Sushi is the typical of Japanese food that is very popular in Japan and outside Japan. Sushi made from rice that combine with other ingredients just as filled with egg, fresh vegetable, seafood and sometimes tropical fruits. Sushi besides has a beautiful appearance and is also tempting, sushi is also a healthy food. the main ingredients of traditional Japanese sushi raw fish and rice, are naturally low in fat, high protein,carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, as a gari and nori. sushi usually eaten as a breakfast menu that is served with shredded ginger, wasabi or soy sauce.
The common ingredients all kinds of sushi is a vinegared rice,. variety arises from fillings, topping, condimens and preparation. traditional versus contemporary method of assembly may create very different results from similar ingredients.popular types of sushi include :
~ Nigiri ; the most popular form of sushi, where various ingredients are placed on top of a bite-size base of rice
~ Maki-zushi ; roll sushi, made by rolling fish, vegetable and rice into a sheet of dried nori,using a bamboo mat, then cutting it into bite-sized pieces
~ Hako-zushi ; sushi pressed in a box, then cut into bite-sized pieces
~ Inari-zushi ; deep fried tofu pockets stuffed with seasoned rice
~ Nare-zushi ; traditional fermented sushi, where the fish is fermented over a period of days
~ Gunkan-maki ; sushi where nori is wrapped around rice to create a swallow dish, then filled with seafood like sea urchin or salmon roe
~ Te-maki ; is a hand roll style sushi, made by rolling rice and other ingredients with nori to form a cone shape that easy to pick up and eat with your hand.
the popular types of Sushi