My mom's pickled ginger was a bit tough and sour, so I make it with the pickling liquid that I learned how to make after I got married. I enjoy making this each year.If you have leftover pickling liquid, try this:.This pickled ginger shouldn't really be kept a long time (it has moisture); this is something to be made fresh every season. It'll keep longer if you use a clean spoon for every use. Since the ginger is tender, this can be eaten right away.Since the pickling liquid is heated, it takes on the pink color right away. Recipe by Gachamaru

I have been making "gari" sushi ginger since I saw a recipe in a book I borrowed from the library some time ago. After making it many times, I've added my own tricks to make improve the results, to create my own gari recipe.The points that I think are important are:● Bring the sweet vinegar sauce to a boil to take the edge of the sharpness of the vinegar● Boil the ginger to eliminate the slightly grassy flavor it has (If you just boil it for 2-3 minutes, it'll retain the crispy texture).● Use good quality vinegar.This gari recipe is quite sweet. Adjust the amount of sugar to taste. Recipe by Raby

If you see beautiful fresh young ginger root at your farmers market or produce section, here in California around September, one with pink tips, buy it to make the delicious sweet pickled thin ginger slices that are served with sushi as a side dish. You can also use the knobs of mature ginger root. Do not use the woody ginger parts of mature ginger. This sweet and spicy pickled shaved ginger is called gari.

I wanted to make a sweet and easy to eat "Gari" (sushi ginger) like the kind you find at sushi restaurants...Adjust the amount of sugar to your liking.The ginger absorbs the flavor faster when thinly sliced.These should turn to a lighter pink than the method used without boiling. Recipe by Hokkori-no

I compared the taste of boiled and unboiled gari made with spring ginger - both had their own unique flavors and were delicious.Adjust the amount of sugar to your liking.The ginger absorbs the flavors faster if it is sliced it as thinly as possible.This gari turned a brighter pink than the boiled version. Recipe by Hokkori-no

I love stuffing inari with various fillings.Store-bought inari abura-age is fine. The pickled ginger I used was finely chopped. If the ginger is too big, finely chop it to make it easy to mix. Recipe by Shampoo hat

Ginger pork and rice go so well together, so I made a sushi roll with the combination.Make sure to wrap the sushi roll securely, and leave it for a while after it's rolled up so it settles down! Thinly sliced pork is easier to roll than pork cut for ginger pork. Recipe by Azumin25

Nankan-age is a type of flat fried tofu or aburaage, that is a traditional food speciality from the town of Nankan in Kumamoto prefecture. Each piece of Nankan-age is big, about 30cm long. They keep well, and have a different texture from regular aburaage. I combined sushi rice flavored with homemade new harvest ginger pickled in sweet vinegar and fragrant roasted sesame seeds with sweet-salty simmered Nankan-age for a "aburaage sushi roll with a twist."By simmering the Nankan-age, it absorbs lots of dashi stock and the flavoring ingredients and improves in flavor and texture. I wrapped ginger and sesame-accented sushi rice with richly flavored Nankan-age. The fillings of asparagus, crab stick and tuna are minimally flavored, to feature the inherent umami of the ingredients themselves. Recipe by Marire-nu

Inari sushi is delicious, isn't it? You can make them just with regular sushi rice but I prefer the texture of the burdock roots so I add a lot of them in.I shaved the burdock roots when I made this for first time, but it was a bit difficult to fit them in the aburaage tofu skins, so I chopped them up this time. It takes more time to cook when it's chopped rather than shaved, so simmer it slowly. Recipe by Pukuttopukumaru

I always used to make inari sushi with yuzu when I lived in Japan. I made it for the first time in ages using frozen yuzu peel, and my family loved it.You can add yuzu juice to sushi vinegar if you like to make it very fragrant, but just adding frozen yuzu peel is fine. For 2 rice cooker cups worth of sushi rice. Recipe by Cookie shiasu

This is my son's favorite eel sushi. When I want to fill him up with eel sushi, it's too expensive to buy packaged sushi. Nigiri sushi is hard to make but pressed sushi is easy to make with seasoned eel, and he can eat to his heart's content. I started making this filling dish at home.There are no difficult steps. You just put the eel on top after making the sushi rice. For 2 servings. Recipe by rokuro

The mackerel sushi I had before at an airport was delicious so I arranged this recipe with gingery sweet and tart rice.The combination of sweet rice and the salty taste of the mackerel is excellent.Add white sesame seeds to the sushi rice if you prefer.Wrap it tight when you wrap in cling film and make sure you shape the bottom of the sushi flat so it will have a beautiful rectangle shape when sliced. Recipe by yaburie