California Roll Sushi Recipe

The California roll is probably the most popular type of maki-zushi (maki sushi) .

Apparently,California roll sushi was invented in Los Angeles during the 1960's. Its been going strong ever since!

Ingredients

• 6 sheets of toasted nori seaweed
• Avocado cut into thin strips
• 6 immitation crab sticks cut in half
• English cucumber cut into strips
• 5 cups of sushi rice
• wasabi paste

Method

1. Place a sheet of nori seaweed (shiny side down) on a bamboo mat
2. Spread a portion of the sushi rice evenly over the nori. Leave a 3/4 strip of nori bare at the top
3. Don't put too much sushi rice down, as it will split your seaweed when you roll it
4. Using your thumb, make a shallow tunnel across the end nearest to you and smear on a thin layer of wasabi
5. Lay two pieces of avocado over the wasabi followed by by two pieces of immitation crab and then the cucumber strips

How to Roll and Slice

1. Moistion the top of the exposed nori with a bit of water
2. Lift the sushi mat by placing your thumbs underneath the mat
3. Grasp the ingredients with your remaing fingers to keep everything in its place
4. Bring the mat forward until it touches the edge of the ingredients
5. Gently squeeze and form the roll using both hands.
6. Slowly unroll the mat and as you do this bring the roll back to the edge of the mat
7. Repeat these steps until all of the nori disappears.
8. Let your roll rest for about a minute
9. Moisten a very sharp knife and cut the inside-out roll into two even halves
10. Places the halves side-by-side and cut again. Slice into 4 or 6 pieces
11. Serve on an attractive plate with a bit of pickled ginger and wasabi