Sushi and rolls are the most famous dishes of Japanese cuisine. Thousands of cafes and bars around the world offer this product to taste. However, not everyone knows how sushi differs from rolls.
In order to understand how sushi (or sushi) differ from rolls, you should understand the technology of their preparation.
To prepare sushi using a special technology, rice is cooked from which small bricks are molded. Then pieces of fish or other seafood are placed on them. Sushi is a traditional Japanese dish that was originally the food of the poor. It gained wide popularity and distribution only in the 20th century in North America, from where the fashion for sushi came to Europe, and then to Russia.
Rolls or as they are also called Makizushi (twisted sushi) are one of the varieties of sushi. A special bamboo mat is used for their preparation. A sheet of pressed nori algae is laid on it. Rice is evenly placed on the seaweed, and then any filling. After that, the mat is rolled up, and the resulting sausage is cut into several thin parts. There is also a type of roll where the seaweed is on the inside and the rice is on the outside.
The composition of the rolls can include almost any fillings, while sushi is made only from rice and seafood. In addition, some types of rolls are served hot, while sushi is only served cold.
If we talk about sushi as a general name for a Japanese cuisine dish, then there are several more varieties of it: nigirizushi (hand-made sushi), oshizushi (pressed sushi), inarizushi (stuffed sushi), chirashizushi (scattered sushi), etc. etc.
As you can see, there are a lot of differences between sushi and rolls. Therefore, the next time you come to the sushi bar, you can definitely tell them apart.
