California Roll. A California roll is a fresh take on traditional Japanese rice rolls. Filled with avocado, crab, and cucumber, it's fresh and crunchy and makes a filling meal. You can use real or imitation crab.

Grabbing both nori and the mat, roll the mat over the filling so the extra space at the bottom touches the other side, squeezing down to make a nice tight roll. California Rolls are the perfect place to start. No raw fish is required—just imitation crab—which is typical for this type of roll. You can cook California Roll using 16 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of California Roll

It's 3 stick of crab, quartered length wise.
Prepare 1/4 of cucumber, peeled, quartered length wise.
It's 1/2 of mango, peeled, cut into 12 sticks.
You need 1 of avocado, peeled, cut into 8 slices.
You need 3 of sheets of nori (seaweed).
Prepare 1 tbsp of sesame seeds, toasted.
It's 1 tbsp of black sesame seeds, toasted.
Prepare of Rice.
It's 1 cup of sushi rice, rinsed thoroughly.
It's 1 cup of water.
It's 1 tbsp of rice wine vinegar.
It's 1 tbsp of sugar.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
Prepare of Tezu.
It's 1/4 cup of water.
You need 2 tsp of rice wine vinegar.

All you need is a sushi mat and you're ready to roll! Wash the rice until the water rinses clear. California roll is one of the most popular sushi recipes in the United States. It's a real Japanese sushi roll with sushi rice wrapped with nori (seaweed) and stuffed with cooked imitation crab meat (or real crab meat), cucumber and avocado.

California Roll step by step

Bring rice and water to a boil uncovered. Then lower heat and cover and cook for 15 minutes. Then remove from heat and let rest for 10 minutes..
Combine vinegar, sugar and salt in a small bowl. Place rice in a mixing bowl and pour vinegar mixture over rice. Mix well so that all the rice gets mixed. Then let rice cool before rolling sushi..
Mix tezu ingredients together in small bowl..
On sushi roller, place sheet of nori shiny side down. Place about a cup of rice on nori. Dip fingers in tezu mixture so rice does not stick to fingers. Using fingers, spread rice to all four corners..
Sprinkle sesame seeds on rice..
Flip nori around. Lay crab, mango, cucumber and avocado lengthwise in the front of nori. Then roll..
Cut roll into 8 pieces..
Repeat to make two more rolls..

Ca roll or st roll, assorted fish. CA Roll or ST Roll , Assorted Fish. California Sushi Rolls This tastes as good as any restaurant or store-bought California roll. Plus, it's one of the easiest sushi recipes to make! For best results, do use the sushi rice to ensure the right sticky consistency.