California Rolls

Description
Makes at least 8 rolls to serve 6-8.

Ingredients

 * 3 cups cooked sushi (short-grain) rice
 * Pinch of sea salt
 * 2 tbls. brown rice vinegar
 * 2 tsps. ume plum vinegar (available in health food stores)
 * 1 tbl. mirin (rice cooking wine)
 * carrots, avocados, cucumbers, green onions or any choice of
 * vegetables for centers
 * nori sheets (seaweed paper)

Directions

 * 1) Cook rice with sea salt.
 * 2) Mix the vinegars and mirin and add to rice while it is still hot. Blend and refrigerate.
 * 3) Make the sushi vegetable centers by dicing or cutting vegetables into sticks.
 * 4) Use any combination of vegetables that you like.
 * 5) Using a straw sushi mat or a piece of plastic wrap, place a sheet of nori flat.
 * 6) Add about 2 tablespoons of the rice mixture on the nori, arranging it about an inch from one edge.
 * 7) Place some of the vegetable mixture in the rice and roll tightly.
 * 8) Place the roll in plastic wrap and refrigerate. When ready to serve, cut into 1 1/2- to 2-inch pieces.
 * 9) Serve with tamari or soy sauce that has been mixed with a small amount of Wasabi horseradish.

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