Sushi: Japanese Raw Fish Dish

Sushi is a typical Japanese food that is popular around the world or is becoming popular today. In countries other than Japan, Sushi uniquely flourishes its own country food culture, such as Sushi with Apocalis, Cheese, Fried Prawns, and others in it. Currently, overseas any Sushi can already be enjoyed easily in Sushi Bar or Japanese Restaurant.

Sushi is a Japanese food consisting of rice formed with side dishes of raw or cooked seafood, meat, vegetables. Rice sushi has a sour taste that is gentle flavored with a mixture of rice vinegar, salt, and sugar. Initially sushi is a preserved food, in the 4th century BC in Southeast Asia, Fish fermented and stored in rice and salt. This rice is only for storing fish, so it seems to be thrown away without eating. How to save this fish has also reached Japan, then in the Heian era eaten as Nare Zushi. Japanese people who like rice, since the Muromachi era eat the fish without wasting the rice, then in the Edo era came the idea to make Haya Zushi without fermenting the fish and then mixed with wine to make the rice taste sour.

It is said that the habit of preserving fish by using rice and vinegar comes from the mountains of Southeast Asia. The scientific basis behind the process of fermentation of fish packaged in rice is due to the vinegar produced from the fermentation of rice decompose amino acids in fish meat. The result is one of five healthy basic tastes. Sushi can be prepared with white or brown rice. It is often prepared with raw seafood, but some common sushi varieties use cooked ingredients, and many other types are vegetarian. Sushi is often served with pickled wasabi, ginger and soy sauce.

The common ingredient in all types of sushi is vinegared sushi rice. Fillings, toppings, condiments, and preparation vary widely. Sushi is generally classified based on the form of rice, such as:

• Nigirizushi
• Oshizushi
• Chirashizushi
• Inarizushi
• Narezushi

Sushi is a food of raw rice and raw food that is easily decayed. These foods are formed with hands that do not wear gloves. The attachment of various microbes to sushi is difficult to avoid. Sushi purchased for take-away in summer or in a tropical country should be eaten immediately so as not to cause stomach upset.