Rice · イネ

The Japanese name for rice is Kome or Gohan (ご飯) for cooked rice. You will find Sushi without fish but never without rice. The taste and the condition of the rice are of crucial meaning to the quality of Sushi. Rice, being cultivated in many regions on earth, is available in countless variations. The most suitable rice for Sushi is white, peeled short-grained rice. In no case you should use unpeeled rice. Often you see Japanese rice specially marked as rice to be used for Sushi. Not suitable is the Asian sticky rice for containing loads of starch.