Monday, January 22, 2018

VIETNAMESE SPRING ROLLS


Ingredients:
1/3 kilo       Lean, Ground Pork 
2 pcs.         Medium Carrots, peeled and minced
5-7 pcs       Black mushrooms, washed, dried and minced
200 grams  Vermicelli noodles, soaked in water for few mins., drained, then cut into
                   into about 1-1/2 inches long
1 tbsp         Garlic, chopped
2 pcs.         Medium Onion
                  Salt and pepper
20-30 pcs   Medium, Lumpia Wrapper

Paste:   1/4 cup Flour
              1/2 cup Water

  1. Saute garlic and onion in cooking oil.  Then add the ground pork, after a few minutes season with salt and pepper,  stir, then add the carrots, mushroom and vermicelli noodles.  Cook for another 5 minutes, then set aside to cool it down.

2.  Meanwhile, prepare the lumpia wrappers.  In a small saucepan mix the water and the flour, cook over low fire until the mixture becomes thick.  It should be a bit liquidy, add more water if needed.  It should be easy to spread and not lumpy.


3.  At the same same, prepare the paste that we'll use to seal the rolls


4.  Take a lumpia wrapper and place it on a big plate or a flat surface (as shown on Figure 1).  Then put around  1 1/2 tablespoons of the filling at the centre of the bottom third of the rice paper (shown on Figure 2), forming the filling into a sausage like shape, fold each of the sides in and over the sausage shape, roll over tightly, squeezing out any air as you go, and put a little bit of the paste (shown on Figure 3) then place your roll (seam-side down to secure) on a plate (Figure 4).

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

5.  Repeat until you have used up your filling.

Figure 4

FOR THE COMPLETE PROCESS OF 
HOW TO WRAP A LUMPIA (Spring Roll / Egg Roll)
Please watch the video HERE  

6.  Pour enough vegetable oil in a frying pan for deep-frying your rolls in medium heat and when the oil is ready, fry the spring rolls in batches of 3-4 until crisp and golden brown, them put on a plate lined with paper towels.

7.  Serve whole or cut in halves on a serving plate with dipping sauce on small bowls, here we used the store bought UFC Sweet Chilli Sauce.  Enjoy!



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