Rainbow Sushi
This bright colourful rainbow sushi will be a hit with your kids. vibrant crunchy vegetables combined with smooth cream cheese makes for a perfect sushi mouthful.
I will also take you step by step through rolling the perfect sushi roll with a bamboo mat, but if that sounds a bit fiddly then you can always make hand roll sushi or sushi balls instead.
Ingredients you will need
Ingredient Notes, Substitutes, & Alternatives
- Red: Capsicum/bell pepper
- Orange: Carrot, capsicum/bell pepper, smoked salmon
- Yellow: Capsicum/bell pepper
- Green: Cucumber, avocado, snow pea shoots, spring onions
- Purple: Beetroot:
- Cream cheese: I like to add an ingredient that has a creamy texture to bring together all the crunchy vegetables. This could be avocado or sushi mayonnaise.
- Nori: Nori sheets: Seaweed sheets can be found in most grocery stores.
- Sushi rice: This is an easy stove top sushi rice recipe or try making sushi rice in an instant pot.
Step-by-step instructions
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my Rainbow Sushi recipe, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.
Step one: Prepare your colourful vegetables and cream cheese by cutting them into thin long batons. I use a block of chilled cream cheese to make my cream cheese sticks.
Step two: Lay a nori sheet with the shiny side down on your bamboo mat.
Step three: Spread ½ a cup of sushi rice evenly over two thirds of the nori sheet. I use a wet spatula to do this.
Step four Lay the prepared sushi fillings horizontally on top of the sushi rice. Sprinkle some water on the part of the nori that is rice free.
Step five: Use your bamboo mat to firmly roll up the nori sheet, rice and fillings into a rainbow sushi roll.
Step six: Cut your sushi roll into 6 pieces. I use the star point of the knife to pierce the nori sheet, then cut through where I have pierced the sushi.
Enjoy!
Tips & Tricks
Here is how you can make this Rainbow Sushi perfectly every time!
- Water is your friend whenever you are making sushi. Keep your hands and utensils damp when you are handling sushi rice, this will stop it sticking to everything.
- Less is more when it comes to the amount of rice you use. Don't spread the rice too thickly over the nori sheet.
- Once rolled you can actually use the bamboo mat to tighten the roll even further. I double roll my sushi, ie a form the roll with the bamboo mat then I will roll again with the mat, this will make sure your roll is firm.
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How To Make This Recipe Suitable For Baby-Led-Weaning
- To make sushi suitable for baby led weaning skip the seasoning when you make the sushi rice as this can be high in salt and sugar.
- Choose soft fillings that are finger squishable and do not pose a choking risk, such as avocado, cooked carrot, cooked sweet potato, cooked beetroot, cream cheese.
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Rainbow Sushi
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Equipment
- 1 Bamboo mat
Ingredients
- 2 nori sheets
- 1 cup sushi rice (cooked)
- ½ red capsicum
- ½ carrot
- ½ yellow capsicum
- 2 beetroot slices thick sliced canned beetroot .
- ¼ cucumber
- 20 grams cream cheese block
Instructions
- Prepare your colourful vegetables and cream cheese by cutting them into thin long batons. I use a block of chilled cream cheese to make my cream cheese sticks.
- Lay a nori sheet with the shiny side down on your bamboo mat.
- Spread ½ a cup of sushi rice evenly over two thirds of the nori sheet. I use a wet spatula to do this.
- Sprinkle some water on the part of the nori that is rice free.
- Use your bamboo mat to firmly roll up the nori sheet, rice and fillings into a rainbow sushi roll.
- Cut your sushi roll into 6 pieces. I use the star point of the knife to pierce the nori sheet, then cut through where I have pierced the sushi.
Video
Notes
- Water is your friend whenever you are making sushi. Keep your hands and utensils damp when you are handling sushi rice, this will stop it sticking to everything.
- Less is more when it comes to the amount of rice you use. Don't spread the rice too thickly over the nori sheet.
- Once rolled you can actually use the bamboo mat to tighten the roll even further. I double roll my sushi, ie a form the roll with the bamboo mat then I will roll again with the mat, this will make sure your roll is firm.
- Red: Capsicum/bell pepper
- Orange: Carrot, capsicum/bell pepper, smoked salmon
- Yellow: Capsicum/bell pepper
- Green: Cucumber, avocado, snow pea shoots, spring onions
- Purple: Beetroot:
- Cream cheese: I like to add an ingredient that has a creamy texture to bring together all the crunchy vegetables. This could be avocado or sushi mayonnaise.
- Nori: Nori sheets: Seaweed sheets can be found in most grocery stores.
- Sushi rice: This is an easy stove top sushi rice recipe or try making sushi rice in an instant pot.
Nutrition
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