Yesterday morning, P7 pupils mixed up to make two different Japanese foods. Some pupils made vegetarian sushi and the others made Hina-Arare. The sushi rice was already prepared because it has to cool down before being used to make the sushi rolls. We watched a video to show us how to prepare it. Cook the rice then add a mixture of rice vinegar with sugar and salt to season it. We then watched a video to show us how to make the sushi rolls.
One group had to chop and prepare the vegetables for the sushi. We used carrot batons. Then the cucumber and peppers were julienned (cut into short, thin strips) and deseeded and spring onions were cut into long thin strips.
We placed the nori (dried, flattened seaweed) on sushi mats. After moistening our hands with water, we covered the nori with a thin layer of sushi rice. This was a sticky job but quite fun. In pairs we discussed which vegetables we would like to put in our sushi rolls. We carefully lined up the ingredients.
Now the tricky part…We used the sushi mats to help us roll the sushi. We had to make sure it was really tight and of course be careful not to roll the mat inside the sushi! Everyone managed to make great looking sushi rolls. We had to wait for the Hina-Arare to chill before tasting our creations.
