Temari sushi (sushi balls). Temarizushi, or Temari sushi, are small and ball-shaped sushi. Temari (literally means "hand ball" in English) is a traditional Japanese embroidered ball, which people used to play within Japan. Unlike nigiri sushi or sushi rolls, you don't need any practice or expert skill to make Temari Sushi.
As you can see, the possibilities are endless for Temari Sushi.
Temari Sushi is an easy hand made sushi.
These sushi balls are great for bentos or parties and can be prepared with a variety of pantry ingredients.
You can cook Temari sushi (sushi balls) using 3 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Temari sushi (sushi balls)
- It's 2 cups of cooked white rice (sushi rice).
- You need 4 tbsp of sushinoko powder.
- Prepare of Toppings (grilled zucchini, avocado + smoked salmon).
Simple Perfect California Roll With REAL Crab Meat These days, Temari balls are treated more as decorative ornaments in the house rather than a children's toy. Temarizushi consists of parts: sushi rice and the top part with the ingredients of your choice. If you like sashimi (raw fish), and if you can access it, use it!
Temari sushi (sushi balls) step by step
- Add sushinoko powder to cooked rice while still warm. Mix well and let it cool. (Sushinoko powder - powdered sushi flavoring bought at Mitsuwa supermarket, Japanese store in San Jose).
- Prepare toppings. <Grilled zucchini> Slice zucchini and grill them as desired. Olive oil is a nice touch when grilling. Gently salted and peppered. Completely cooled before making sushi balls. <Avocado + smoked salmon> Peel avocado skin and take pit out, and mash them. Add drops of lemon juice to avoid avocado getting brown and salt mashed avocado (just a hint). Cut smoked salmon in small pieces..
- Spread Saran Wrap (or a similar product) over palm (about twice as big as your palm). Place a topping right in the middle. Place 2 tbsp of flavored rice on top, and wrap it to a size of golf ball..
- FYI - Sweet sour sushi rice is usually made with cooked white rice mixed with vinegar, sugar, salt (+ konbu, a type of sea weed). I personally like using Sushinoko powder to avoid rice getting too wet. Specially, it’s easy!.
- FYI - Temari means Japanese traditional handballs..
- FYI - Toppings are usually (traditionally) sashimi fish. But you could try anything you like - cooked meat, pickled veggies, corned beef, ham, SPAM, cooked egg etc. Try your ideas and let me what you liked!!.
Sushi Balls, also known as Temari sushi, are classic Kyoto sushi which directly translates to "ornamental ball sushi". Create picture-perfect sushi for any occasion with this delightful and easy temari sushi recipe. Temari are Japanese thread balls, made by winding colourful thread around and around into ball shapes with different interesting patterns, and these picturesque pieces of sushi reflect both the beauty and the shape of their namesake. Make sushi rice by combining rice vinegar, sugar and salt together in a bowl. Mix this in with hot cooked rice and set aside.