How to prepare the perfect sushi rice?

As a sushi lover I have to admit that if I could eat sushi everyday I would ... I'm in love with sushi <3

I love to go to the japanese restaurants and order tones of sushi but after the food is eaten the bill hurts a LOT!

That's why I decided time ago to try and make sushi at home, as it is more affordable and it's a great opportunity to invite some friends in to help you out :)

Before showing you my little tricks to make sushi easy and fast let me show you the best recipe I have ever tried for making the rice. If you follow the recipe you will see how easy it is to make sushi rice and the best thing is that it's the worst part of doing sushi :P (because you have to wait!) 

So let me share with you how to make more pleasant this "hard" part of how-to make sushi and enjoy your home made sushi rice :D

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RECIPE

SUSHI RICE (The perfect sushi rice)

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 cups of sushi rice (I have try it with a normal rice and it works as well. Just try to find one small and round rice but for best results invest on a package of special rice)
• 1/4 cup of rice vinegar
• 2 teaspoons of salt
• 1/4 cup of sugar

DIRECTIONS:

First of all clean the rice with cold water very carefully, you must clean it as many times as you need until the water comes out clean and transparent. Then leave the rice in a bowl with water covering it for at least 15 minutes.

cleaning the rice you take off the starch

Meanwhile, heat the vinegar in a pan with the sugar and the salt. Heat it in medium heat until the sugar and the salt are completely dissolved (pay attention in to keep it into a medium temperature, never take it to boil!!!). Let it cool apart.

you see it...

... now you don't :)

Now it's time for the rice. In a pot put 2 cups of hot water and cook with it the rice with a real low heat until the water is evaporated (the pot can be covered or not). After the first boil keep it all the time in to low heat and cover it so you will get the sushi rice texture. 

Once the rice is cooked leave it cool apart at least 15 minutes.

At last, mix the vinegar with the rice with a wood spoon slowly and carefully. (Take the rice out of the pot and put it into a plastic or wood bowl if you think the metal of your bowl can react with the vinegar)

So here you have your perfect sushi rice! Now the funny part comes ;)

In case you need the ingredients see them listed down below:

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The Miso Soup - international kitchen

College has started again in Germany and so does eating badly and repeating the same dinner every night (leftovers from weeks ago, boxed pizza, pasta...). Last week we came up with an idea with some of the integrants of the blog, let's share our recipes and easy ways to eat properly and different every day without losing lots of money and try to get us back to our hometown flavors (as almost we come from several different countries).

Today I wanted to share with you one of the easiest way to drink a miso soup without spending much time in the kitchen and introduce it to you as a "new packet soup/dinner" to you. 

As many of you might now, miso soup is one of the most famous soups in the Japanese diet. You will be able to find this soup in every Japanese and asiatic restaurant.

This soup is made by:

• "miso paste" ,which consist of dough of smashed soja beans and kôji 
• dashi broth
• fresh tofu
• wakame seaweeds 
• spring onions

This would be the basic ingredients for this delicious soup but you can find it with a lot of variety including to it seafood, meat, omelette, etc.

Doing the miso soup takes a long time and can sometimes (depending on you cooking skills and PATIENCE) be impossible or really hard to made.

That's where we came into the game ;) 

For those who would like to enjoy one miso soup without spending 3€ in a small bowl or not wanting to leave home to get one, we recommend you to give it a try to the "packed" version that you will be able to find at the asiatic food shops.

Last week we went to visit a huge asian market in Berlin and we came up with some instant miso soups and we decided to give it a try... well it became our favorite soup for sure! The flavor is almost the same as you can get in a restaurant and the seaweeds were amazing!! The only bad thing was that you could feel that the tofu was not fresh but apart from that we have to recognize it taste pretty amazing :)

The pack we bought it was the "tofu flavor" as we were not sure about the prawn or meat - but we will definitely give them a try as soon as we finish this pack! - 

It looks so cute ^^

It's really easy to make, you just unpack to miso paste and the mix of seaweeds, tofu, and broth, and then you add boiling water.

one pack for miso paste and one for the mix

And voilà! You will have this amazing soup for a light dinner or as an appetizer for the following dishes!

Yummy!!

If you live far from an asiatic food shop here we attach you a link from amazon where you can buy a similar one :)

どうもありがとう 

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