Sushi is very popular among lovers of oriental cuisine. This dish is ordered to your home in delivery services, bought in restaurants and bars. But not many people know what sushi originally were, how they appeared, what process of evolution they went through and how much they changed, reaching our days.
Instructions
Step 1
For the first time sushi appeared in the countries of South Asia. The preparation of this dish began with the purification of sea fish. Then it was sprinkled with layers of salt and placed under oppression on top of each other. After a few days, the oppression was removed and left under the lid for several months. During this period, the fish had time to ferment and become ready to eat. Today's sushi lovers are unlikely to be attracted by the smell that came from the fish. By the way, initially, rice was not used to prepare sushi; it was served as a separate dish.
Step 2
Sushi was prepared in this way until 1900, then adjustments were made. The famous Japanese chef Yohei decided that it was worth abandoning the fermentation process of fish, he began to serve sushi with raw fish. This became the tradition of cooking this dish, which has not been interrupted to this day. Other masters immediately got involved in this process, and various styles (Kansai, Edo) of sushi preparation soon emerged.
Step 3
Kansai sushi consisted of a large amount of rice, after cooking, the dish was placed in an edible beautiful shape. Edo sushi was more abundant in fish (since the city where this sushi was prepared was located on the coast of the bay, this made fish more common and affordable), but they had rice in their composition, albeit in the form of a modest little lump.
Step 4
Over time, rice has become one of the main ingredients of sushi, it began to be cooked with vegetables, fish, mushrooms and other products, this gave the dish a new extraordinary taste. The addition of seasonings, rice vinegar, sugar, salted water, sake, mirin and seaweed allowed to abandon the fermentation of rice. Seafood, fish and vegetables were added to the cooked rice, then the sushi was kept under pressure for some time. This recipe was very fond of the inhabitants of Japan, they began to open eateries, shops and restaurants where people could order sushi of all kinds.
