Almost all the ingredients for rolls and sushi are quite expensive. They are sold in supermarkets in specialty sections of Asian cuisine or in selected theme stores. How can you save money on buying them?
One of the main ingredients of rolls and sushi is seaweed. Nori is most often used. Without them, it will be impossible to give the rolls the correct shape and keep the filling inside. Moreover, the discussed ingredient has a high cost. In fact, there are several ways to save money and buy nori seaweed cheaply.
First, large packs are very economical. For example, a package with 50 kelp leaves will be 1/3 cheaper than buying this ingredient in small packs. But this method is suitable only for those chefs who prepare sushi and rolls quite often.
Secondly, nori seaweed can be ordered from numerous Chinese sites. It is there that they are much cheaper than in Russian stores. For Asians, this is a familiar culinary ingredient, which is not something exotic, therefore its price is appropriate. True, the purchase in this case will have to wait an average of 3 weeks.
Third, look for algae plates at the pharmacy. Often, it is in pharmacies, in contrast to special culinary sections of supermarkets, that seaweed is sold at a low cost as a source of iodine. True, for this you have to go around several points in order to find the necessary product.
