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PEPPER MAKI (MAKI ROLLS)




More information on how to make maki sushi click here.

INGREDIENTS (for 24 pieces, 4 maki rolls):
2 seaweed sheets (= Nori sheets)
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1/4 cucumber
1/2 red bell pepper  
400 g (13 oz) cooked sushi rice
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Optional: cream cheese (eg. Philadelphia), wasabi-paste
To serve: soy sauce, wasabi paste, pickled ginger
available at Asian grocers


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PREPARATION:

How to make Maki Sushi

1. Peel cucumber and cut into thin stripes. Cut pepper into stripes as well.

2. Cut seaweed sheet into halves.

3. Place rice appr. 2 cm wide and 0,5 cm high on the seaweed sheet.

4. But a tiny bit of wasabi paste onto the rice.

5. Place cucumber and pepper in the middle of the rice.

6. Wetten the end of the sheet a bit with water.

7. Roll the sheet with the bamboo mat and "glue" the ends of roll together.

8. Cut the roll into appr. six pieces. For better results you can wetten the knife with water mixed with vinegar.


TIPP: Add some cream cheese to the cucumber.