Tuna Rolls

Photo: flickr user psd

Ingredients

recipe cooked rice

3 shts toasted nori (dried seaweed)

3 tablespoons wasabi powder (yields enough prepared wasabi for assembl

1 recipe Seared Tuna (recipe below)

6 scallions (green tops only), thinly sliced

1 (4-ounce) package Japanese radish sprouts (Kaiware) or other sprouts,

shredded Daikon radish or julienned cucumber

8 ounces fresh tuna fillet

teaspoon shichimi (Japanese 7-spice powder) or a pinch of cayenne pepper

cup soy sauce

1 (10-ounce) jar pickled ginger

Good-quality soy sauce for dipping

Prepared wasabi

Preparation

Follow the steps for making the California Vegetarian Rolls, except don't flip the nori and rice over. Put the wasabi and tuna roll ingredients directly on the rice. Moisten the exposed strip of nori with water, and then roll. Wrap in plastic wrap and cut into eight slices.

To make the seared tuna for the tuna rolls, season the tuna with the shichimi or cayenne and marinate in soy sauce 5 minutes. Sear or grill the tuna in a medium-hot skillet spritzed with nonstick cooking spray 1 1/2 minutes each side.

Cut into horizontal strips, against the grain.

Makes 6 rolls.