Great sushi relies principally on two ingredients - rice and fish. Compromise on either and the results will be disappointing.

This is very high-quality, short-grained Japanese rice for making sushi. The almost ball-like grains retain starch better than longer-grained varieties helping it bind together as the base of nigiri sushi. The rice also makes a great side dish, seasoned with furikake seasoning, as well as forming the base layer of a donabe meal.

To use the rice in sushi, cook and then fold in sushi vinegar, or rice vinegar, sugar, salt and dashi for a homemade version. This vinegared rice is then truly ready to be called sushi rice, sumeshi or shari.

Ingredients: Milled rice