What is rice for sushi?
To prepare rolls, you need to stock upspecially processed rice. We do not recommend taking the first one from the shelf. After all, if you buy rice processed with steam, then the dish will be spoiled, since such croup does not stick together, but this property is primarily necessary for rolls. What is the best rice for sushi? Ideally, of course, you need to take the Japanese brand of this product - it has the right degree of stickiness. Among other types of rice, pay attention to its characteristics such as stickiness and length.
If you are interested in what kind of rice for rolls is best to take, here are our tips:
- urutimai - short-grained rice with a sweetish taste, becomes sticky when cooked, the most popular for making rolls;
- round-grain rice - also called dairy, is also suitable for sushi;
- motigome - has short grains, becomes sticky when cooked, mainly used for making sweet rice wine and desserts.
Among the varieties of rice that are not suitable for rolls, we will call the following:
- geneman - red rice
- long-grain rice
- wild rice.
In addition, rice is still distinguished by the types of processing - it can be grinding, steaming and peeling. This also affects whether rice is suitable for rolls and sushi or not.
And more about how to cook the rice you selected for sushi, you can read in this article - "How to cook rice for sushi?".
