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Making Sushi - Nigirizushi

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Step 3: Holding Sushi Rice

Making  Maguro Nigiri-zushi
Making Maguro Nigiri-zushi
Setsuko Yoshizuka
Now, wet your palms and fingers with the sushi vinegar mixture used to make sushi rice above. Take about two tablespoons of sushi rice in your hand and lightly shape it into an oval mound.
  1. Step 1: Preparing Sushi Rice
  2. Step 2: Slicing Raw Fish
  3. Step 3: Holding Sushi Rice
  4. Step 4: Picking Up Raw Fish
  5. Step 5: Putting Wasabi
  6. Step 6: Putting Raw Fish and Sushi Rice Together
  7. Step 7: Pressing Sushi

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