California Roll

Ingredients

• 1 recipe of Sushi Rice (see below)
• 2 sheets of roasted seaweed (sushi nori), cut into halves
• 1 can crab meat, seasoned with lemon juice and salt
• 1 avocado, cut into 1/2" sticks
• 1 cucumber, cut into 1/2" sticks
• sesame seeds
• Sushi Rice
• 1 cup rice (using 240ml cup)
• 1 1/4 cup water (300ml)
• 3 Tbsp rice vinegar
• 3/4 Tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt

Directions

1. Sushi Rice
2. Cook rice in rice cooker or make it as instructed in the Steamed Rice recipe. If you are using the Steamed Rice recipe, make sure to use 1/4 cup (60ml) less water for sushi rice.
3. Mix rice vinegar, sugar, and salt in a small bowl.
4. Put hot rice in a big bowl, and cut vinegar mixture into the rice.
5. Put plastic wrap on a bamboo rolling mat (makisu).
6. Place a half sheet of roasted seaweed on the plastic.
7. Spread 1/4 of the Sushi Rice on the seaweed. Sprinkle sesame seeds on the rice.
8. Turn the seaweed over, rice side down on the plastic.
9. Put some crab mixture, avocado, and cucumber horizontally on the middle of the seaweed. This will form the center of the roll.
10. Roll and tighten hard with the rolling mat to make a log.
11. Cut into 8 pieces