SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Rice 2, Chapter 2 (Sushi at Home)

You need one batch of seasoned sushi rice from chapter 1 (150 g dry rice makes about 400 g cooked, enough for two of the recipes below), so make a second batch if you want to try them all. Specialist items: nori, inari pockets (Asian grocers, some supermarkets), wasabi, pickled ginger, a bamboo rolling mat (or use a clean tea towel and cling film).

Hand rolls (2 portions)
[ ] 160 g seasoned sushi rice, made in chapter 1 (a bit under half the batch)
[ ] 2 nori sheets, each cut in half
[ ] 5 cm cucumber, cut into thin sticks
[ ] ½ ripe avocado, sliced
[ ] 60 g hot-smoked salmon (flaky, ready to eat), in strips
[ ] 1 tsp sesame seeds
[ ] 2 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce, for dipping
[ ] 1 tsp wasabi paste
[ ] 1 tbsp pickled ginger

Maki rolls (2 portions)
[ ] 240 g seasoned sushi rice (the rest of a 400 g batch from chapter 1)
[ ] 2 nori sheets
[ ] 5 cm cucumber, cut into long thin sticks
[ ] ½ ripe avocado, sliced
[ ] 60 g hot-smoked salmon, in strips
[ ] 1 bamboo rolling mat, wrapped in cling film (or a clean tea towel and cling film)
[ ] 1 small bowl of water with a splash of rice vinegar, for your fingers
[ ] 2 tbsp reduced-salt soy sauce, to serve
[ ] 1 tbsp pickled ginger and wasabi, to serve

Inari pockets (2 portions)
[ ] 150 g seasoned sushi rice
[ ] 6 ready-made seasoned tofu pockets (inari age), from a pack or tin
[ ] 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
[ ] 1 tbsp pickled ginger, finely chopped
[ ] 30 g cooked edamame beans or peas

Chirashi bowl (1 portion)
[ ] 175 g seasoned sushi rice
[ ] 60 g cooked peeled prawns
[ ] 1 medium egg, beaten
[ ] 1 tsp oil
[ ] 5 cm cucumber, thinly sliced
[ ] ¼ ripe avocado, sliced
[ ] ½ nori sheet, cut into thin strips with scissors
[ ] 1 tsp sesame seeds
[ ] 1 tsp pickled ginger
[ ] 1 tsp reduced-salt soy sauce

If you make it with raw fish
[ ] About 60 g of fish per hand-roll or maki recipe, sold as suitable for eating raw (salmon or tuna), bought on the day. Keep it cold in an insulated bag.
[ ] A clean board and very sharp knife for the fish only

For the experiments
[ ] A further 3 nori sheets
[ ] A little extra sushi rice (about 360 g cooked for the rice-amount test)
[ ] Cucumber for three extra rolls