How to Make Vegan Riceless Sushi
If you're a vegan, and a health nut, you probably have trouble finding things to order at a sushi restaurant. Instead of annoying the chefs by asking them to make things that aren't on the menu, you can make your own delicious vegan sushi. To save calories, you can also make it without rice! Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Dried Roasted Seaweed Sheets
- Carrots
- Sharp Knife
- Cucumbers
- Firm Tofu
- Steamed Asparagus
- Radishes
- Alfalfa Sprouts
- Rice Vinegar
- Soy Sauce
- Wasabi
Instructions
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Cut your vegetables and tofu into thin, long strips. The strips should be as long as possible.
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Take a seaweed sheet and sprinkle a few drops of rice vinegar on it. Spread it with your fingers, especially on the bottom quarter of it.
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Spread alfalfa sprouts on the damp sheet, leaving the bottom quarter of the sheet empty.
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Place the cut vegetables of your choice on the top quarter of your sheet.
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Gently wrap the sheet over the vegetables from the top. Roll them down toward you as tightly and as packed in as possible.
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Seal the roll by sticking the end of the seaweed sheet to it. It will be damp from the rice vinegar.
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Cut the roll into small, even pieces. Make sure your cuts as as clean as possible, or they will fall apart.
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Dip in soy sauce or a tiny bit of wasabi, and enjoy!
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Tips & Warnings
Prepare the dish when you have plenty of time to spend in the kitchen!
Don't add too much rice vinegar to the seaweed sheets, or your sushi roll will come out soggy.
Comments
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umeboshi
Feb 03, 2010
Sushi means vinegared rice. If there is no rice, you can't call it sushi. it's just a seaweed roll.