Last time we had homemade maki, it was my 13-year-old daughter who made them with crabsticks and scrambled eggs. She made some again last night, ditching the eggs and combining crabsticks with strips of ripe mango. No pics of those though. She, her father and her sister were eating as she rolled them.
Anyway, I was rolling some of my own, a little distance from them hehehe. That’s why I was able to take photos of the maki I made with smoked salmon, strips of mango and cilantro (coriander leaves).
The things to remember when making maki… First, the rice must be wet. It needs to transfer some of the moisture to the nori to make them soft and pliable. Second, the rice must have cooled to room temperature to prevent it from “cooking” the nori. Third, ordinary long grain rice won’t do. You have to use a glutinous variety. Rice for making maki is usually sold as “Japanese rice” in supermarkets, sticky and highly aromatic.
Ingredients :
3-4 cups of cooked Japanese rice (cooled to room temperature)
about 100 grams of smoked salmon
1 ripe mango
a few stalks of cilantro (you only need the leaves)
2 tbsp. of rice wine vinegar
some salt
4-6 nori sheets
How to :
No cooking involved here.
Place the rice in a bowl and sprinkle with rice wine vinegar and salt. Toss to blend.
Cut the mango, discarding the stone. Carefully scoop out the meat and cut into strips.
If the smoke salmon is pre-sliced, you won’t have to do anything. If not, cut them into strips the same size as the mango.
Lay out a nori sheet (on a bamboo mat, if using) and spread about half a cup of rice over it. On one side, on top of the rice, lay some smoked salmon, strips of mango and some cilantro. Roll tightly. Repeat until all the rice, salmon and mango strips have been used.
Wet a sharp knife. Cut the maki into rings about half an inch thick. Arrange on a platter and serve with light soy sauce, kalamansi juice and wasabi paste on the side.
Hello Sassy,
Do you find them easy to make (the maki.)?
My surprise my 2 son’s love sushi’s, sashimis etc. We are 5 hours and half away from the capital so i rarely find them at my favorite shop.
Pliable.. sassy in french PLIER (Pli-yer). Is the word originaly from english or french?
don’t know the origin of the word, relly, sorry. i only know it means ‘easy to handle’.
Hi Sassy, I hope you remember me
, I’m the 14 year old girl who comment-ed before (now 15, lol) and I just set up my food blog in relation to my dad giving me an oven! 
yay! lol!
But then do you have any idea on how to change the template?
Thank you.
… on blogspot/blogger that is..
Hi, Cindy! Yeah, I remember you.
Congrats on the new oven.
If I remember correctly (haven’t used Blogger in ages), there is a tab in the admin panel which leads to a templates page.
hello… been a long time I have not eaten maki
never had mango maki
Me and my family love Sushi my dear. Kaya I always keep a stock of Sushi ingredients. Haven’t tried to prepare with mango yet…now I got an idea what to do next
Sha & beng, sarap with mango. Also with cucumber strips. We’re making maki again next week.
PLIER in english means “FOLD”
They look really good, yum
I have never thought of using mango in sushi, I bet it makes them taste terrific… THanks for the pics. 