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Avocado, shrimp and cucumber makimono

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Ingredients:
2 cupMedium-Grain White Rice
2 2/3 ozPackage Tamanoi Sushinoko
-Or
3 1/2 tbspJapanese Rice Vinegar
1 tbspSugar, and
1 1/2 tspSalt
7 Sheets Toasted Seaweed
-Sushi Nori
Wasabi Paste, or powder
-mixed to a paste with
-water
1/2 English Cucumber, peeled
-and cut into thin strips
1/2 lbsCooked Shrimp, or Crab
1 largeRipe Avocado, peeled and
-cut into small cubes
1 bunchGreen Onions, green part
-only, blanched until
-wilted
Pickled Ginger
Low-Salt Soy Sauce
Procedures:
1Rinse rice 3-4 times under cold, running water; drain well.
2Put in a heavy pot and add 2 cups water.
3Let soak 30 minutes.
4Bring rice to a boil over medium heat; boil 1 minute.
5Cover, turn heat to low and cook 20 minutes.
6Remove from heat and let stand, covered, for 10 minutes.
7Transfer the rice to a bowl and add the vinegar, sugar and salt (or the tamanoi sushinoko).
8Let cool to room temperature.
9Lay a bamboo rolling mat out so that the bamboo strings are horizontal.
10Top with a sheet of seaweed, shiny-side down (so it will roll easily inward).
11Spread with ?cup rice, leaving about a ? border along the top and bottom.
12Along the horizontal center, put a few dabs of wasabi paste.
13Arrange a few strips of cucumber across this; top with 1/7 of the shrimp and avocado, and a couple of green onion strands.
14To roll, lift the bottom of the seaweed sheet up, just enough to cover the filling.
15Fold the mat over this and squeeze with the fingers of both hands; roll a little, the pull out the top part of the mat a little.
16Continue to do this until it"s completely rolled.
17Set roll aside and repeat with remaining ingredients.
18Cover rolls tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate until serving.
19Using a wet knife, slice each roll into 8 pieces.
20Serve with pickled ginger and wasabi diluted with soy sauce.
21Per serving (?roll): 155 calories, 6 g protein, 26 g carbohydrate, 4 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 32 mg cholesterol, 270 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.