Sushi among lovers of oriental cuisine is very popular. This dish is ordered home delivery services, bought in restaurants and bars. But not many people know what land was originally, how it appeared, what process of evolution has passed and how much has changed, reaching our days.
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Sushi first appeared in South Asia. The preparation of this dish began with the purification of sea fish. Then it was poured with layers of salt and laid under oppression on each other. After a few days, oppression was removed and left under the lid for several months. During this period, the fish managed to ferment and became ready to eat. Current sushi lovers are unlikely to be attracted by the smell that came from the fish. By the way, rice was not originally used for making sushi, it was served as a separate dish.
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Sushi was prepared in this way until 1900, then adjustments were made. The famous Japanese chef Yohei decided that he should abandon the fermentation process of fish, he began to serve sushi with raw fish. This has become a tradition of cooking this dish, which to this day is not interrupted. Other masters immediately connected to such a process, and soon various styles (Kansai, Edo) of sushi preparation appeared.
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Kansai sushi consisted of a large amount of rice, after cooking the dish was placed in an edible beautiful shape. Edo sushi was more abundant in fish (since the city where these sushi was prepared was located on the shore of the bay, this made the fish more common and affordable), but they included rice, though in the form of a modest little lump.
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Over time, rice became one of the main ingredients of sushi, it began to be prepared with vegetables, fish, mushrooms and other products, this gave the dish a new unusual taste. Rice fermentation was avoided by the addition of seasonings, rice vinegar, sugar, salted water, sake, mirin and seaweed. Seafood, fish and vegetables were added to the cooked rice, then the sushi was kept under oppression for some time. This recipe was very fond of the people of Japan, they began to open eateries, shops and restaurants where people could order sushi of all kinds.