sushi mat

Bamboo rolling tool

A sushi mat is a small flexible mat made of thin bamboo sticks woven together with cotton string, used to roll sushi—particularly maki rolls.

The mat provides even pressure while shaping rice and fillings into a tight cylinder: She laid the nori on the sushi mat and spread the rice evenly.

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seaweed · maki · roll · inside out roll · kitchen · Japanese · Japanese cuisine · slats · sticky · rice vinegar · vinegar · chef · pressed · cylinder · tight · wrapped · California · wasabi

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Family

sushi, mat, mats, matted, matting

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G