Futo-Maki (Fat Roll)

Name: Futo-Maki (Fat Roll)
Ingredients: 4 cups cooked rice (sushi rice); 4 sheets nori (dried seaweed); 2 eggs; 1 ounce dried gourd; 8 dried shiitake mushrooms; 2/3 cup dashi stock; 2 tablespoons sugar; 1 tablespoon mirin; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; cucumber, cut into sticks (optional)

10 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

4 cups cooked rice (sushi rice)
4 sheets nori (dried seaweed)
2 eggs
1 ounce dried gourd
8 dried shiitake mushrooms
2/3 cup dashi stock
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon mirin
3 tablespoons soy sauce
cucumber, cut into sticks (optional)

Directions

1

Wash and soak kampyo and shitake mushrooms in water and let sit for an hour.
2

Slice kampyo and mushrooms into pieces about 8 inches long.
3

Place dashi stock, sugar, mirin and soy sauce, kampyo and mushrooms in a pan and simmer for around an hour.
4

Let cool.
5

Beat eggs and add sugar to the eggs.
6

Make a firm omelette and cut it into long strips.
7

Put a sheet of nori on top of a bamboo sushi mat and spread a cup of sushi rice on top of the nori.
8

Place 1/4 of ingredients lengthwise on the rice and roll in a jelly roll fashion, pressing forward slowly and firmly to form a cylinder.
9

Remove sushi from mat and cut into 4-6 bite sized pieces.
10

Repeat with the rest of the nori.