California Roll
By: Yuna Wu
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 5:52pm

Ingredients




4 cups sushi rice
4 sheets of nori (dried seaweed)
1 avocado
3/4 cup crab meat
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

1 Wrap a bamboo rolling mat with plastic wrap. 2 Slice avocado flesh into strips. Combine crab, mayonnaise, and salt in a bowl. 3 Put a sheet of dried seaweed on top of the mat. 4 Spread sushi rice on top of the seaweed and press firmly. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the sushi rice. 5 Turn the sushi layer over so that the seaweed is on top. 
 6 Place avocado and crab lengthwise on the seaweed.  7 Roll the bamboo mat forward, pressing the ingredients inside into a cylinder-shaped sushi.  8 Press the length of the sushi firmly from all sides, then remove the rolled sushi. 9 Slice the sushi roll into bite-size pieces.

About


Dip your hands in cold water before you spread the rice onto the nori with your hands.  This will help prevent rice from sticking to your hands.