I love Sushi
Sushi (Japanese: 鮨 / 鮓 / 寿司, すし, MFA: [su̥ɕi]) is
a traditional dish of
Japanese cuisine
made on the basis of rice, treated with rice vinegar or salt, and
various fillings or layers, among which seafood products predominate,
but can include meat, vegetables, algae, mushrooms or eggs. Sushi can be
raw, cooked or marinated. In Korea, under the influence of Japan, a
similar national dish - kimbap - appeared, but the difference from the
Japanese dish is that Koreans do not add fish to it. In Japan, the word
sushi refers to a wide range of dishes, but in the West it is mistakenly
understood as just a lump of rice covered with a piece of raw fish.
There are different types of sushi.
- maki-zushi (rolls) - sushi rolled in nori seaweed. From the Japanese word maku - "twist"
- nigiri-zushi (squeezable) - sushi made from a lump of rice with a filling, pressed in a fist. From the Japanese word nigiru - "to squeeze".
- inari-zushi (inari) is sushi made in the form of bags of fried tofu with rice and filling. From the Japanese deity Inari.
- tirashi-zushi (crumbling) - sushi made of rice with fillings scattered over it. From the Japanese word tirasu - "to scatter". A type of fish pilaf.
- gunkanmaki-zushi (Japanese: 軍艦巻き, lit.: rolls "warship") - small rolls lying on their side. A lump of rice is wrapped in nori from below, and a filling, usually in the form of caviar, is added on top.