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For years I’ve been thinking about giving my passions for food and photography some more space in the form of a food blog. And what you can see here is my new darling. What is it about? Awesome photos, fancy, unusual foods and easy to cook recipes.
And I can’t imagine anything more suitable than SUSHI to start with.Sushi is great! Sushi is creativity, Sushi is anything that can be put between rice and a sheet of nori, Sushi is love!

The good news first: You don’t have to be a skilled, Japanese Sushi-Chef in order to try out the fine art of rolling things up. Anything is fine as long as it is fun and tasty. You won’t even need expensive equipment nor ingredients, most of what you will need can be purchased for little money at your local Asian Supermarket. Also, if you don’t own a fancy rice cooker I’ve written down how to cook the perfect sushi rice in a pot.

When I thought about this combination, it was 90% about the aesthetics and 10% about the taste. So after 3 hours of endless shooting, when I finally could taste what I did there I was vastly impressed. The grainy, solid taste of the black rice works just fine with the creamy, spicy hokkaido pumpkin and a hint of soy sauce. You really have to try this. I’m not kidding. This sushi will make you a very happy person.

Black Pumpkin Sushi

 

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PREP

45 mins

COOK

30 mins

TOTAL

1 hour 15 mins

 

Author: Sabrina Dietz / Purple Avocado

Portionen / Serves: 4-5 rolls

Zutaten / Ingredients

• 4-5 nori sheets

FOR THE PUMPKIN

• ¼ - ½ Hokkaido pumpkin
• salt
• paprika sweet & hot
• pepper
• cumin, curry or whatever you like to taste

FOR THE RICE

• ca. 200 gr black sticky rice
• 1 tsp rice vinegar
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 pinch of sugar

Zubereitung / Instructions

RICE

1. Add the rice into a sieve and rinse it thoroughly. Add 2 parts water and 1 part rice to a pot and bring it to a boil. Once it has boiled, switch of the stove and let the rice soak for another 15-20 minutes.
2. Mix the rice with your vinegar, sugar and salt and let it cool down slowly. Don't put it in the fridge, you can use a hand fan instead.

PUMPKIN

1. Cut the pumpkin in half, remove the seeds and cut it into long stripes (no need to remove the shell, it's edible)
2. Mix the pumpkin slices in a bowl with your favourite spices and spread it evenly on a baking sheet. Let the pumpkin bake at 200°C for 15-20 minutes until soft and golden. Turn the slices over after half the time. Take the pumpkin out and let it cool down for a while.

ROLLING

1. Take your sushi matt and wrap it into a freezer bag to prevent the sticky rice from getting in between the gaps.
2. Spread the rice on the nori sheet and leave 3-5cm on top and half a cm on the bottom.
3. Add the pumpkin (look at my photos) and turn the sushi matt over (if you've never rolled any sushi, some video tutorials might help. It is not that hard though 🙂 You can do it!)
4. Cut your rolls into bite-size pieces and enjoy it with a bit of soy sauce and wasabi.

Anmerkungen / Notes

This portion took me two days to eat alone.
I would estimate 200-250 gram of uncooked rice to suffice for 2 people with moderate hunger.

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