Vegetable Nigiri

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Red capsicum plays the portion of tuna, and coins of meaty king oyster mushrooms look similar scallops successful this vegan sushi, beauteous capable for an elegant New Year's Eve meal enactment appetizer.

King oyster mushrooms, Japanese rice, ponzu, vegetarian dashi premix and wasabi tin each beryllium recovered astatine Asian supermarkets.

The reddish capsicum needs to marinate for 3 to 4 hours astatine country temperature. (It tin marinate overnight, successful the refrigerator. Bring to country somesthesia earlier making the nigiri.)

Ingredients

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Servings: 6-12 (makes 12 pieces)

1 mean reddish doorbell pepper
1/4 cupful vegetarian dashi (from a store-bought premix oregon homemade; spot related recipe)
1 cupful Japanese-style short-grain achromatic rice
1 cupful positive 1 tablespoonful water
3 tablespoons seasoned atom vinegar
2 king oyster mushrooms (a.k.a. king trumpet), preferably nary bigger than 1 1/2 inches successful diameter
1/2 spoon ponzu sauce
Prepared wasabi (optional)
Pickled oregon caller sliced jalapeño pepper
Coarsely grated caller ginger
Finely chopped chives (optional)