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Sudare

Sudare mat

Sudare mat. © Denzil Green / 2005

A sudare is a small, flexible mat made from strips of bamboo to help you assemble and roll up maki sushi.

The mat is usually about 20 cm (8 inches) square.

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  • 1 Using a sudare mat
  • 2 Cooking Tips
  • 3 Substitutes
  • 4 Language Notes

Using a sudare mat

To use a sudare, you put a large, flat piece of seaweed (“nori“) on the mat, leaving about 2 to 3 cm (an inch) space on all edges. Spread rice evenly on it, put your chosen sushi fillings on top of the rice, then roll the mat up tightly, causing the food inside to be rolled up as well. Roll slowly, pressing as you are rolling. Roll it up as you would a jelly roll, roll away from you.

Then you open the mat, and cut up your sushi roll into slices.

Cooking Tips

If you are not serving the sushi right away, and don’t need the mat to make another roll with, you can leave the sushi roll rolled up in the mat for a while to help stop it from drying out.

Substitutes

A clean, flexible plastic table place-mat or a baking mat.

Language Notes

“Maki” means “to roll.”

Sudare mat

Sudare mat. © Denzil Green / 2005

Other names

AKA: Maki-su, Sushi Mat, Sushimaki Sudare
Japanese: Maki-su; Sudare; Sushimaki Sudare

This page first published: Jun 29, 2004 · Updated: May 23, 2022.

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