Get Your Essential Sushi Ingredients and Accessories in Germany from Spice Village

 

Japan is one of the fastest technological advancing countries in the world. Even after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing, the people came together and worked to make their country great. The growth of a country is highly dependent on how people from abroad react to its brands, companies, businesses and many more. The growth of Japan can be credited to the foreigners who visited the country and exposed people elsewhere with the delicious Japanese cuisine. The best place to purchase Japanese cuisine ingredients is an online Asian shop, like Spice Village. 

Since Japan is a small island surrounded by water, seafood is very popular and is a common ingredient in all of their dishes, and sushi uses seafood as an ingredient. Made from vinegar rice, with sugar and salt. Though traditionally sushi was made with medium-grain white rice, tuna fish, squid, crabmeat, and eel are some common ingredients, either used raw or cooked. 

Working to be a sushi master? we have curated a list of accessories, ingredients, and recipes for sushi. Get all these accessories ingredients and more from Germany’s best Asian shop, Spice Village.

Essential accessories -  

1.      Sharpening Stone – As precision cutting is necessary, you cannot let your beautiful set of knives go dull. 

2.      A suihanki – Without perfectly cooked rice, making sushi is not possible. As vinegared rice is one of the main ingredients, if the rice isn’t cooked perfectly, the sushi just won’t taste good. A suihanki is a Japanese rice cooker that will help you achieve that perfect rice.

3.      Hanigiri – When the rice is cooked, you take it out and put it on a hangiri. And then add vinegar, sugar, and salt. A hanigiri is a wooden container and is used traditionally to make sushi.

4.      Shamoji – Cooked rice is mixed to let the excess moisture from the rice escape. You can use plastic or wooden stick, but a true master of sushi uses shamoji, as it is the perfect partner to your hanigiri.

5.      Makisu – Among the admirers of the culture, a makisu is the best-known accessory. Used for many Japanese dishes, a makisu is a bamboo mat that helps you roll beautiful California and maki rolls.

6.      Dishes – Well As well as the dish must taste, your presentation adds to the dish. There are many options available in the market, so choose a sushi dish according to your style, taste, and usage. 

Spice Village is an online Asian supermarket in Germany providing people there with great and premium quality Japanese and other Asian ingredients and accessories for them to make authentic dishes at home. 

Now, you have gathered all the required accessories, and are ready to cook your first sushi, but without the right ingredients, no matter how many accessories you have, it will all be a waste.

 

1.      Sushi Rice Vinegar – After cooking your perfect rice, you need to season them in vinegar. Japanese Sushi rice vinegar is mild in taste and is made from rice. You can even use it to dress over salads.

2.      Roasted Seaweed (Sushi Nori) – Rich Unami flavor is crispy and savory. Made from sea vegetable, called Lavery in English. This essential for making sushi can also be used in making many soups and salad dressings.

3.      Sushi rice – Regular rice is longer grain than sushi rice. Sushi rice is sticky and very short grain. They also do not use as much water as is required to make longer grain rice.

4.      Sushi ginger – Do not confuse this with the regular ginger, as this sushi ginger is sweet and pickled. This is used to cleanse the palate.

5.      Wasabi paste – Added to draw out the amazing flavor of the fish, this paste is spicy and has a pungent condiment.

6.      Soy sauce – As any Japanese dish is incomplete with this essential ingredient, Soy sauce is used for dipping the sushi rolls. Made from fermented soybeans, it is a little salty.

This completes the required ingredients. Now to make the perfect sushi, we need a tasty recipe too!

Squid Nigiri recipe – 

Ingredients 

• 4 arrow squid
• 3 1/2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups sushi rice
• 1/16 teaspoon wasabi
• 1/16 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/16 teaspoon sea salt

Instructions

• In a rice cooker, cook the designated rice for 8 minutes
• While the rice is cooking in a bowl add rice vinegar salt and sugar
• Add this mixture to the rice and steam for 90 seconds
• Once cooked take the rice out on a tray and allow it to cool
• Carefully with your fingers, remove the gallbladder of the squid and peel off its skin
• In the next step remove the membrane, skin and cartilage of the squid along with the ear
• Split open the squid with a knife lengthwise and cut off the two ends of it
• Clean the squid with water and pat dry
• Cut the squid into small pieces
• Using the cooked rice make small balls and place the squid on top of them
• Season the same with salt and drops of lemon juice

Purchase all your favourite and essential ingredients in Germany to make the perfect sushi at home from Spice Village online store.