Smoked salmon and avocado sushi rolls - maki sushi

Ingredients

Rice :

• 2 cups japanese rice
• Water (to remove starch)
• 3 cups water (to cook rice)
• 5 Tbsp rice vinegar
• 1/2 Tbsp salt
• 3 Tbsp sugar

Makis :

• 5 nori sheets
• 1 water bowl

Stuffing :

• 8 oz smoked salmon
• 1.5 avocado

Materials

• Plastic foil
• Bamboo mat
• Rice spoon
• A baking tray
• Sharp knife

Preparation

• Rice :
  Rince rice until water is clean to remove starch.
• Cook the rice :
  Put the rice and cold water in a pot and cover. When the water beggins to boil, lower the heat and cook covered for 10 to 15 min. Remove from heat and leave to rest for 10 min covered
  
• Prepare vinegar sauce :
  Pour vinegar in a pan, and warm it up (it shall not boil). Add sugar + salt and mix. Pour this mix in the rice and mix gently.
• Cool the rice : spread it on a baking tray.
  
• Meanwhile, cut the salmon and the avocado into slices.
• Classic sushi rolls :
  Cut the nori sheet in half and put it on a bamboo mat covered with plastic wrap. Prepare a water bowl to humidify your hands before using the rice. Spread rice on 3/4 nori, leaving a 0.4 inch border on top of the sheet.
  
• Put the stuffing in the center. Humidify the empty border of the sheet.
• Roll the sushis :
  Bring the nori border in front of you to the border between rice and nori. Press on the mat to form the roll. Remove the mat and roll again to close.
  
• Humidify a sharp knife. Cut the roll in 2 and then cut the 2 rolls in 3 parts.
• California rolls :
  Cut the nori sheet in half and put it on a bamboo mat covered with plastic wrap. Prepare a water bowl to humidify your hands before using the rice. Spread rice all over the nori sheet surface. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Flip the nori sheet.
  
• Put the stuffing in the center of the nori sheet and humidify the top of the sheet.
• Roll the California rolls :
  Bring the nori border in front of you to the 3/4 of the sheet. Press on the mat to form the roll. Remove the mat and close the roll by rolling it again.
  
• Humidify a sharp knife. Cut the roll in 2 and then cut the 2 rolls in 3 parts.
• There you are, your sushis rolls are ready !