Insert Ginger Yourself: This Is How The Sushi Side Dish Works

So you can pickle ginger yourself

Although pickled ginger is often eaten alongside wasabi paste as an accompaniment to sushi, that’s not its intended purpose: the ginger was originally intended to neutralize flavor between sushi bites.

1. First, you should note that there are two different types of pickled ginger: amazu and umezu. The former denotes ginger pickled in rice vinegar, the latter pickled in plum vinegar. Which variant you choose is up to you.
2. To pickle ginger yourself, you first have to peel a root and slice it into fine slices.
3. Then sprinkle the ginger with about a teaspoon of salt and let it rest for at least an hour. The following applies here: the longer it rests, the better the result.
4. Boil a cup of rice or plum vinegar in a saucepan and add 50-100g of sugar. You have to try for yourself how sweet you want the ginger to be.
5. Now add the ginger and let everything simmer briefly. You can then decant the ginger into mason jars.
6. Place the ginger jar tightly closed in the fridge and let the ginger steep for at least a day.
7. Done, you have put in the ginger yourself and can enjoy the sushi side dish. The pickled ginger can be kept for several months, provided it is properly cooled.