Rolls are a fairly popular food today. They are served for holidays and birthdays, and some consider this food an excellent dinner. But why not diversify your menu from time to time and make cucumber rolls?
Moreover, their filling can be very different. But let’s choose from the huge number of recipes those that are actually worthy of our attention. And we will definitely prepare something.
Of course, it is preferable to make such cucumber rolls at the height of summer, when the garden has its own fresh and tasty cucumbers. But in extreme cases, you can get by with store-bought or market-bought ones.
Rolls with cucumber
There are several techniques you need to master when making rolls. The first, and probably the most intimidating, process is the process of rolling sushi rolls, but believe me, after a couple of tries you can easily master it. The main thing is to twist the roll as tightly and neatly as possible, and then give it a more round shape or, on the contrary, form a rectangle.
It is important to boil the rice correctly; the recipe we offer will allow you to prepare the base for the roll in just 30 minutes - the main thing is to follow the instructions strictly.
Today we suggest preparing hosomaki, that is, sushi rolls with one filling and a small thickness; for this we will cut the nori sheets in half. The filling will be a cucumber; when choosing cucumbers, make sure that they are without large seeds; if the seeds are large, they must be removed.
Cucumber rolls are very simple, so this is a great option to start mastering the process of making sushi rolls - try it and you will definitely succeed!
Useful tips
There are several simple tricks that will allow you to quickly master the basics of making rolls, avoid making gross mistakes and bring the dish to perfection.
- All ingredients must be fresh;
- When starting to cook for the first time, do not deviate from the recipe; strictly adhere to the specified proportions;
- It is advisable to have a sharp knife in the house - it is convenient for cutting fish, finely shredding the remaining components of the filling, and separating sheets of nori;
- Before rolling the rolls, the mat should be covered with cling film. This makes it more convenient to create the desired shape, and the mat will remain clean;
- Rice for rolls should stick together easily, but not be boiled to the point of porridge. After cooking, it must be thoroughly mixed with the dressing and cooled as quickly as possible. It should be barely warm, but not completely cold;
- The rice dressing is prepared using special rice vinegar, but it can be replaced with white wine vinegar. As a last resort, use regular vinegar with a drop of fresh lemon juice;
- Rinse hands in water with lemon juice while forming rolls.
Japanese cuisine is delicious, healthy, and dietary. They will help add variety to the daily menu and become the highlight of a festive feast. Based on traditional cucumber roll recipes, you can create an endless number of unexpected and daring treats. This is a challenge to the chef’s imagination, an inexhaustible source of experimentation.
How to prepare “Cucumber Rolls” step by step with photos at home
To prepare the rolls you will need 3-4 sheets of nori, cut in half, rice, small fresh cucumbers.
Rinse 300 g of rice well under running water until the water washed off becomes almost clear.
Pour in 350 ml of cold water and bring to a boil over high heat without a lid.
Then cover with a lid and cook for 12 minutes, reducing the heat to low. Then remove from heat, and without removing the lid, let it brew for 10 minutes.
Prepare the dressing: combine 2 tsp. rice vinegar, 2 tsp. sugar and 2 tsp. well warm boiled water - stir everything well until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Pour the dressing into the hot rice and mix everything carefully, cool the rice to room temperature.
Peel the cucumbers and cut into thin strips.
Place rice 0.5-0.8 mm thick on half a sheet of nori, so that 0.5-1 cm of nori sheet uncovered by rice remains on one edge - this is necessary so that the sheet sticks well into a roll.
Ingredients for cooking
In order to make one medium-sized portion, you need:
- Nori sheet - half will be enough;
- White sushi rice - 2-3 tablespoons and sushi vinegar, which is made from rice vinegar, sugar and salt;
- Japanese horseradish - wasabi;
- Cucumber - you can take both regular and Japanese greenhouse cucumber;
- Black sesame seeds - approximately 1.5-2 teaspoons;
- Warm water;
- Well sharpened knife and board;
- Sushi mat and cling film;
The simplest recipe
This snack option also has a second name – “five-minute”. The filling for it is prepared from soft cheese and a lot of herbs.
What ingredients will you need?
For the dish you need to take:
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
All that remains is to put the snack in the refrigerator for 20-25 minutes, after which you can serve the treat to the table.
What can I add?
The filling for vegetable rolls can be varied with additional ingredients. For example, add sun-dried tomatoes, olives or capers, cut into miniature pieces, to soft cheese.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
To make the treat look more impressive, place it on a large flat plate covered with lettuce leaves. Top the appetizer with any greens. For example, chopped dill is good for this purpose. Greens can be used both fresh and dried.
With curd cheese
Cucumber rolls with different fillings are always prepared very quickly.
Especially if the filling does not require boiling the ingredients in advance. For example, such recipes include the option with cottage cheese and red fish. Its calorie content is approximately 98.93 kcal per 100 g.
And his BJU:
| BJU | Value in g per 100 g |
| Squirrels | 6,68 |
| Fats | 5,01 |
| Carbohydrates | 6,89 |
What ingredients will you need?
For the dish you need to take:
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
All that remains is to refrigerate the appetizer for 7-8 minutes and cut it into 3-4 equal parts.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
The finished appetizer can be decorated with several small dill branches. It tastes best served with soy sauce. Not only a classic product, but also a product with various additives is well suited for this. For example, mushroom or garlic.
“Redfish cucumber rolls”
So, the “teapot” (that is, me) mastered a new simple recipe - to quickly make something that can be served to the table with at least some degree of originality.
Otherwise, the usual piece of bread and fish (sandwich type), well, is already very boring. Besides, what if there is no bread? What if you’re trying to give up flour? In general, I tried to make simple “rolls” from fresh cucumbers and red fish in 10 minutes. Of course, there is nothing special or complicated here at all, but I still liked the combination of taste, the type of presentation, and the ease of production.
REQUIRED:
- Long cucumber
- Any curd cheese
- Fresh dill
- Red lightly salted fish. I got into the habit of grabbing trout at the Lenta hypermarket near Moscow - 199 rubles. for 200 grams, on sale, very tasty:
As usual, I “dealt” with the cucumber using a vegetable cutter, which cuts cucumber slices very thinly:
The thinner the slice, the more comfortable it is to “work” with it:
I cut the fish into small pieces, mixed it with cottage cheese and added finely chopped dill. Mixed it all up
And then she simply began to roll out rolls, spreading the “fish-cheese-dill” mixture on the cucumber:
Due to the “stickiness” of the curd cheese, nothing slips out when twisting, which is very convenient:
Twisting/wrapping a cucumber is very easy and comfortable:
Since the cucumber slices are very thin, nothing unwinds and lies on the plate very roughly, waiting to be devoured
I REALLY liked the simplicity and taste. So I’m adding it to my “piggy bank” of recipes for the “teapot”.
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With crab sticks
Cucumber rolls with different fillings will go perfectly with crab sticks. The latter should be chosen not frozen, chilled. This product is much juicier and softer. To make the filling more interesting, you should also add cheese, eggs and garlic. Greens will complement it perfectly.
For example, sprigs of dill.
What ingredients will you need?
For the dish you need to take:
To make the taste of the snack more interesting, you can add not only grated crab sticks, but also small shrimp. The latter are pre-cooked, peeled and chopped into miniature cubes.
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
All that remains is to carefully roll all the strips with the filling into rolls and serve.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
To make the snack tasty and crispy, it should be cooked immediately before serving. You can use any fresh herbs to decorate the resulting dish. Dill and parsley are perfect.
Cucumber rolls recipe
Preparing this original snack will not take much time and effort, and the end result will look fresh and unusual on the table.
To prepare a unique variation on the theme of Japanese national cuisine for 6 people you will need:
- 3 fresh cucumbers (without large seeds);
- 1 egg;
- 120 g processed or soft cream cheese;
- 1-2 large garlic cloves;
- 30 grams of dill or any herbs to taste;
- 80 g mayonnaise or thick sour cream;
- skewers for fastening finished rolls.
Cooking time: from 2.5 hours to half an hour. Time in the kitchen - 15 minutes.
Calorie content per 100 g: 320 Kcal.
How to make original cucumber rolls:
- Place the processed cheese in the refrigerator for 2 hours (20 minutes in the freezer), then coarsely grate it;
- Boil the egg in boiling water for 10 minutes, cool, grate on a medium grater;
- Grind the peeled garlic cloves with a press;
- Finely chop the greens;
- Mix all filling ingredients in a bowl along with mayonnaise or sour cream;
- Wash the cucumbers, dry them, cut them lengthwise into thin slices. It is better to choose long and thick vegetables with small seeds so that they roll well with the filling;
- Place a teaspoon of filling on one end of the cucumber base, carefully roll it up and secure it with a skewer or toothpick.
With sprats
Cucumber rolls with different fillings can even be prepared with canned fish. For example, it is delicious to combine vegetable bases with sprats cooked in oil. You should choose large fish. The calorie content of such a dish is approximately 144.78 kcal per 100 g.
Cucumber rolls stuffed with sprats.
And his BJU:
| BJU | Value in g per 100 g |
| Squirrels | 8,46 |
| Fats | 10,35 |
| Carbohydrates | 4,44 |
What ingredients will you need?
For the dish you need to take:
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
All that remains is to twist the rolls and secure them with toothpicks.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
Before serving, you should cool the appetizer. Afterwards it is laid out on any plate of suitable size and sprinkled with herbs.
Cucumber rolls with sprats - an interesting step-by-step recipe at home
If you like unusual dishes and you love sprats, then you will definitely like this version of rolls. Tender, juicy and aromatic - this is how this recipe is described by those who have tried it.
What you will need:
- cucumber – 1 pc.
- mayonnaise – 50 grams,
- garlic – 4 cloves,
- sprats - 1 jar,
- dill – fresh or dried.
It is best to take natural homemade mayonnaise. In this case it will turn out even tastier.
How to cook
Wash the cucumber, dry it and cut it into thin long strips.
Chop the dill, squeeze out the garlic, mix everything with mayonnaise.
Open the jar of sprats and drain the oil.
Place a teaspoon of mayonnaise mixture on one side of each cucumber strip, put the sprat and wrap it in the form of a roll. If necessary, secure with a toothpick.
Serve as a light appetizer that will please all your guests.
With shrimps
Cucumber rolls with different fillings are very tasty and satisfying with the addition of large or small shrimp. To speed up the cooking process, it is better to use already boiled and frozen seafood.
Even if you don’t have time to process them, canned ones will do.
What ingredients will you need?
For the dish you need to take:
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
All that remains is to fill the cucumber rolls to the top with rice and decorate them with cooled shrimp (whole or pieces).
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
You can serve the treat to the table immediately. If it is being prepared for a festive table, it would be appropriate to use red caviar for decoration. To prevent the dish from turning out too expensive, even an imitation of a natural product will do. Caviar is randomly sprinkled on top of the finished rolls with filling.
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Description
Difficulty: medium
Rolls are a traditional Japanese dish. Rolls are traditionally wrapped in the form of a roll, using a special mat for this. Rolls come in different varieties, with different fillings, with fish, avocado, shrimp, squid, and vegetables. My favorite and easiest roll recipe is with melted cheese and cucumber.
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Recipe Ingredients
With red caviar
If desired, red caviar can be immediately added to the filling of the treat.
To do this, you only need to take about 100 g. Both large and small red caviar will do.
What ingredients will you need?
For the dish you need to take:
Step-by-step cooking process
The cooking process includes several stages:
To prevent the snack from losing its shape, each roll should be secured with a toothpick.
Rules for serving dishes, decoration
If you don’t have caviar on hand, you can replace it with small pieces of red fish. Olives or pitted olives are perfect for decorating the treat. They are chopped in half and laid out next to the finished snack.
Nutritional and energy value:
| Ready meals | |||
| kcal 2932.6 kcal | proteins 195.9 g | fat 124.2 g | carbohydrates 259.8 g |
| Portions | |||
| kcal 733.2 kcal | proteins 49 g | fat 31.1 g | carbohydrates 65 g |
| 100 g dish | |||
| kcal 192.9 kcal | proteins 12.9 g | fat 8.2 g | carbohydrates 17.1 g |
Recipe for “Rolls with salmon, cheese and cucumber”:
Wash the rice thoroughly. Then place the rice in a cooking container and fill it with water. There should be one and a half times more water than rice. First, measure the amount of rice with a mug, and then fill it with 1.5 times the amount of water. For flavor, add garlic cloves cut in half. You can add kombu seaweed, but if you don’t have it in stock, that’s okay. Bring the rice to a boil, reduce the heat to low and cook for 10-15 minutes. During this time, the water should be completely absorbed into the rice. Then turn off the heat and leave for another 10-15 minutes.
