‘Rainbow Food’ Trend Turns Sushi Into Vibrant, Colorful Rice Rolls

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The ‘rainbow food’ trend that previously hit bagels, pancakes, milkshakes, pizza, latte and grilled cheese has now reached sushi. Colorful plates of this beloved Japanese cuisine are being uploaded to Instagram under hashtag ‘#rainbowsushi’.

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As promised I will join the #sushisaturday @datesandfigs! Didn't had sushi for 100 years?? and I wanted to try #rainbowsushi ?? was so much fuuun! But of course my avocado wasn't ripe..but that's okay? #sushi #rice #doyouevenricebrah #vegan #vegansofig #veganberlin #veganwerdenwaslosdigga #whatveganseat #plantbased #rt4 #cutcarbscutlife #carbthefuckup #govegan #savetheplanet #savetheanimals #beetroot #turmeric

A photo posted by Julia (@meowrufff) on Feb 6, 2016 at 8:37am PST

Some take on their myriad colors via a good mix of natural ingredients, while others have been turned psychedelic via the less healthy artificial food coloring method.

??? #rainbowsushi #eattherainbow #vegan #healthy #fitandhealthy #sushi #food #foodporn #foodie #yummy #lunch #snack #omnomnom #itworks #exercise #workout #fitness #girlswholift #girlswhoworkout #guyswholift #guyswhoworkout #love

A photo posted by chanlyn ॐ (@chanlynxo) on Feb 28, 2016 at 3:30pm PST

Dreams of #sushi ??? regram @prismofthreads #ccinspo #dinnertime #rainbowsushi #veggiesushi #tastetherainbow #eeeeeats #forkyeah #foodporn #charmandchain

A photo posted by Charm & Chain (@charmandchain) on Aug 5, 2015 at 4:00pm PDT

Inspiration for another meal, another day.. #rainbowsushi

A photo posted by Esther Kim (@kim_estherrhealthyblog) on Apr 13, 2016 at 2:08am PDT

Rainbow unicorn sushi ??❤️ by @theindigokitchen Ingredients: 2 cups uncooked sushi rice 1/4 cup rice vinegar 2 tbsp vegan sugar 1 avocado Bell pepper 1 Cucumber 1 sweet potato 1/4 piece purple cabbage 1/2 tsp baking soda Turmeric Beet powder Spirulina 1 tsp gochujang 5 sheets nori Colouring the rice Cook the sushi rice and place it in a bowl to cool and add the rice vinegar and sugar to your own taste. Mix it in using a wooden spoon (this will help prevent the rice to break) To make each colour you take a shallow bowl and put about half a cup of rice and mix in the food colouring. *keep in mind that you just want to colour the rice so don't add to much of each food colouring so you don't alter the taste to much. For red use a bit of beet powder For orange use a mixture of turmeric and beet powder or a small amount of gochujang (for this batch I used gochujang) For yellow add a little bit of turmeric For green use a little bit of spirulina and a pinch of turmeric For blue and purple Boil 1/4 piece of chopped cabbage in about 3 cups of water for about 30 minutes or until you're left with about 1 cup of water. Use this water to cook 1/2 cup of sushi rice and save about 3 tbsp of the purple water to make the blue food colouring. Now you've got your purple rice use some of the remaining white rice you made to make blue. Add about 1 tsp of baking soda to the purple water and it will turn blue, now add this to the sushi rice and mix it well. Assembling the sushi Chop your sweet potato in stripes and roast these in a preheated oven on 450 Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes. Now chop the remaining ingredients into strips. Now get a bamboo roller and cover it with some plastic wrap to keep it clean. Add a sheet of nori and place strips of rice until you've got all the colours and top this with the filling. Now roll the suhsi and wet the end with a bit of water to make it sticky and place it on a platter or chopping board. Once you've rolled all your rolls, wet a sharp knife and slice your rolls to reveal a beautiful rainbow sushi! Enjoy! #letscookvegan

A photo posted by Let's Cook Vegan (@letscookvegan) on May 13, 2016 at 6:18pm PDT

Rainbow sushi – seen first at Bukushi Radlett #rainbowsushi #sushi #innovation #foodporn #hertfordshire #japanese

A photo posted by Bukushi (@bukushiradlett) on Apr 7, 2016 at 7:27am PDT

The perfect pairing! #rainbowsushi

A photo posted by Virtue Ice Tea (@virtuedrinks) on Jan 11, 2016 at 4:06am PST

After a failed mukbang we just threw the ingredients for the sushi and rice in a bowl. That will do hehehe ?? @fruitandhappiness

A photo posted by ELIN // VEGAN // 19 // DUTCH (@vegemate_elin) on May 14, 2016 at 12:43pm PDT

Dinner plans!? #theindigokitchen #rainbowsushi #eattherainbow #fashionscene #sushi #nevernoteating #rainbowcolors

A photo posted by Fashionscene Nederland (@fashionscenenl) on May 11, 2016 at 7:53am PDT

Sushi arcoiris el día de ayer por el día de las madres ? ????? Te amo mamá…. 10 de mayo México Rainbow sushi yesterday for the mother's Day?????? I love you mom…. May 10 Mexico #sushi #japanesefood #rainbow #rainbowsushirolls #rainbowsushi #motherday #Mexico

A photo posted by Jessi Luna (@lunacat1st) on May 11, 2016 at 7:58am PDT

Rainbow sushi for dinner!!! ??? With seasoned rice: turmeric, Chinese chives, beets for natural colouring. ??❤️ With organic cucumber, avocado and broccoli sprouts for filling. Served with pickled organic ginger ❤️?? #vegan #sushi #vegansushi #glutenfree #glutenfreevegan #whatveganseat #whatsfordinner #dinner #vegandinner #veganfood #veganfoodshare #veganfoodporn #vegansofig #eatwell #rainbowfood #rainbowsushi #healthy #homemade #asianfood #vegetarian #bestofvegan #plantfood #plantbased #plantpowered #plantstrong #cleaneating #sodelicious #instafood #picoftheday #eatclean

A photo posted by Xin Ben Yu (@missxby) on Apr 15, 2016 at 4:13pm PDT

Rainbow Sushi w. Sticky Purple Rice by @talinegabriel ? Simple Recipe: Combine 3 tbsp rice vinegar & 1/2 tsp coconut sugar with 1 cup of cooked and cooled sticky purple rice. Press rice onto nori sheet. Place sliced carrot, yellow capsicum, red capsicum, avocado, cucumber and green bean in the very centre. Roll up with sushi mat and cut into pieces. Repeat with remaining mixture. Enjoy! #LetsCookVegan

A photo posted by Let's Cook Vegan (@letscookvegan) on Apr 7, 2016 at 4:30pm PDT

Rainbow sushi – seen first at Bukushi Radlett #rainbowsushi #sushi #innovation #foodporn #hertfordshire #japanese

A photo posted by Bukushi (@bukushiradlett) on Apr 7, 2016 at 7:27am PDT

My kind of Sushi ? @baryr

A photo posted by alineperi (@alineperi) on Mar 28, 2016 at 5:04am PDT