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No Fishy Business: Simple, Flavourful Vegan
Tomato Sushi
Recipe

60 mins
Cooking Time
Easy
Difficulty
14
Ingredients
Vegan
Diet
Sushi is traditionally made from tuna or other types of seafood. But today, sushi has multiple vegan varieties that replicate the texture and mouthfeel of the original but with plant-based ingredients. Like the vegan tomato sushi that’s made from blanched tomatoes, vinegared sushi rice, and pantry spices. Perfect as an appetiser or even a light dinner.

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients
1 cupSushi rice
1¼ cupsWater
2 tbspRice vinegar
1 tspSugar
½ tspSalt
2-3Medium tomatoes
2 tbspSoy sauce
½ tspGinger (grated)
¼ tspKelp powder (optional)
½ tspSriracha
1 tspSesame oil
½Avocado
½Cucumber
2Nori sheets

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Directions

Description - Step 1

Cook the rice

Rinse the sushi rice till the water runs clear. Now, in a rice cooker, add the sushi rice and water and cook. Once the rice is almost done, stir in the rice vinegar, sugar, and salt. Fold (don’t mash) with a wooden spoon to preserve texture and make it sticky. Let it cool to room temperature.

Description - Step 2

Blanch the tomatoes

As the rice cooks, add ice water to a large bowl and set it aside. Now, bring another small pot of water to a boil. Rinse the tomatoes before piercing them with a knife. Now, drop them into the boiling water for 30–45 seconds, until the skins start loosening. Immediately transfer to the ice bath to stop cooking. Peel off the skins once cool.

Description - Step 3

Prepare the marinade

Take a container that has a lid. Add soy sauce, ginger, kelp powder, sriracha, and sesame oil and stir until it's all combined.

Description - Step 4

Marinate the tomatoes

Peel the cooling tomatoes. Scoop out the seeds and dice the tomato flesh into small pieces. Add these pieces to the container with the marinade. Place the lid on top and give the container a good shake, ensuring all pieces are evenly coated.

Description - Step 5

Prep sushi rolling stations

Cut the cucumber and avocado into thin slices (like matchsticks). Now, prepare a sushi rolling station by laying out a kitchen towel on a counter (or cutting board). Add a sheet of plastic wrap on top of the towel.

Description - Step 6

Add sushi rice to the nori sheet

Place a nori sheet (shiny side down) on the plastic wrap. Gently dab your fingers with water. With wet fingers, spread a layer of sushi rice on the nori. Make sure the layer is very thin. Leave a little space (an inch) on both ends of the sheet to wrap it.

Description - Step 7

Add the vegetables

Arrange the marinated tomato, cucumber, and avocado in a horizontal line near the bottom edge. Make sure the toppings only cover 2 inches of the rice, or else you won’t be able to roll the sushi.

Description - Step 8

Roll the sushi

Gently roll the edges of the Nori sheet, covering the vegetables. Once covered, roll over the plastic wrap and then the kitchen towel. Using a sharp, wet knife, cut the roll into bite-sized pieces. Serve with soy sauce, wasabi, and pickled ginger. 

Step 1
Cook the rice
25 Minutes
Step 2
Blanch the tomatoes
8 Minutes
Step 3
Prepare the marinade
2 Minutes
Step 4
Marinate the tomatoes
5 Minutes
Step 5
Prep sushi rolling stations
5 Minutes
Step 6
Add sushi rice to the nori sheet
5 Minutes
Step 7
Add the vegetables
10 Minutes
Step 8
Roll the sushi
5 Minutes

Plate it up!

Plating Instructions

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Place sliced sushi on a round or rectangular plate with a space on the side for soy sauce and wasabi.

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Pairing Instructions

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Serve the sushi with steamed edamame, lightly spiced with sea salt.

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Garnishing Instructions

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Add pickled ginger on the side for an elevated finish.

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