Ingredients

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Serves 2

For cooking the rice see base recipe

• 100g (½ cup) round sushi rice
• 2 tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 large can tuna in water
• 1 ripe avocado
• 60g (¼ cup) ricotta
• a handful of sesame seeds (white and/or black)
• 1 tsp dried chili or Sriracha sauce (or more to taste)
• 1 tbsp fish sauce (nuoc mam, optional)
• a little lemon juice

If you change the number of serving, consider adjusting cooking times!

A version that marries Japanese cuisine with the creaminess of Italian ricotta. For a less light version, you can replace it with mayonnaise.

Preparing the sushi rice

1. Cook the rice in a pot according to package instructions. When cooked, let cool for about ten minutes, then add the rice vinegar that you’ve brought to a boil with the sugar and salt.

Preparing the topping

2. Meanwhile, cut the avocados into cubes or slices and squeeze a little lemon juice over them so they don’t turn brown.

3. Drain the tuna, flake it, and mix with the ricotta. Add the fish sauce, add the chili or sriracha sauce if using.

Assembling the rice bowl

In a bowl, add the rice, gently pack it down with the back of a spoon, then add the avocado, tuna, and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

For another version with salmon, I recommend my salmon avocado cucumber rice bowl or in the same spirit, the sushi cake.

And if you’d like to organize a sushi meal or appetizer party, I’ve created a complete roundup with an assortment of sushi, maki, rice bowls, etc… in the article sushi variations.

Tips and time management

Ricotta is an alternative to mayonnaise and brings creaminess without the fatty taste.

Since fish sauce is salty, if you use it, there’s no need to add salt to the rice vinegar.

To serve unmolded rice bowls, I recommend using a presentation ring or lining the bottom of the bowl with plastic wrap - it will be very easy to unmold after putting it in the fridge for about ten minutes.

If you like rice bowls, you might be tempted by a sweet version of the fruit rice bowl.