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Cucumber Maki
Kappa Maki, also known as cucumber maki or cucumber roll is a great sushi recipe to start with if you have never tried to make it before.
Prep Time
10 mins
Total Time
10 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 58 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- 200 g cooked sushi rice
- 2 sheet nori
- 1 cucumber cut into strips
Instructions
- Cook your sushi rice according to our Sushi Rice recipe.
- Lay a sheet of nori on a bamboo rolling mat, shiny side down. Put the cooked sushi rice onto the nori and spread to cover ¾ of the nori.
- Lay the strips of cucumber halfway along the rice.
- Using a bamboo rolling mat, roll up from the bottom, tightly away from you. Leave a small amount of nori unrolled. Wet this part of the nori with water and finish rolling to seal it.
- Dip a sharp knife into some water and then slice the roll. Dip the knife into water each time you make a cut. Slice the roll into 10 pieces.
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Notes
- This recipe calls for 200g of cooked sushi rice. To make this amount of cooked rice, you will need 70g of raw rice. If you are altering the serving size in the recipe card, divide the amount of cooked rice by 3 to get how much raw rice you will need.
- Make sure to wet the knife before making each cut. This prevents the rice from sticking to the knife.
- Always place the nori shiny side down on the rolling mat. This is because the rice sticks better to the rough side and it looks better for presentation.
- With some nori brands, you might not be able to use water to seal the roll. You can use cooked rice grains as the "glue" instead, just squash a few grains across the nori where you want to seal it.
- Make sure the sushi rice is fully cooled before adding it to the nori, as the steam of the hot rice can cause the nori to go soggy.
- When handling the rice, use wet hands or a spoon, as it is very sticky.
Nutrition Information
Serving
5maki
Calories
58kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
12g
(4%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
0.2g
(0%)
Saturated Fat
0.03g
(0%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.04g
Monounsaturated Fat
0.04g
Sodium
5mg
(0%)
Potassium
111mg
(3%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
119IU
(2%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
12mg
(1%)
Iron
0.3mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 58
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 5maki | |
| Calories | 58kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 0.2g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0.03g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.04g | 0% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.04g | 0% |
| Sodium | 5mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 111mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 119IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 12mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.3mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.