Fancy sushi? Try this vegan sushi recipe in which, in addition to avoiding fish, we replace the rice with cauliflower and cashews. Exquisite raw makis!
This vegan sushi recipe will surprise you, with its taste and texture. Like other vegan sushi, it doesn’t have fish, but it also differs in the fact that it’s made only with raw ingredients, full of nutrients and vitality.
These are cauliflower and turmeric makis in which, in addition to achieving the balance of flavors typical of Japanese cuisine, cooked rice is avoided, which is replaced by other raw vegetable ingredients that provide similar textures and sensations, but also many more nutrients.
CAULIFLOWER MAKIS RECIPE (RAW VEGAN SUSHI)
In this raw vegan sushi recipe, the rice is specifically replaced by cauliflower and cashews (instead of cashews, pine nuts can also be used), and they are simply crushed to obtain a “fake rice”. Cauliflower in raw vegan cooking is a very versatile ingredient that offers many possibilities, including replacing rice.
With shiitake mushrooms, sprouts, avocado and spices and other healthy dressings, we complete a filling that gives the makis an exquisite flavor.
This way we get delicious, light, completely vegetable makis and without the need to cook any rice!
Ingredients for 4 people
- 4 sheets of nori seaweed
- 300 g cauliflower
- 150 g cashew nuts (or pine nuts)
- 1 tablespoon turmeric powder
- 1 tablespoon agave syrup
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1 avocado
- 1 handful of sprouts
- 4 spinach leaves
- 2 shiitakes
- 1 red pepper
- 1 tablespoon wasabi powder
For the sauce:
- 60 ml tamari
- 1 piece of finely grated ginger
- the juice of half a lemon
Preparation:
- Prepare the dough that will replace the rice by chopping the cauliflower and the cashews or pine nuts. Season that dough with turmeric, agave syrup, and vinegar.
- Open the avocado, peel it and cut it into quarters. Finely chop the spinach and julienne the pepper and shiitake.
- Place a sheet of nori seaweed on a sushi mat. You can also use a rag or cling film.
- Spread the cauliflower and nut “rice” over the leaf, leaving a narrow border on both sides and the bottom free, and a slightly wider one on the top.
- Place on top of the false rice, forming a line, a quarter of avocado cut into halves, the sprouts, the spinach, the pepper and the shiitake mushrooms.
- Roll up so that you have a very firm, very compact roll.
- Cut the tube into eight pieces and repeat the process with the rest of the leaves.
You can prepare a dressing by mixing all the ingredients of the sauce and serve it as an accompaniment.
