Self-Serve Hand Rolls

C came over for dinner last night and we had one of my favorite easy summer meals, which consists of a few different things that you can roll into your own handroll. J had a bowl of yamakake, which is just grated mountain ham and cubes of tuna mixed with soy sauce and wasabi.

The recipe for the handroll is simple:

• 2 cups of shrimp, peeled, deveined, cooked, and chopped coarsely
• 1 cup of tobiko or masago (tobiko are bigger, have more pop, and cost more)
• 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon white sugar
• 1 package of radish sprouts
• a plate of sashimi of your choice
• 1 package of sushi seaweed
• a few bowls of sushi rice

Mix the shrimp, fish roe, two tablespoons of mayonnaise, and half teaspoon of the sugar. Mix well and add more mayonnaise and sugar if you like. That's it! Roll with the other ingredients as you see fit.

Here's a photo of how I assemble mine. Fold a large (about 10x10) piece of seaweed in half. I use about two tablespoons of rice to make a triangle one third of the way in from the seaweed, top with all the fillings, then roll starting from the short side. Dip in wasabi and soy sauce!