Sushi is a famous Japanese dish that is currently being served and enjoyed worldwide in Japanese restaurants. This Japanese food is considered to be very popular in Japan and is mostly prepared during celebrations and other special occasions. The original dish was pickled fish that had been preserved using vinegar. But today it can be defined as any kind of cooked rice that contains other ingredients with the wasabi as a condiment. The rice in this case is referred to as Shari and other ingredients. The ingredient that is commonly used is sea food.
The name of this dish means sour tasting hence one is expected to eat a meal that has a sour taste. There are many different recipes of the dish but the most common ingredient used is rice. One may easily describe the dish as a fish sandwich and some of the varieties are as follows.

Gunkan is made of rice that is moulded into a cup and dried sea weed that is filled in with sea food and other ingredients. The very common types of gunkanzushi include the sea urchins and the eggs of the fish.
Nigiri is made out of rice and fish. The rice is rolled into balls with the fish placed on top. They make use of tuna fish, eel, squid, shrimp, fried eggs or octopus to create a variety of nigirizushi.
Chirashi uses such rice where it is spread on with seafood, vegetables and mushrooms.
Inari is a sushi dish considered to be the cheapest and it is made of rice that is stuffed into tofu bags that have been deep fried.
Oshizushi is made by pressing fish on rice. The rice is placed in a wooden box. One can use different types of wooden boxes.
Norimaki is a combination of the rice with seafood and other ingredients that are rolled sheets of dried sea weeds. They differ in the thickness of the rolls and the ingredients that have been used in making the norimaki. They are not popular in Japan but are mostly consumed in other countries and are very popular.
Temaki meaning hand rolls are nori sea weeds that have been made into cones and the cones are filled with rice, seafood and vegetables.
Sushi is Japanese food that is characterised by a lot of sour tasting rice that has added vinegar, vegetables and sea foods. The diet is rich in sea foods hence a lot of sea protein that has been broken down to amino acids, minerals and vitamins. It is a diet that that has its roots in Japan and has spread all over the world. One can find it in Chinese and Japanese based restaurants. Chefs all over the world are coming up with different recipes to create more exotic dishes.

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