It consists of a portion of compressed rice with a slice of fish on top. Unlike maki, nigiri doesn't have nori seaweed, which ...

Savor sushi in two delightful forms – nigiri, with fresh fish on a small bed of rice, and maki, where rice, fish, and veggies are rolled in seaweed. Each bite, a tasty mix of flavors and textures.

During the Edo period, around the 17th to 19th century, nigiri sushi or hand rolled sushi, was topped with fish or other ingredients. Nori seaweed wrappers were added to sushi in the 19th century.