RECIPES: Temaki

Ingredient List:

1 sheet of nori (seaweed)
some sushi rice
some sesame seeds
some raw salmon
1 strip of avocado

Prepare the fish:

Take a rectangle of salmon and slice it diagonally. Turn one piece around so they lie with the wide ends together, in a cone shape.

Prepare the base:

Before you start dry your hands thoroughly. Any moisture will make the nori soggy. Place the nori in the palm of one hand, and cover half with a thin layer of rice. Dip your fingers in water first to make the sticky rice easier to handle .

Add the fillings:

First, add a sprinkling of sesame seeds. Then lay the salmon pieces on top in their cone shape. Lastly, add the avocado

Rolling the Temaki:

Carefully, bend your hand causing the Nori to fold in on itself. Tuck the end in and roll the Nori up to make a cone shape. To keep the cone together take one kernel of rice and squash it into the corner. This will stick the end down, holding the Nori in position.

Done:

Eat the Temaki as soon as it is prepared, when the Nori is still crisp – the crisper it is, the better.