How to Make Temaki Sushi

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Dry your hands thoroughly.

   You want the seaweed to be crunchy and tasty, not soggy and unpleasant to eat.
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   Step 2: Place the seaweed (shiny side down) on the palm of your hand.

   Moisten (not drench) the other hand with water and put a thin layer of rice on one half of the seaweed. , This is optional, but it brings a little more taste to the sushi. , The choice of fish is up to the person; ahi (tuna) and salmon are top preferences. , This is optional to taste, but there are many varieties of temaki that include vegetables and goodies, such as avocado, cucumber, egg, tofu, taikuan (picked radish), etc.
   
   A list of sushi ingredients can be found here. , Tuck the end in and finish off by rolling it into a cone shape.
   
   To keep the cone together take one kernel of rice and squash it into the corner.
   
   This will stick the end down, holding the Nori in position. ,
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   Step 3: Sprinkle some sesame seeds onto the rice.

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   Step 4: Lay a piece of raw fish

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   Step 5: diagonally

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   Step 6: in the middle of the rice.

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   Step 7: Put a piece of vegetable next to the fish

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   Step 8: diagonally as well.

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   Step 9: Roll the temaki by bending your hand so that it starts to fold in onto itself.

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    Step 10: Finished.

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