30 ml of apple cider vinegar (you can use rice);
• 1 tsp salts;
• ½ tsp Sahara;
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds.

Cooking:

1. For the filling, the cucumber is cut into strips, the prawns are boiled in salted water.
2. Cut a standard nori sheet into 3 equal pieces. Rice is placed on one of them and gently leveled. Care must be taken to keep the top of the sheet clean.
3. The filling is laid out in the center, rice is sprinkled with sesame seeds on top.
4. Roll a tight roll will help a bamboo mat. The finished product is sent to the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
5. Served to the table in portions.

Fast rolls with crab sticks

The recipe is simple and quick to complete.

Essential Ingredients:

• nori;
• 100 g of rice;
• 35 g rice vinegar;
• 3 crab sticks;
• 50 g of soft cream cheese;
• fresh cucumber;
• 8 g of salt;
• 10 g of sugar.

Cooking Technology:

1. Place rice on the nori, season with top dressing. On it put cream cheese, a cucumber, sliced ​​in cubes and crab sticks.
2. After twisting into a tight roll, the product is cut into portioned portions.

Philadelphia

The unusual name Philadelphia rolls got because of the cheese, which is part of the recipe.

For cooking, you need to stock up on the following products:

• 0.5 kg of rice;
• 6 leaves of nori;
• 60 g of rice vinegar;
• 350 g salmon fillet;
• 200 g of Philadelphia cheese;
• 25 g of salt;
• 10 g of sugar;
• 1 fresh cucumber;
• avocado;
• wasabi;
• soy sauce;
• pickled ginger.

In addition, you need to take care of a bamboo napkin, cling film and wooden sticks.

Cooking Technology:

1. First, rice is placed on a spread nori sheet and leveled, then it should be carefully turned over with the reverse side. A layer of cream cheese, sliced ​​cucumber and avocado is placed on top. Then, along with the nori sheet, raise the near edge of the mat and cover the filling, and the mat rolls smoothly.
2. Salmon fillet, previously sliced, is laid out on a bamboo mat evenly.
3. A sharp knife dipped in salted water is required to cut the workpiece into portioned pieces.
4. Ready-made rolls placed on a dish can be decorated with ginger and wasabi. Soy sauce should be served separately.

How to cook Caesar roll

Caesar roll is slightly different from regular recipes. Chicken rolls are very tasty.

To prepare it, stock up:

• thin pita bread;
• 300 g chicken fillet;
• 150 g mayonnaise;
• 100 g of hard cheese;
• 2 slices of loaf;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• lettuce;
• tomato;
• vegetable oil;
• salt, ground pepper.

Recipe:

1. Cut the chicken into slices, lightly brown in a pan with the addition of vegetable oil.
2. Pita bread divided into 4 parts, each piece smeared with sauce made from mayonnaise and garlic. Grated cheese is poured on top, lettuce leaves and a tomato cut into thin slices are laid out.
3. Diced baton should be fried in a pan until crispy and placed on pita bread. Chicken meat is placed on top.
4. Pita bread with the filling is carefully folded into a roll, after which portioned slices are cut. Caesar roll is ready to eat.

California

California rolls are distinguished by the fact that they have algae inside.

Ingredients:

• 200-250 g of Japanese rice;
• 0.5 sheet nori;
• ½ avocado;
• 100 g of crab meat;
• 1 can of Tobiko caviar (as an alternative, fine caviar of any other fish is suitable);
• 1-2 tsp Japanese mayonnaise.

Features of the preparation:

1. On a bamboo mat wrapped with cling film, a nori leaf is laid out, on top of it - rice. Rice is leveled so that algae protrudes from one end and rice grains from the other.
2. The design is flipped. Mayonnaise is placed in the center. Crab meat and avocado sticks are laid out on it.
3. Everything turns into a roll. Put tobiko fish caviar on top. Sliced ​​roll is ready to eat.

Baked salmon and shrimp rolls

For 2 servings of the dish you will need:

• 200 g of rice;
• 100 g of shrimp;
• 100 g of slightly salted salmon;
• 20 ml of rice vinegar;
• 6 tsp spicy sauce;
• 1 sheet of nuri seaweed.

Cooking Technology:

1. Shrimps are boiled, cut into thin strips. In the same way you should slice the fish.
2. Rice for rolls is boiled.
3. A nori leaf is cut in half.
4. The bamboo mat is covered with cling film. Half of the algae leaf is laid out on it.
5. Rice is distributed evenly over the sheet, only almost reaching the edge. Shrimp and salmon are centered.
6. All contents are twisted into a tight roll and cut into small pieces.
7. Put the rolls on a baking sheet and pour spicy sauce.
8. Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes.

Hot rolls with salmon and cheese

Ingredients:

• 1 glass of rice;
• nori leaf;
• 150 g of salmon;
• 100 g soft cheese;
• 50 g of hard cheese;
• 50 ml of rice sauce;
• 250 ml of water;
• 1 tsp Sahara;
• salt to taste.

Cooking:

1. Rice is placed on a nori leaf so that the edges of the algae remain free.
2. Fish fillet and soft cheese are laid out on rice. The roll is folded and made into 8 parts. On top of each of them is a slice of hard cheese.
3. Prepare rolls in the oven for 10 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees. The readiness of the rolls is indicated by the cheese melted on top.

Bake with eel and nori

Ingredients:

• 6 sheets of nori;
• 1 glass of rice;
• horseradish "Wasabi";
• soy sauce;
• 1-2 fresh cucumbers;
• 1 avocado;
• 1 pack of smoked eel;
• caviar "Tobiko";
• rice vinegar;
• salt and sugar to taste.

Features of the preparation:

1. Stuffing for rolls is prepared from smoked eel, cut into thin strips, peeled avocado, chopped into strips.
2. To form rolls, a cling film is placed on a bamboo mat, and a nori sheet is placed on it. On the rice, distributed evenly over the seaweed sheet, the tobiko filling and caviar are laid out.
3. Rolls rolled into tight sausages are cut into pieces and served with soy sauce, wasabi horseradish and ginger.

Spring rolls with chicken

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken breast;
• 45 g of Funchoza vermicelli;
• 1 bunch of green onions;
• 1 carrot;
• 3 tbsp. l vegetable oil;
• ginger sauce;
• a mixture of peppers;
• salt to taste;
• rice paper in sheets.

Cooking:

1. First, prepare the minced chicken from the breast, pepper and salt.
2. Shredded green onions and grated carrots are added there. All components are mixed until a homogeneous mass.
3. Funchoza is poured with boiling water, after 5 minutes, cut with scissors and sent to the meat.
4. Stuffing is laid out on rice paper. The composition is folded like cabbage rolls.
5. Finished rolls are placed on the dish. Fry in a pan with sunflower oil for 7 minutes on each side.

Such rolls are recommended to be consumed hot.

Vegetarian recipe with avocado or cucumber

Japanese cuisine has vegetarian roll recipes. The most popular is a dish prepared with cucumber and avocado.

To prepare a vegetarian treat, the following products are taken for the filling:

• 2 cups of rice;
• 6 sheets of nori;
• ¼ cup mayonnaise;
• 1 avocado;
• 1 cucumber;
• 2 tbsp. l sesame seeds;
• ginger, wasabi, soy sauce to taste.

Cooking:

1. Rice is laid out on a nori sheet, distributed evenly over the surface.
2. A small amount of mayonnaise is laid out in the middle, sesame seeds are poured.
3. Cucumber and avocado are laid out.
4. Using a bamboo mat, the roll is folded. The resulting roll is cut into pieces.

How to cook egg rolls

To cook an egg roll stock up:

• 3 chicken eggs;
• 1 pack of butter;
• 1 cup round rice;
• soy sauce;
• water
• dry wasabi.

We act in stages:

1. For the filling, you can take cucumber, avocado, salmon, crab sticks, etc.
   First, you need to cook an egg pancake, similar to an omelet. Eggs are broken into deep dishes, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and the same amount of water are added. You can add a little wasabi for piquancy.
2. Pancakes are baked from this test.
3. Stuffing can be prepared from any ingredients.
4. A pancake is laid out on a bamboo mat. On top of it is placed rice mixed with cheese, and in the center is the filling.
5. The roll is folded and cut into small pieces. Served with soy sauce and wasabi.

Cooking hot Tempura rolls

Hot rolls, or Tempura, are incredibly delicious and delicious.

You will need the following products:

• 400 g of rice;
• 200 g cream cheese;
• 200 g of eel;
• 250 g salmon or salmon fillet;
• 1 fresh cucumber;
• 1 egg
• tempura flour;
• nori leaf;
• breadcrumbs;
• Tobiko.

Cooking:

1. Put rice on a nori sheet, smooth it with a thin layer over the entire surface. Rinse thoroughly with cream cheese, top dress with Tobiko. Add fish and cucumber. After that, roll up using a bamboo mat.
2. It is required to prepare a batter, for which the egg is mixed with tempura flour.Dip the finished roll into this composition, after which it is thoroughly crumbled in breadcrumbs and lowered into a preheated pan with sunflower oil.
3. Roll fried on all sides, cut into pieces and served.

Making rolls at home is easy. It is enough to be patient, to purchase the necessary products and to observe the cooking technology described in detail in the recipe.