Rolls - 14 recipes at home

Rolls have long been popular outside of Japan. Now in almost every country you can find small sushi bars and restaurants, and somewhere even large chains have opened. This is all good, but what could be better than trying to cook the rolls at home yourself? Then you will be absolutely sure of the quality of the ingredients and you can be calm for your health.

Rolls at home

It so happened that most people are very negative about Japanese cuisine. Basically, such cases occur due to an unsuccessful first meeting. To avoid this, you can try making rolls and sushi yourself. It is enough to possess several skills and know the basic secrets.

Essential Cooking Tools

So, in addition to having desire and products, you still need to have some tools for making homemade rolls.

These may include:

• special sharpened knife for cutting rolls;
• bamboo mat. Its other name is makita;
• food wrap.

If you have already “filled your hand” a little, then the cooking process will not be difficult for you. Amateurs can use a special machine for cutting rolls. Together with her, the dish will turn out no worse than in a sushi bar. You can also do without food film, but with it, cooking will become easier. Moreover, this way the rolls are obtained more accurately, and the process itself will be easier and faster.

How to cook rice for rolls?

Please note that for the preparation of rolls, it is necessary to use exclusively round-grain rice. If you want to follow the traditions, you can also purchase special Japanese rice, which is sold in stores in the Asian cuisine department.

Essential Ingredients:

• rice - 1 cup;
• salt - 1 coffee a spoon;
• sugar - 0.5 tbsp. spoons;
• rice vinegar - 2 tbsp. spoons.

1. First, rinse the rice thoroughly several times with ice water until it drains completely transparent.
2. Pour it into the pan, pour two and a half glasses of water. You do not need to add any spices and salt too.
3. After boiling water, reduce heat to a minimum and tightly cover rice with a lid.
4. Continue cooking for 10-15 minutes, but do not digest. Do not stir rice and remove the lid from the pan.
5. Add salt, sugar to rice vinegar and put the mixture on low heat.
6. Once the crystals have completely melted, remove the dressing from the oven.
7. Ready rice should be steamed for about 10 minutes with the lid closed and only after that it can be removed.
8. Transfer the rice into a bowl and evenly pour it with another hot vinegar mixture.
9. Stir, and when the rice has cooled, you can directly prepare the snack.
10. Rice should be used immediately after cooking. If you put it in the refrigerator, it will become tough and tasteless.

Simple rolls "Syake Maki" with salmon

Ingredients required:

• finished rice - 300 g;
• lightly salted salmon - 150 g;
• nori - 3 sheets;
• wasabi - a pinch.

1. Boil the rice. How to do this, you can read a little higher.
2. Peel the salmon and cut into small strips of the same size.
3. To prevent rice from sticking to your hands, pour water into a bowl and drop vinegar or lemon juice in it. In this fluid, you should periodically wash your hands.
4. Wrap the mat with cling film.
5. Cut the nori across into a pair of equal parts and put on a makita.
6. Dip your hands in sour water and take rice. Roll it into a ball and put it on the algae, stepping back from one edge about a centimeter.
7. In the middle, put a very thin layer of wasabi, followed by a strip of fish.
8. Dampen the edge where there is no rice by running a wet finger over it.
9. Start to roll the roll from the side where the filling is most and press it inward with your fingers. It is important not to put too much rice and fish, otherwise the roll will not stick together.
10. Give the roll a triangle or square shape.
11. Dip the knife in acidified water and cut them into rolls.

Cooking with shrimp at home

Essential Ingredients:

• rice - 300 g;
• shrimp - 200 g;
• avocado - 1 pc.;
• cucumber - 1 pc.;
• bulg. pepper - 1 pc.;
• cream cheese;
• nori.

1. Wrap the mat with foil.
2. Lay half of the nori on it.
3. Put rice there, stepping 1-2 centimeters from the edge, and from the opposite side just as much go abroad.
4. To prevent rice from sticking to your fingers, dip them in water diluted with vinegar.
5. Gently flip the seaweed upside down.
6. Brush a small strip of cheese.
7. Lay out the filling.
8. Roll up the roll and press it so that you get a square shape.
9. First cut in half, then into several parts with a knife dipped in vinegar water.

Fast rolls with crab sticks

Essential Ingredients:

• finished rice - 300 g;
• crab sticks - 1 pack;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• cucumber - 1 pc.;
• mayonnaise.

1. Boil the eggs and chop them finely. Cucumber is cut into thin strips and cut in half again.
2. Make the filling by mixing boiled rice and eggs, seasoned with mayonnaise.
3. Unwind the crab stick and put the cucumber first, then the rest of the filling.
4. Pull the rolls with cling film and put them in the refrigerator.
5. Before serving, cut the rolls into rolls.

Philadelphia at home

Philadelphia is one of the most popular types of rolls. Can you cook them at home? Check yourself!

Essential Ingredients:

• nori - 3 pcs.;
• finished rice - 300 g;
• salted salmon - 250 g;
• cream cheese - 100 g;
• cucumber - 1 pc.;
• avocado - 1 pc.

1. Peel the avocado and cucumber and cut into thin and long strips.
2. Salmon is cut into thin plates. However, they should not be completely transparent.
3. Wrap the mat in the cling film and lay on it the cut nori half with the smooth side down.
4. Spread rice about half a centimeter thick.
5. Salmon is placed on top of it.
6. Turn nori down fish.
7. Put the cucumber and avocado in the middle. Spread cream cheese near them.
8. Wrap the roll tightly and let it rest for a few minutes.
9. Cut the roll with a knife dipped in acidified water and serve.

How to cook Caesar roll?

"Caesar" roll is usually preferred by meat lovers. Therefore, he will gain great popularity among those who do not eat fish, but at the same time he wants to try a popular dish of Japanese cuisine.

Essential Ingredients:

• finished rice - 250 g;
• chicken fillet - 100 g;
• nori;
• hard cheese - 50 g;
• cream cheese - 100 g;
• salad;
• breadcrumbs or sesame seeds.

1. Boiled chicken fillet is cut into thin strips. The same is done with lettuce.
2. Cheese is rubbed on a fine grater. Best used for making Parmesan. Breadcrumbs can be browned in a pan or in the oven, but you can replace them with sesame seeds.
3. Wrap the bamboo mat in a film and lay half of the nori on it.
4. Put the rice firmly, leaving one centimeter at the edge.
5. Turn the rice down and lay on the nori strips of chicken, spread with cream cheese and salad.
6. Wrap the roll by fastening the edges.
7. Roll in breading or sesame seeds, sprinkle with grated cheese.
8. Divide the roll in portions and serve.

California Home Recipe

California is just like Philadelphia, one of the most popular types of rolls around the world. Try playing them at home!

Essential Ingredients:

• ready-made rice - 2 glasses;
• crab meat - 100 g;
• nori - 7 pcs.;
• avocado - 1 pc.;
• Tobiko caviar - 100 g.

1. Cut the nori in half and lay on a mat wrapped in cling film.
2. Avocado is cut in stripes. Peel it beforehand.
3. Lay out the rice, leaving a centimeter at the edge. On the other hand, it must be shifted by the same distance.
4. Brush the rice with Tobiko caviar. You can use it in any color.
5. Turn the nori over with rice and lay out the crab meat and a couple of strips of avocado.
6. Wrap the roll and shape it, and then cut into several portioned slices.

Baked - with salmon and shrimp

Baked rolls are very popular among fans of hearty food.

Essential Ingredients:

• finished rice - 200 g;
• shrimp - 100 g;
• salmon or salmon - 100 g;
• nori;
• spicy sauce - 6 teaspoons.

1. Boil and peel the shrimp, and cut the fish into thin strips.
2. Divide the nori into a couple of parts and put it on a wrapped makita.
3. Put rice firmly on top and a strip of shrimp and salmon on it.
4. Wrap the roll and cut it into portions.
5. Put on each piece a teaspoon of spicy sauce and put in the oven for 15 minutes.
6. Visually control the process. You can take out the rolls when spicy is a little browned.

Hot rolls with salmon and cheese

Essential Ingredients:

• finished rice - 200 g;
• nori - 2 pcs.;
• cream cheese - 100 g;
• salmon - 150 g;
• hard cheese - 50 g;
• rice vinegar.

1. Place the nori on a coiled mat first with a smooth surface down, then fig. Leave one centimeter at the edge, and on the other hand, go out of the algae just as much.
2. Put a thin strip of cream cheese in the middle and chopped salmon on top.
3. Fold the roll with makita and cut it into small portions.
4. Sprinkle with grated cheese on top and send to the oven for 10 minutes. Once the cheese has melted, the rolls will be ready.

Bake with eel and nori

Essential Ingredients:

• finished rice - 200 g;
• nori - 2 pcs.;
• eel - 150 g;
• grated cheese - 50 g;
• mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• cucumber - 1 pc.

1. Divide the nori into a couple of parts and lay one on the mat.
2. Put the finished rice on top and tamp it a little.
3. Turn the nori rice down.
4. Cut the cucumber into thin strips, after peeling, lay in the middle of the roll.
5. Wrap, cut in portions, and each wrap with a thin strip of eel.
6. Sprinkle with grated cheese and top for 10 minutes in the oven.
7. Cook until a “hat” forms on each piece. Serve fried rolls with soy sauce and wasabi.

Spring rolls with chicken

Spring rolls according to the recipe are slightly different from the usual Japanese ones. But, nevertheless, this is a very healthy and tasty dish.

Essential Ingredients:

• shrimp - 300 g;
• cucumber - 1 pc.;
• rice paper;
• avocado - 1 pc.;
• salad;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• rice noodles - 60 g;
• olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• lim. juice - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• soy sauce - 2 tbsp. spoons.

1. Heat the oil and put in it a couple of cloves of garlic, slightly pressed down by the flat side of the knife.
2. When the garlic gives enough smell to the oil, remove it and fry the raw and thawed shrimp, peeled from the shell. In time it will take just a couple of minutes.
3. Cut all the vegetables for cooking into thin strips.
4. Boil the rice noodles following the instructions.
5. Take a rice sheet and pour some water on it so that it softens. Put a lettuce leaf on top and then strips of vegetables one at a time.
6. Next, add a little ready-made rice noodles and a few pieces of shrimp.
7. Wrap the roll from the bottom and secure the side parts.
8. Optionally, fry it in the remaining garlic oil. It is important that the roll is very tightly fixed.
9. Serve the appetizer with soy sauce.

Vegetarian recipe with avocado or cucumber

Rolls with cucumber and avocado are an excellent option for vegetarians and simply adherents of a healthy diet.

Essential Ingredients:

• finished rice - 250 g;
• nori - 4 pcs.;
• cucumber - 1 pc.;
• avocado - 1 pc.;
• rice vinegar.

1. Wrap the mat with makita cling film.
2. Boil the rice and lay it on the nori, stepping back from one edge by a centimeter. In this case, the rough layer should be on top.
3. Avocados are peeled and cut into thin strips. The same thing is done with the cucumber.
4. Roll the roll and cut it into batch pieces.

How to cook egg rolls?

Egg roll is originally from Thailand, but this appetizer is gradually gaining popularity in European countries.

Essential Ingredients:

• eggs - 3 pcs.;
• carrots - 1 pc.;
• green onion.

1. Chop the onions and grate the carrots on a medium grater.
2. Beat the eggs into a homogeneous mass.
3. Soak a napkin with oil and grease the surface of the pan.
4. Pour the egg mixture with spices there and fry necessarily on low heat. Otherwise, the omelet will harden and crack, and this is unacceptable.
5. Put the stuffing and as soon as the omelet is set, immediately with a spatula directly in the pan, wrap it in a roll.
6. When it cools down a little, divide it into several portions.

Cooking hot Tempura rolls

Cooking tempura rolls is actually easier than you think. Just use this recipe and treat yourself or your guests to a delicious snack. You will also need a deep fryer, keep this fact in mind.

Essential Ingredients:

• egg - 1 pc.;
• finished rice - 200 g;
• salmon - 100 g;
• tempura flour - 1 cup.

1. Wrap the mat, put half of the nori sheet on it, and on top rice.
2. Salmon is placed in the middle. Wrap the roll as usual.
3. Prepare a batter for tempura rolls. It is very easy to do. Separate the protein from the yolk and mix it with flour. If the mixture is too liquid, add a little more flour.
4. Spread each roll with batter and deep-fry until a crust appears.

2 sweet recipes

Sweet rolls will be a great addition to the main meal as a dessert. They can be served with tea or coffee. Be sure guests or household members will appreciate the unusual sweetness.

Chocolate Fruit Rolls

Essential Ingredients:

• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• starch - 2 tsp;
• cocoa powder - 1 teaspoon;
• sugar - 2 tsp;
• cream cheese - 80 g;
• vanillin - 1 teaspoon;
• Kiwi - 1 pc.;
• peach - 1 pc.(canned can be used).

1. Prepare thin egg pancakes in which rolls will be wrapped. To do this, mix the egg, starch and one tablespoon of sugar.
2. Fry the pancake on both sides in a pan and set aside.
3. Whip the remaining ingredients, but add the cocoa and make a dark chocolate pancake.
4. Strip fruit into strips.
5. Lubricate half of each pancake with cream cheese and put the filling there.
6. Wrap the roll and cut into slices.

Coconut Rolls

Essential Ingredients:

• rice - 200 g;
• cream - 1 cup;
• Kiwi - 1 pc.;
• peach - 1 pc.;
• milk - 0.5 l;
• cream cheese - 150 g;
• coconut flakes - 200 g;
• sugar - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• vanillin.

1. Milk is mixed with cream, coconut, vanilla and sugar. Put the mixture on the stove and turn on a small fire.
2. Pour rice and boil it for half an hour.
3. Cool and discard in a colander by draining milk.
4. Prepare the filling at the same time. Cut fruit into strips or slices and peel them.
5. Lay the rice in a thin layer on a bamboo mat covered with cling film. Brush with cream cheese and lay out the fruit.
6. Roll the roll, roll it in coconut, and put it in the refrigerator for at least an hour so that the ingredients stick together.
7. Before serving, cut into portions.