Things You'll Need:
- Bamboo mat
- Tongs
- 4 sheets of nori
- Small bowl
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Step 1
Buy your ingredients at an Asian market. You'll find fresh ingredients that correspond to your vegan needs.
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Step 2
Have your ingredients ready. It's so much easier to assemble your sushi when the ingredients are set out in an assembly line.
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Step 3
Use fresh ingredients for your vegan sushi.
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Step 1
Cook your rice according the directions listed on the package.
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Step 2
Cook the rice until it is tender but firm.
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Step 3
Place the rice in a glass bowl after cooking, and sprinkle 2 tbs. of rice vinegar and 1 tbs. of sugar on top.
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Step 4
Mix the rice with a large wooden spoon.
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Step 5
Cover the rice bowl with plastic wrap and wait until the rice reaches slightly above room temperature.
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Step 1
Peel your avocado and remove the central seed.
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Step 2
Peel a hothouse cucumber and remove the seedy pulp.
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Step 3
Slice the avocado and cucumber into long thin strips.
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Step 1
Lay out your bamboo mat on a table.
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Step 2
Toast the sheets of nori by holding them over a flame with tongs for a few seconds.
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Step 3
Place a nori sheet on the bamboo mat.
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Step 4
Place a small bowl of water with a little rice vinegar mixed in near the mat. You will need to dip your fingers in the water while you are working with the warm rice.
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Step 5
Wet your hands and take a one cup of rice into a small handful.
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Step 6
Pat rice onto your nori sheet, 1/3 of an inch or less. Spread it over 2/3 of the seaweed roll and leave the other 1/3 bare.
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Step 7
Layer the avocado slices and cucumber.
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Step 8
Sprinkle the filling with sesame seeds.
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Step 9
Roll the sheet of nori using your bamboo mat from the filled edge towards the seaweed-only edge. Seal the seaweed-only edge of the roll with rice vinegar.
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Step 10
Cut your vegan sushi with a serrated knife.
