STEEMIT CULINARY CHALLENGE #38: Vegan Sushi Rolls

Hello everyone, your tio luis here <3

Let me start by saying that I love you all

and you are amazing, you are beautiful and you are capable of doing everything you want.

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This week the challenge is a Vegan one which comes perfectly as I have adopted a vegan

based diet for the last week and for more weeks to come :)

The benefits are just amazing, there is nothing with some meat here and there but I love

how I feel with this plant based diet and the energy levels it provides me with

So for this week I prepared this raw vegan sushi roll with some home made sour kraut

Delicious!

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We will need:

carrot

cucumber

green onion

cilantro

avocado

nori sheet or which ever sushi wrapper of your preference

jicama (for the rice)

sour kraut (optional for extra filling)

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we will start with our rice since it is the one that might take the longest.

hmm, look at this beauty! Thanks @jaymorebeet for sharing the link on how to make

this awesome collages :D

Back to business

• first, we need to peel all that skin and if it is a good jicama most likely will have a lot

of skin, I use a knife since it is easier, yes there is some waste but once you get skilled enough

you can get most of it with out wasting a lot and for the price... Using a peeler is not an option

• after clean we will chop it down to manageable pieces 1 or half an inch cubes, it doesn't

even have to be cubes have in mind it will end up in the food processor and tiny.

• after we pulse it to the desired size which is close to rice grain we have to squeeze most

of the Jicama juice out of it or we will end up with soggy sushi rolls :S

• once almost dry I'm not saying it has to be sand dry just not wet, we are ready to proceed

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Move on to the carrots and I have this marvelous tool called julienne peeler which will give me

the strips of carrot I need for this amazing meal :D (is the silver one on the left)

look at this <3 beautiful and E z

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now to the green onion!

We also need thin strips of it and the best way to get them is to get a little knife and

make a whole lot of string out of a green onion tail :D

like this

lovely job tio :D by the way the cilantro we just need to rinse since we want the whole piece

moving on.. the avocado we will slice

I usually like to get around 10 slices per every half avocado since I don't need them super thick but is up to you

you can also just smash it or add more instead of sour kraut

For the cucumber, we need to peel it, cut it in half, seed it and also do thin strips

now that we have all our mise in place we are ready to assemble :D

look all this beautifulness of fresh organic produce <3 The Best!

Time to fill that nori

we start with cucumber at the bottom to provide structure

next, we place cilantro and the carrots, I like to do it this way because it will also

add a layer of insulation and will protect the nori sheet from getting super soggy

after we add a layer of rice, sour kraut and the avocado.

Remember you can add whatever you desire for this meal. Some jalapeno sound amazing

To close we need to get the opposite end of the nori sheet wet

I don't know if you can see it but just grab some water with your finger tips

and run them across the nori sheet, making sure it gets really moist.

We are ready to roll!

Gently lift the bottom with both of your hands and start rolling with a firm grip

not too firm that you will break the paper but firm enough so it won't be loose.

If it happens to break on you because it happens, dry nori is super delicate

Well if that happens just drop everything on top of another nori and try again :D

or you can snack it as nori tortillas hahaha. Don't worry sushi rolling ain't easy.

But you can always try again until you get it

I also made a really good and simple sauce to go with it

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I just mixed

1 tsp sesame oil

1 TBS rice vinegar

2 TBS coconut aminos (like soy sauce but no soy)

and stir it up it was delicious and went amazing with my sushi :D

look at this!

Also I made a jicama limeade :D

YES! there is no reason to waste all that delicious jicama juice. I just added some lime and since

jicama is sweet naturally, I did not have to add anything else different than ice

It was delicious.

Thank you so much for looking and good luck everyone <3

Soy tu tio

Have an awesome week :)

Cheers