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Wash rice.
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In a container, add water.
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With your hand, stir rice in a circular motion for 10 seconds and drain water.
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Repeat process 2 more times.
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Make sure all the water is drained before adding to pot.
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In a pot, add washed rice.
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Add 2 1/2 cups water.
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Place lid on and turn heat to high.
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Once rice water starts to boil, reduce flame to low.
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Cook rice for 30 minutes over low flame.
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After 30 minutes, turn off heat and let rice sit in pot with lid on for another 10 minutes.
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While rice is cooking, cut vegetables.
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Peel carrot and slice into long thin pieces.
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Cut cucumber about the size of the width of seaweed and slice into thin pieces.
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Slice avocado in half.
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Then with your hands, twist into two halves.
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With the knife, remove pit.
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With spoon, carefully scoop out avocado and then slice into thin pieces.
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In steamer pot, add some water.
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Place carrot in steamer and place lid on pot.
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On oven top, after steam starts to rise, steam carrot for 7 minutes.
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With knife, poke carrotcarrot should be soft yet still intact.
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Prepare sushi dressing for rice.
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In a small bowl, add vinegar, salt and sugar.
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With small spoon, dissolve sugar and salt into vinegar.
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With a rice paddle, mix rice.
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Add sushi rice vinegar mixture and mix into rice.
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On a cutting board, lay out seaweed sheet.
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With rice paddle, lay out sushi rice evenly and thinly.
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Sprinkle sesames seeds on rice.
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Closer to edge of seaweed, lay cucumber slice first, then carrot and then avocado.
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Now youre ready to roll sushi.
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With your hands, raise seaweed edge and start rolling.
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As you roll, apply a little pressure with your hands to tighten the roll.
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With a bread or sharp knife, cut off the end of the roll and then slice roll into 1-inch pieces.
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Finally, sprinkle sesame seeds on top.
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Serve with some soy sauce and wasabi.
