About the Recipe
A "donburi" in Japanese means a dish of meat, fish or vegetables served in a bowl on a bed of rice. This is a great way to serve sashimi if you don't have the time of inclination to make sushi rolls.
Ingredients
450g cooked Japanese rice
2 tbsp sushi vinegar
130g sashimi grade fresh salmon
130g sashimi grade fresh tuna
2 seafood sticks
3 small shiso/oba leaves (optional)
4 slices of cucumber
4 slices avocado
Preparation
to make sushi rice, add the sushi vinegar to the rice in a large bowl when the rice is still warm and mix genetly with a large spoon or spatula in a slicing motion so that the vinegar is absrobed without mashing the rice
set aside to cool
(if not prepared by your fishmonger) using your sharpest knife, carefully slice the salmon and tuna thinly into 6-8 slices
cut the seafood sticks in half diagonally
shred the shiso/ oba leaves for garnishing
place 1/2 of the sushi rice in a serving bowl and arrange half of the sliced salmon onto the rice, then lay 2 slices of avocado next to the salmon
next, place half of the sliced tuna next to the avocado, then 2 slices of cucumber
lastly place 2 pieces of seafood stick on the rice
top with the shredded shiso/oba in the centre
repeat for your second serving
serve with soy sauce & wasabi