Be adventurous and make your own sushi appetiser. These Japanese avocado and prawn sushi rolls are guaranteed to impress!
Ingredients
- Bamboo sushi mat, for prep
- 400g (14oz) Japanese short-grain sushi rice
- 2 tbsp sushi rice seasoning or seasoned rice vinegar
- 6-7 sheets of sushi nori (toasted and ready to use)
- 1tbsp wasabi (hot horseradish) paste
- Sushi ginger and Japanese soy sauce, for serving
For the filling:
- Half a cucumber, cut into thin strips along the whole length, discarding the seeds
- 1 ripe avocado, peeled, stoned and sliced lengthways
- 48 small, cooked prawns
WEIGHT CONVERTER
Method
- Rinse the rice in cold water and place in a pan with 600ml (1 pint) cold water. Cover and bring to the boil quickly, then lower the heat and simmer for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and leave for 15 mins without taking off the lid.
- Tip the rice into a bowl, add the sushi seasoning or rice vinegar and mix it in with a spatula.
- Place a sheet of sushi nori on a bamboo mat. Spread 6-8 tbsp of sushi rice over. leaving a 1cm (½in) gap at the top and bottom. Dot a little wasabi paste along the rice on the nearest edge.
- Put a piece of cucumber along the length, and next to it, strips of avocado, then 8 prawns.
- Starting at the edge nearest you, roll up the nori into a tight cylinder, with the help of the mat. When you reach the top border, wet the nori, then finish rolling and hold it for a few seconds to help it stick. Cover with cling film and chill.
- To serve, cut each roll into 6 pieces and serve with sushi ginger and soy sauce. Eat on the day you make them.
Top Tip for making Avocado and prawn sushi rolls
Make it with crab, asparagus and shiitake mushroom instead. For each roll, top the rice with 2 small, blanched asparagus spears. 1 crabstick, halved lengthways and 1 sliced shiitake mushroom, fried in a little oil. Roll up as above.
Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 11 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies.
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