Veggie sushi is made without meat, poultry, or fish, using rice and seaweed as the base. Common vegetarian fillings include cucumber, avocado, pickled vegetables, eggs, and mushrooms. Soy sauce, wasabi, and gari are suitable condiments.
Veggie sushi is sushi made without meat, poultry, or fish. When many people think of sushi, they immediately think of raw fish. While many types of sushi are made with raw fish and even shellfish, there are also a number of varieties that are made without using any fish at all. Rice and seaweed, which are the basic ingredients of sushi, are already vegetarian: rice is a grain and seaweed is a sea vegetable. By choosing toppings or fillings based on vegetables or dairy products, vegetarian sushi can be made.
The most common toppings and fillings in vegetarian sushi are cucumber and avocado. The crunchiness of the cucumber adds a delicious texture to the rice and seaweed. Avocado has a similar softness to raw fish, making it a popular substitute. Other vegetarian sushi ingredients include pickled vegetables and eggs.
In the West, cucumber and avocado are the most common vegetarian ingredients. In Asia, however, egg-based and pickled vegetables are commonly used in sushi dishes. Pickled vegetables are often used in the same way as cucumber, rolled between layers of rice and seaweed. The egg, however, is often served atop mounds of rice and wrapped with just a very thin layer of seaweed. Before being used for the sushi top, the egg is sweetened, cooked and left to cool.
Another common ingredient in vegetarian sushi is mushrooms. The mushroom is usually marinated, cooked and allowed to cool before being added to sushi. Sometimes mushrooms with very rich flavors, similar to red meats, are used. Mushroom sushi is sometimes garnished with watercress or rocket.
There are a few restaurants that specialize in vegetarian sushi. You don’t need to visit one of these specialty restaurants, however, to enjoy sushi made without the use of animal products. Almost all sushi restaurants serve cucumber and avocado sushi, as well as pickled egg and vegetable sushi.
The toppings served with sushi are all suitable for vegetarians. The most common condiments are soy sauce, wasabi and gari. Soy sauce is a thin, flavorful brown sauce that is used for dipping. Wasabi is a green radish that is served as a thick paste. It can be mixed with soy sauce or added directly to sushi. Gari is sweetened, pickled slices of ginger root.
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