Vegetarian Sushi

by Brigid Treloar

When most people think of sushi, they think of raw fish, but you can also make flavorful and visually exciting sushi with just vegetables. Vegetarian Sushi teaches you everything you need to know to make this delicious Japanese dish in your own kitchen. The book covers a wide variety of sushi--sushi rolls, or maki, molded sushi, noodle sushi, omlette sushi, sushi in a bowl--as well as soups, sauces, and pickles to accompany the sushi.

Inside, youÆll find information on equipment and ingredients, tips on how to prepare the rice, and, of course, plenty of delicious recipes, including cucumber and sesame sushi rolls, seasoned tofu rolls, and grilled shiitake sushi.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Cookbooks, Japan, Vegetarian

112 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2001

Reviews

[Lara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read cookbooks just like I do regular books and I hardly ever actually make anything out of them, so I can't really comment on how good the recipes in this are. But it seems like a great overview of the basics of vegetarian sushi and has lots of nice photographs. Oddly, the recipes CAN be vegetarian, but there's a lot of talk about bonito flakes and such. I know there are some people who call themselves vegetarian but who still eat fish (what's up with that?), but for MOST vegetarians, you'd have to sort of leave some things out of the recipes, or maybe do some research on your own about how to make a good vegetarian dashi. Which, you know, kind of seems to defeat the purpose of buying a vegetarian cookbook...

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good cookbook featuring lots of pictures. It discusses sushi presentation and what to eat with it, as well as featuring recipes of those things as well as the actual sushi. As a warning, the dashi stock recipe has bonito (dried fish) flakes in it, but the author tells how to substitute. The pictures are clear and well-taken, and overall the book was very helpful in providing good ideas as well as good recipes.

[Annchan Maulana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book layout is beautiful...each recipe has own color photo.
Ingredients easy to find.
Recipes are easy to follow with easy techniques.
great book for an amatir Sushi maker ^_^"

[Claudia Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t particularly like the egg sections since I’m vegan, but overall it’s a really useful resource on vegetarian/vegan sushi. I checked it out from the library but it’s one I would prefer to keep and I will be using it a few times to make inari and some of the more creative rolls.

[Petra X · Rating 4 out of 5]

Right now I'm not a vegetarian and I do love sushi. But I really hate touching raw fish, and the idea of getting this book was that I could have my cake - or sushi - and eat it. The recipes and pictures are wonderfully inspiring and when I can find all the ingredients (not easy if you don't live in a big city), I will definitely try to make some.

[bicyclephysics · Rating 2 out of 5]

this book was okay. vegetarian sushi made easy by hiroko fukuhara and yasuko takahata was a much better book, in my opinion. there are several mentions of using bonito flakes (dried and smoked fish) for stocks or garnishes, which loses major veggie points for me.

[Carly Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

My absolute favorite recipe in here is for Battleship Sushi - which you will not find this while out eating. Nice and easy to create at home, though! Worth getting the book just for this one.

[Joni · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun cookbook!