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Japan, Food, Sushi, Maki, "Ebi Tempura California Roll” with crispy baked Tempura prawns, avocado, fresh cucumber & with wasabi mayonnaise wrapped in nori leaves, rolled in sushi rice, coated with roasted Seasam, Gari & Wasabi.

 

California Roll or California Maki is usually rolled inside-out, originally containing cucumber, crab & avocado, optional mayonnaise, rolled in a Nori leaf. Sometimes the outer layer of rice of an “Uramaki”, a reversed or inside-out roll, is scattered sometimes with toasted roasted sesame seeds or with red or golden Tobiko, the roe from flying fish,

 

One of the most popular styles of sushi in the United States & Canada is the California Roll & has been influential in sushi's global popularity by inspiring sushi chefs everywhere in the world to create new versions added to the traditional sushi cuisine.

 

•…& as always, there are quite a few stories which identity the “Creator” of the California roll. Between the 60th & 70th been cited as the dish's originator by several chefs, restaurant owners & what a wonder, some food writers claimed to be the first one to write about a California Roll, several chefs from Los Angeles have been cited as the dish's originator, as well as a chef from Vancouver. Regardless of who invented it, after becoming a favourite in southern California the dish became popular all across the United States by the 1980s & from there internationally.

 

However & whoever, I think the California Rolls are a great addition to the traditional Sushi Heritage.

 

📌... a short info about sushi & its history;

Even if sushi, also spelled zushi in the USA, is regarded as a typical Japanese dish all over the world, sushi does not originally come from Japan but finds its roots in the 2nd century AD in China.

Salted fish preserved in rice, which was only eaten after a fermentation period, was described as sushi. Even today, this method of preparation, "Funa Sushi" in Japan is the oldest type of sushi, although sushi first made its way to Japan from China in the 7th century AD by Buddhist monks. The current form of sushi originated in Japan during the Edo period from 1603-1867.

 

In China, due to a food shortage, this way of preserving fish was discontinued & sushi ceased to exist in China. In contrast to Japan, a country that has always been dependent on fully exploiting its own resources, people were looking for the possibility of sushi; in this case sushi means the fish, to combine it with the rice in such a way that the rice was also edible. This was achieved by pressing the fish, which was marinated in salt & rice, with a heavy stone in order to seal the fish airtight & thus facilitate the process of lactic acid fermentation.

Even today, when preparing sushi, the rice is compressed in some form & the rice is always seasoned with rice vinegar, sugar &salt.

 

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