Futomaki－Thick Sushi Rolls Filled with Vegetables. It incorporates a mix of fresh and dried ingredients common in the Japanese pantry. The typical filling consists of a variety of vegetables, and sometimes with the addition of cooked fish like unagi (freshwater eel) or anago (saltwater eel).; It can be prepared ahead of time. Futomaki is a type of Japanese sushi that is rolled into a long thick cylinder. A literal translation of futomaki is "fat rolled sushi." It is rice and fillings wrapped in dried, roasted seaweed (nori), and then sliced into smaller bite-sized pieces. Futomaki is typically filled with a variety of vegetables; however, it might also include sweet dried fish known as sakura denbu, as well as a.

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Ingredients of Futomaki－Thick Sushi Rolls Filled with Vegetables

You need of 【Sushi Rice】.
Prepare 2 cups of rice.
It's 5 g of kombu (kelp).
Prepare 20 cc of cooking sake.
Prepare 340 cc of water.
You need of 【Sushi Vinegar】.
It's 4 Tbsp of rice vinegar.
Prepare 3 Tbsp of sugar.
Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
Prepare of 【Tamagoyaki - Rolled Egg Omelette】.
Prepare 3 of eggs.
Prepare 2 tsp of sugar.
It's 1 tsp of mirin (sweet sake).
It's 3 tsp of cooking sake.
You need dash of salt.
You need of 【Simmered Shiitake Mushroom】.
Prepare 5 of dried shiitake mushrooms, rehydrated in 1 cup of water ★keep the 100cc water for cooking.
Prepare 2 tsp of sugar.
It's 2 tsp of mirin (sweet sake).
Prepare of 【Remaining Futomaki Ingredients 】.
It's 1 of cucumber.
You need 30 g of smoked salmon.
You need 5 sheets of nori (dried seaweed).
You need 100 g of tuna.
You need 1 bunch of mitsuba (Japanese herbs).

Most of the time, the nori for Futomaki (thick rolls) need not be cut but like all things, practice makes perfect. You may have to try it a few times to get it just right. I have chosen to use three of my favorite ingredients for these Futomaki - Thick Sushi Rolls: Nova lox, avocado, and cucumber. The ones above were made with cooked shrimps.

Futomaki－Thick Sushi Rolls Filled with Vegetables instructions

Prepare Sushi Rice>>> ① Wash rice until water becomes clear. ② Put the rice in the rice cooker bowl and add water. Place the kombu on top of the rice and start cooking. ③ Blend sushi vinegar. Mix until ingredients have combined. ④ Spread cooked rice evenly on sushi oke. Pour sushi vinegar mixture over the rice. ⑤ With slicing motion mix rice and vinegar. ⑥ Cool rice down using a hand fan..
Make Simmered Shiitake Mushroom>>> ① Combine sugar, mirin and 100cc mushroom water in a pot and bring it to a boil over medium heat. ② Add shiitake mushrooms and simmer on low heat until the liquid is almost gone. Let it cool..
Make Tamagoyaki - Rolled Egg Omelette>>>① Beat eggs and add sugar,mirin,cooking sake and dash of salt in a small bowl. ② In a small pan heat canola oil, making sure to coat the pan. ③ Add the egg mixture to create a thin layer, then slowly roll, or fold the egg omelette to make a thick rolled omelet. ④ Remove from pan and allow it to cool. Cut it into five equal long sticks..
Prepare Remaining Futomaki Ingredients>>> ① Put a cucumber on a cutting board and sprinkle a dash of salt over the cucumber. ② To make its color greener, roll the cucumber to bruise the outside. ③ Cut the cucumber lengthwise into five equal parts. ④ Bring a large pot of water to boil. Blanch the mitsuba until wilted. ⑤ Cut tuna lengthwise into five equal parts..
Make the Futomaki Sushi Rolls>>>Place a nori sheet on your bamboo rolling mat and spread one-fifth of sushi rice on top of the dried seaweed sheet, evenly..
Place tuna, salmon, simmered shiitake mushroom, egg omelet and cucumber sticks, mitsuba horizontally on the rice at one-third part from the bottom edge of the bamboo mat..
Grab the bottom edge of the bamboo mat while keeping the fillings in place with your fingers..
Roll into a tight cylinder like a fat cigar..
After rolling, cover the nori roll with the bamboo mat and press the bamboo mat firmly and remove it from the sushi. Set aside..
Repeat, and make four more futomaki rolls..
Wrap futomaki rolls with a plastic wrap..
Wipe a knife with a wet cloth before slicing the futomaki. Cut the rolled futomaki sushi ..

Futomaki is an upgrade size version of normal sushi maki which filled with vegetables, meat and seafood. Japanese always had Futomaki as the main dish during Setsubun celebration every year in hope for better luck and health. Recommend adding additional vegetables, mushroom and meat for better tasting. Below is the link for related recipes. Lift the edge of the mat and roll it while holding down the fillings.