Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls| Vegan rice paper rolls

Vietnamese rice paper rolls is an easy snack. Great way to use your left over noodles and salad too. All you need is some rice paper roll wrappers from Asian supermarkets. Fresh spring rolls look colorful and appetizing. Just serve this plant-based vegetarian rice paper rolls with some satay sauce or a spicy ketchup. Rice paper continues to amaze me each time I use it. It is so thin yet strong enough to hold everything together. These summer roll which are not fried or air fried like normal lumpia or spring roll recipe. Learn to make this easy appetizer here which is light and tasty. Perfect for summer!

They are healthy and filling and can be a great starter along with momos, thukpa and other Tibetan/Vietnamese/Malay/Chinese soups in winter. You can have them with tomato chilly salsa, or some oriental sauces like hoisin sauce or some peanut butter sauce.

They are a great snack and healthier than having popcorn and burgers during your favorite match or movie at home. You can make them hot and fresh and enjoy it while the game lasts or prepare the filling one day early and just set them to steam instantly. People love having these salad rolls, all over the globe. From Singapore to India, from Vietnam to Australia, Cambodia to USA, people have connected to this oriental dish very quickly You find them everywhere, in live counters and outdoor parties, upscale restaurants to oriental diners.

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Equipment

• mandolin slicer
• saucepan
• large bowl / wide plate

Ingredients

• rice paper sheets/ spring roll wrappers
• noodles
• green, yellow & red bell peppers or any fresh veggies of your choice.
• water
• peanut sauce / satay sauce for serving.

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Instructions

1. In a saucepan, boil noodles as per your packet instructions. Slice the peppers lengthwise.

2. Take warm water in a large plate/bowl. Dip a sheet of rice paper in the warm water for 3-4 seconds.

3. Move the wet rice paper to a clean kitchen towel

Place peppers at one end, leaving enough space to roll the wrapper.

4. Add the cooked noodles on top.

5. Fold them by rolling it twice to make a wrap as per the pictures below.

6. Close the edges from left and right to make an envelope.

7. Roll again to seal the wrap and enclose it. Repeat for all the filling.

8. Serve fresh rolls with satay sauce or spicy peanut dipping sauce.

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Variations

• You can use any vegetable you like in the filling along with rice noodles. Crunchy green onion, red cabbage or purple cabbage, steamed tofu can be added as per your choice.

• Another variation is to use avocado,carrot strips,noodles,red peppers with coriander.Slice the avocado with the skin first, it makes it easier to peel them off later.

Substitutions

If you are a non vegetarian, you may use minced meat as a filling for rice paper rolls along with veggies and noodles. You can also add soy sauce tofu to this filling for vegans.These are an oriental delicacy which are served as appetizers. It can be served for both vegetarians and non vegetarians depending on the choice of ingredients.

You can work with the best of ingredients whether its carrots, peppers, red cabbage, crispy chickpeas and beans. Add piece of lettuce, fresh herbs, sesame seeds for some crunch.

Meat lovers can make it with chicken, quail eggs, fish, beef or pork or if you are a sea food lover, you can choose prawns or fish. All you need is a steamer and rice paper cover.

Storage

Store it in refrigerator for 1-2 days.

FAQ

Conclusion: Vietnamese spring rolls are a great way of using rice paper wrappers for a crunchy snack.