Unicorn Sushi
Unicorn Sushi, A Magical, Rainbow Sushi Recipe Kids Can Make Themselves
Unicorn Sushi is where rainbow colours meet kitchen confidence. This fun, kid-friendly sushi recipe swaps traditional white rice for bright, playful coloured rice that little hands can roll, slice and proudly serve. It’s the perfect activity for birthdays, school holidays or weekend kitchen fun, and a brilliant way to introduce kids to basic knife skills, rolling techniques and creative food play.
Whether you’re making it for a lunchbox surprise or a unicorn-themed party, this magical sushi is all about confidence, colour and having fun in the kitchen. And yes… it tastes as good as it looks.
Make sure you still serve it with all the usual suspects!
Need
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The Sushi Rice
- 400 Grams sushi rice
- 1 Litre water, for steaming
- Hoppers Food Colouring 4 different colours of your choice, we used pink, blue, yellow and orange BUY
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The Sushi
- 6 nori sheets
- 1/2 avocado, sliced
- 1/2 capsicum/bell pepper red, sliced
- 1/2 capsicum/bell pepper yellow, sliced
- 1/2 cucumber, sliced
- 100 Grams smoked salmon (optional)
- tamari or soy sauce, wasabi for dipping
- Pink Pickled Ginger to serve Recipe
Do
- 1
Place simmering basket on top of Thermomix. Weigh in 400g of sushi rice. Rinse well.
- 2
Place 1 litre of water into Thermomix bowl and insert basket. Cook 20 min/Varoma/speed 1.
- 3
Tip rice into 4 smaller bowls. Add a splash of sushi vinegar to each bowl and colour each a different colour of choice with food colouring. Stir well to combine.
- 4
Lay out a nori sheet on a sushi board. Arrange the rice in stripes using all colours, making sure the first and last colour on the nori sheet are not the same colour. Top the rice with avocado, vegetable slices and salmon if using.
- 5
Roll up tightly and slice.
- 6
Serve with all the usual accompaniments.
Served with
Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of nine, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.
Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!
