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Handai Japanese Seasoned Rice Recipe
A basic japanese rice recipe. Use the rice for your sushi or to serve with Japanese curry.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Soaking Time
15 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings: 6 sushi rolls
Calories: 381 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Asian , Japanese
Ingredients
To cook rice
- 4 cups water *see Notes
- 3 cups Japanese rice
For the seasoning
- ½ cup rice vinegar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoon salt
Instructions
- Rinse your rice with clear water to get rid of excess starch. It will prevent the rice from sticking too much and you will get rid of the rice smell. Rinse rice 3-4 times until water is clear and then strain.
- Place rice into cooking pot and cover with water quantity mentioned in the ingredients. Leave rice to soak for about 15 minutes.
- Cook rice in the same pot with the same water. Cook first on high heat for 10 minutes, then turn down a slow flame and cook for anotehr 12-15 minutes.
- Leave the rice to cool for about 15 minutes after cooking. There shouldn't be any water left in the pot because the rice absorbed it.
- Prepare the vinegar seasoning by combining vinegar with the brown sugar and salt.
- Keep a handai or large flat container ready and place still hot rice into that container.
- Pour vinegar seaosning over the rice and mix with a large peddal or spoon. Spread out the rice so that it cools too. You can use the help of a fan too while mixing it all in the container.
- Cover and/or wrap cooled rice with a clean wet kitchen cotton cloth (muslin or cheese cloth).
- Use it to make sushi or store as per instructions in the post.
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Notes
- Adjust the water quantity to your needs. Dry rice requires 4 cups of water with 3 cups of rice. In Japan, the ratio tends to be 3 x 3. Check out the rice package instructions to get the water quantity right. Not all rice brands are the same.
- Sugar Salt and vinegar balance each other in the recipe. It adds flavor and gives the rice a nice shine.
- For flavored kombu version see post for instructions.
- ½ cup dry rice = 1 sushi portion.
Nutrition Information
Calories
381kcal
(19%)
Carbohydrates
85g
(28%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
1180mg
(49%)
Potassium
83mg
(2%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
9g
(18%)
Calcium
23mg
(2%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6sushi rolls
Amount Per Serving
Calories 381
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 381kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 85g | 28% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 1180mg | 49% |
| Potassium | 83mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 9g | 18% |
| Calcium | 23mg | 2% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.