How To Roll Sushi Without A Mat

Cover your hands in olive oil so the rice won t stick to your hands.

How to roll sushi without a mat.

Rolling sushi without a mat and using parchment paper instead is easy and clean. Rolling sushi with parchment paper waxed paper aluminum foil or a sheet cut from a paper grocery bag is a bit harder than using a mat but keep trying 1. Place the sushi roll on a cutting board and cut it into 6 8 pieces. Spread the ingredients on top of the saga cooking paper and roll the sheet into a roll using the paper.

Add the ingredients to the roll. Just take out a new clean sheet of paper each time. Slice remove plastic and voila so easy and a serious wow effect. Do not saw the sushi roll to cut it.

Put the nori sheet on the plastic to cover it and spread a spoon of seasoned sushi rice over it. Slice and enjoy the tasty efforts of your labour. Continue rolling then pressing the sushi until your roll is complete. By applying some gentle pressure make it into a compact and neat sushi roll without a bamboo mat.

Use a sharp knife to cut the sushi roll into 1 in 2 5 cm pieces. You can even top your rolls with avocado by layering on thin slices of ripe avocado topping it with plastic wrap and forming it once again with your towel. Cover it in plastic wrap stack your ingredients and then roll them up using the towel to guide the process. Spread your sushi rice evenly onto the nori.

Just don t press too hard otherwise the nori wrapper will tear. Spread your cooked sushi rice i completely cooled mine in the fridge before adding evenly on top of wrap. For a visual demonstration check out the video above. Roll it like a doobie.

Traditionally sushi is assembled by laying down a sheet of nori sushi s seaweed wrapper atop a bamboo mat known as a makisu which helps the chef roll compress and form the heaping of rice. Instead let the weight of the knife press through the sushi roll. Saga cooking paper is also suitable for rolling sushi you don t need a special bamboo mat. Simply flatten on the rice gently flip it over top with veggies and roll away as usual.

Covering the entire sheet leaving a half inch on each end so you can seal the roll after you get it hand rolled.