Homemade Vegan Sushi
Make your own sushi!
Sushi can seem a little intimidating at first, but if you don’t try it once, you’ll never know! First, buy a sushi starter kit from your local grocery or Asian food store. This includes a bamboo rolling pad, and a rice paddle. Mine cost me about $16.00.
I’ve only made sushi a few times, but each time I get a little better and better. It’s a delicious and fun way to pack in your vegetables, and an excuse to eat hella wasabi.
I usually mix-up the ingredients with whatever I have on hand. My favorite combo thus far is the one pictured above. This is marinated tofu with avocado, carrot, spinach & cooked purple rice. The tofu is marinated for 12 hours in a homemade mixture consisting of oyster sauce, soy sauce, and sesame oil. I don’t use measurements for my marinade, I just eyeball it. I then sear it on really high heat for 4 minutes on each side. Here is the recipe:
Homemade Vegan Sushi (makes two rolls)
Ingredients:
-2 sheets of nori
-1 cup purple rice (cooked, then cooled)
-1 tsp rice wine vinegar
-1/2 block of firm tofu
-spinach
-avocado
-carrots
-scallions
-soy sauce
-wasabi
-oyster sauce
-sesame oil
Directions:
First, combine sesame oil, oyster sauce, and soy sauce together in a shallow dish. Then cut the tofu into 1/2” bars, and let sit in the mixture in the fridge for 8-12 hours.
After your tofu is done marinating, you can cook it a greased pan on high heat for 4-5 minutes on either side. Let cool.
Toss the cooled rice in rice wine vinegar. Just a splash!
Place nori on top of bamboo pad, then purple rice 1/2 way down covering only 1/2 of your nori sheet. Then add spinach, carrots, avocado, and thin slices of the tofu on top of the rice. Be delicate, do not overstuff. Sushi needs a tender, loving, caring hand.
Smudge the top of the nori with water or sticky rice.
Fold the entire bamboo pad using your both hands onto itself. This part is a little tricky to explain. You must hold the sushi very tightly, not letting go. Keep rolling until the pad rolls onto itself.
Voila!
Cut into 6 pieces. Smother in wasabi & soy sauce and enjoy!