Sushi is a Japanese dish of prepared vinegared
rice, usually with some sugar and salt, accompanied by a variety of
ingredients such as seafood, often raw, and vegetables.
Styles of sushi and its presentation vary widely, but the one key
ingredient is "sushi rice", also referred to as shari, or sumeshi.
The inventor of modern sushi is believed to be
Hanaya Yohei, who invented nigiri-zushi, a type of
sushi most known today, in which seafood is placed on
hand-pressed vinegared rice, around 1824 in the Edo period
(1603โ1867). It was the fast food of the chลnin class in the Edo
period. Sushi is traditionally made with medium-grain
white rice, though it can be prepared with brown rice or short-grain rice.
It is very often prepared with seafood, such as squid, eel, yellowtail,
salmon, tuna or imitation crab meat. Many types of sushi are vegetarian.
It is often served with pickled ginger (gari), wasabi, and soy sauce.
Daikon radish or pickled daikon (takuan) are popular garnishes for the
dish. Sushi is sometimes confused with sashimi, a similar
dish in Japanese cuisine that consists of thinly sliced raw fish or
occasionally meat.
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