Chirashi Sushi is also known by the names Bara Dushi and Gomoku Sushi, with differences in their meaning depending on the location where it’s made.
The ingredients mixed into the rice and the toppings, as well as how the ingredients are arranged, vary widely from region to region, household to household, and season to season. These toppings include thin slices of crepe-like egg, thinly sliced roasted seaweed, shrimp, slices of sashimi, etc. Chirashi means scattered, thus the Chirashi part of the name.
The rice is then covered with a myriad of toppings which are “scattered” over the top. The base of Chirashi Sushi is Sushi Rice that has flavored, often lightly cooked vegetables chopped into small pieces (and sometimes cooked or marinated fish as well) mixed into it. What Chirashi Sushi has in common with the above types of sushi is the use of Su-Meshi, -but that’s it! There is no shaping or molding of the rice it’s usually placed in a large container that makes for easy mixing. You’d be surprised just how many varieties of sushi there are! There are many other types of sushi as well, including Maki Sushi, cylindrical rolls formed by using a small bamboo mat Inari Sushi, which are seasoned pockets of deep-fried tofu filled with sushi rice Temaki Sushi, a cone shaped roll of roasted seaweed which encloses sushi rice and various fillings Oshi Sushi, common in the Kansai area, a bed of rice topped with fish or other toppings pressed into a square shape using a mold.
Considered a snack, or fast-food, it was sold by street vendors in Tokyo, eventually finding its way throughout all of Japan and becoming popularized throughout the world. Nigiri sushi made its appearance in Japan during the Edo period, around 1820, and consisted of a small hand-formed oblong of Su-Meshi (rice seasoned with vinegar, also called “sushi rice”) on top of which usually rested a piece of Sashimi, or raw fish, which was dipped in soy sauce and eaten. When most of us hear the word “Sushi,” most likely the first thing we think of is nigiri, or hand-formed, sushi.
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