California Rolls (with Tips on Cutting the Rolls). <Tips for cutting California rolls> To prevent the rolls from breaking apart, cut them with the plastic wrap on. Tilt the knife and slice slowly. <Tips for cutting California rolls> Moisten the knife with a wet towel before each slice so the cross section of the sushi roll will look neat. Once the rolls are cut, gently remove the plastic wrap.

If you find this California Rolls recipe helpful please share it to your friends or family, thank you and good luck. Grabbing both nori and the mat, roll the mat over the filling so the extra space at the bottom touches the other side, squeezing down to make a nice tight roll. Squeeze down along the way to keep the roll from holding its shape. You can cook California Rolls (with Tips on Cutting the Rolls) using 8 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of California Rolls (with Tips on Cutting the Rolls)

It's 360 ml of White rice.
Prepare 2 cm of square Kombu.
It's 4 tbsp of Sushi vinegar.
Prepare 4 of sheets Sushi seaweed.
It's 100 grams of Smoked salmon.
It's 1 of Avocado.
Prepare 4 tbsp of Cream cheese.
It's 1 of Sesame seeds.

Transfer the roll onto a cutting board. A California roll is a creative American twist on sushi. This page will describe the California Uramaki. Uramaki has nori or seaweed on the inside and the rice on the outside, as opposed to a regular sushi roll, which usually has the seaweed on the outside.

California Rolls (with Tips on Cutting the Rolls) step by step

<Making sushi rice> Cook 2 rice cooker cups of rice with water and konbu seaweed..
Once the rice is cooked, transfer to a bowl or sushi oke (wooden bowl for sushi), and fold the sushi vinegar into the rice using a cutting motion..
If you've used a bowl, transfer the mixed sushi rice to a flat plate and let cool. (This prevents moisture from collecting in the bottom of the bowl.).
Meanwhile, cut the filling ingredients and put them on a plate..
Cut the nori seaweed sheet into two-thirds. The rolls will be very thick if you use the whole sheet..
On a sushi rolling mat, lay a nori seaweed sheet and spread out the sushi rice over the nori seaweed. Make sure all 4 corners are fully covered..
Leave the sushi rolling mat, and transfer the nori seaweed and the sushi rice to a plate..
Lay a piece of plastic wrap on the sushi rolling mat, and place the nori seaweed and sushi rice from earlier with the nori seaweed side up. Flip the plate slowly to position them neatly..
Arrange the filling ingredients in the center of the seaweed. Put the avocado slices on the bottom side of the filling section. This way the salmon and cream cheese will keep the avocado from moving while rolling up..
Roll it up using the sushi rolling mat. Be careful not to squeeze it too tightly..
<Tips for rolling California rolls> When rolling up, bring the bottom end of the nori seaweed to the red dotted line shown in the picture so the sushi rice will act as a glue..
Once the ingredients are rolled up, remove the plastic wrap and sprinkle the sesame seeds. Wrap the roll again with the plastic wrap and set aside for about 15 minutes..
<Tips for cutting California rolls> To prevent the rolls from breaking apart, cut them with the plastic wrap on. Tilt the knife and slice slowly..
<Tips for cutting California rolls> Moisten the knife with a wet towel before each slice so the cross section of the sushi roll will look neat..
Once the rolls are cut, gently remove the plastic wrap..
On a platter, carefully arrange the sushi rolls one by one, and it's done!.

Use the bamboo mat to roll the bottom edge of the nori sheet over the filling. Lift the edge of the bamboo sheet and roll it forward while keeping gentle pressure on the bamboo sheet. The filling is rolled wrapped with the nori (seaweed) sheet inside. So it is unique and kind of an inside out sushi roll. The California roll was created in the United States and reverse imported into Japan.