Vegetarian Crispy Spring Rolls Homemade Food

VEGETARIAN SPRING ROLL

Steps:

• Prepare the cabbage but chopping into small pieces, add in 2 tbsp of salt, massage the salt into the cabbage, and set it aside for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, squeeze out all the excess water and set it aside.
• In a pan, drizzle in oil and turn the heat to medium. Add in shredded carrots, chopped green onion, and sliced shiitake mushroom. Drizzle in soy sauce and saute for 2-3 minutes.
• To prepare the vermicelli noodles, let them soak in cold water for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, drain the water, and using a scissor cut into small bite-sized pieces.
• In a large bowl, mix cabbage, saute veggies, vermicelli noodles, chopped cilantro, 3 tbsp of Vegetarian Oyster Sauce, 1.5 tbsp of Mushroom Powder, and 2 tsp of white pepper.
• TIP: take a tsp of filling, microwave for 30 seconds, and taste to see if you like the seasoning before proceeding.
• Mix 2 tbsp of flour and 1 tbsp of water to create a thick roux.
• Take 1-2 sheets, add the filling in the middle, roll the bottom up. Fold in the two sides, tuck and roll, add in flour roux at the bottom before closing it off.
• Deep fry for 4-5 minutes or until crispy and golden brown.

CRISPY PORK & VEGETABLE ROLLS

Steps:

• Blend the cornflour with 3 tbsp cold water to make a paste to stick the rolls together. Put the noodles in a heatproof bowl, pour over boiling water to cover and leave for 3 minutes. Drain. Cool under running cold water, then drain well, tip into a large bowl and snip into small pieces with scissors.
• Add the pork, garlic, carrot, mushrooms, coriander, soy sauce, sugar and pepper. Mix together well with your hands.
• Take one wrapper out of the pack and put it on a board (keep the rest covered or they will dry out). Cut the wrapper in four and put a heaped teaspoon of filling onto one side of each square, brushing the sides with paste as you go (1), fold over the end, then the two sides (2) and roll up (3). Make the rest in the same way. Cover and chill until needed.
• Heat about 3cm of oil in a wok or frying pan, add half the rolls and fry until crisp and golden, about 2-3 minutes. Drain on kitchen paper and cook the rest. Serve on a platter with lettuce leaves, mint sprigs and a small bowl of dipping sauce. Get each guest to take a leaf of lettuce and a mint spring, then wrap it around a roll with a slick of sauce - a lovely combination.

CHINESE CRISPY SPRING ROLLS

Steps:

• Shred vegetables to the same size and shape as bean sprouts.
• Heat 2 tbsp oil in wok and stir-fry vegetables for 1 minute.
• Add salt, sugar, light soy sauce, and rice wine.
• Stir-fry 2 minutes more; drain and cool.
• To make a spring roll, cut the wrapper in half diagonally.
• Place 1 tbsp of veggie mixture one-third of the way down the wrapper, then turn the wrapper so the small tip of the diagonal is pointing away from you.
• Fold the wide edge of the wrapper over the filling and roll over one time.
• Fold in the sides, and roll the wrapper away from you one time more.
• Brush the upper edge of the wrapper with cornstarch paste (to make cornstarch paste, simply mix 4 parts cornstarch to 5 parts cold water, and stir till dissolved).
• Finish rolling the spring roll, keeping it a bit tight.
• Sprinkle some flour on a baking sheet (to keep spring rolls from sticking), and rest the spring rolls there, flap side down, while you finish making the other rolls.
• To cook, heat the oil in a wok or fryer until hot, then reduce the heat to low.
• Fry the spring rolls in batches, making sure not to crowd, cooking until they are golden and crispy, about 2-3 minutes.
• Remove rolls from oil and drain on paper toweling.
• Serve hot with soy sauce, or sweet and sour and hot mustard, if desired.

VEGETARIAN CRISPY SPRING ROLLS (HOMEMADE)

Steps:

• Dough/Rolls.
• Add flour and corn starch to a bowl.
• Add salt and then hot water.
• Stir until dough forms.
• Optional: add 1 egg and beat until batter is of creamy consistency.
• Heat oil in a pan and add batter with a spoon and let dough cover the pan thinly.
• Bake like pancakes on both sides until dough has set.
• I usally get 6-8 spring roll wrappers out of this batter.
• Stuffing.
• Heat oil in a pan, add onion, carrots and garlic and let fry until translucent.
• Add crumbled tofu (minced meat consistency/shape) and stir.
• Add soy sauce(s), sambal oelek (to taste, I like a lot) and sesame oil.
• Let fry until hot.
• Now add beansprouts and take off heat.
• Add filling to pancake/roll wrappers and fold edges in and roll up.
• Heat oil (just cover the pan with oil) and fry spring rolls until lightly browned and crisp.

VEGETARIAN SPRING ROLLS

Steps:

• Place the noodles in a bowl and pour over enough boiling water to cover. Let stand for 4 minutes.
• Drain, rinse in cold water and drain again.
• Cut into 2-inch lengths.
• Heat the peanut oil in a wok over high heat.
• Add the garlic, ginger, scallions, beansprouts, cabbage and carrot and fry for a minute.
• Stir in the sesame oil, soy sauce, rice wine, pepper, cilantro and mint and take off the heat.
• Stir in the rice noodles.
• Arrange the wrappers on the counter, pointing diagonally.
• Spoon a bit of the filling onto the bottom corner of the wrapper.
• Roll the point of the wrapper over the filling, then fold the side points inward over the filling.
• Continue to roll up the wrapper away from you, using a bit of water to seal the roll if needed.
• Brush with oil and bake in a 400 F oven until crispy, about 15-20 minutes.
• You may want to flip the spring rolls halfway through baking.
• You can also freeze these unbaked and then bake from frozen. This will take about 25 minutes.