In Japanese cuisine, sushi is a food made of vinegared rice combined with
various toppings or fillings, which are most commonly seafood and can also
include meat, vegetables,
mushrooms, or eggs. Sushi toppings may be raw, cooked, or marinated.
Sushi as an English word has come to refer to the complete dish (rice together
with toppings); this is the sense used in this article. The original term Japanese:
寿司 sushi (-zushi in some compounds such as makizushi) in the Japanese
language refers to the rice, not the fish or other toppings.
In the Western world, sushi is often misunderstood to mean only clumps of rice
topped with raw fish, or to refer to other raw-seafood dishes, such as sashimi
(sushi and sashimi are considered distinct in Japan).
There are various types of sushi. Sushi served rolled in nori (dried sheets of
laver, a kind of pressed & dried algae) is called maki (rolls). Sushi made with
toppings laid onto hand-formed clumps of rice is called nigiri; sushi made with
toppings stuffed into a small pouch of fried tofu is called inari; and sushi made
with toppings served scattered over a bowl of sushi rice is called chirashi-zushi,
or scattered sushi.

As you can see, Sushi is not simply rice and fish.  While you can create any
ingredient combination that sounds appealing to you, the one thing you want to
do is maintain the integrity of this Asian food.  This means serving the Sushi with
a choice of soy sauce or wasabi, along with either pickled ginger or green tea as
a way to cleanse the palette.  
You will find that making Sushi is actually very easy.  That coupled with the fact
that it is full of incredible nutrients, low in calories, and tastes delicious, there is
no doubt that Sushi will become your next favorite food.



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