Spring Roll Recipe | Vegetable Spring Rolls

Ingredients

For the Filling

• 3 cups cabbage shredded
• 1 medium carrot about ½ cup shredded
• ¼ cup bell pepper or capsicum julienned
• 2 sprigs spring onions (white & green separated)
• 1 to 2 teaspoons oil
• 1 to 2 teaspoons soya sauce
• 1 teaspoon Rice vinegar
• ¼ to ½ teaspoon Black pepper powder
• salt (if needed)
• 1 cup cooked noodles or half noodle cake (optional)

For Veg Spring Rolls

• 6 spring roll wrappers frozen
• 1 cup oil for deep frying or 1 tbsp oil for baking

Steps

Preparation

1. Put oil into a hot pan and sauté the spring onion whites.
2. Follow with all the vegetables apart from the onion greens.
3. Fry over high heat, stopping when they are half-cooked but still crunchy.
4. Mix the soya sauce and vinegar into the vegetables thoroughly.
5. Stir in the onion greens, pepper and very little salt, then turn off the stove.
6. For the optional noodles, boil until al dente, rinse well and drain fully. Put them with the stir-fried vegetables and fry for a min, then pour in 1 tsp more soya sauce and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
7. Leave the filling to cool completely.

How to make spring rolls

1. Cover the frozen sheets with a damp cloth for 5 to 7 mins, or use the pack's instructions.
2. Lay out a wrapper and put a spoonful of filling on it.
3. Roll one edge inward so that it covers the filling.
4. Fold the sides into the center. Moisten the remaining edge, then roll up the wrapper to seal it.
5. Cover the rolls to keep them from drying out.
6. Heat the oil until hot enough, and check by dropping in a small piece of wrapper.
7. The test piece should rise in sufficiently hot oil without browning.
8. Fry the rolls in the hot oil, stirring so they become evenly golden, then take them out onto kitchen tissue.
9. Offer the vegetable spring rolls hot with ketchup.

Baking veg spring rolls

1. For baking, preheat the oven to 220 C for at least 15 minutes.
2. Brush a generous coating of oil onto the rolls.
3. Arrange on a greased tray and bake for 12 to 13 mins.
4. A wired rack can also be used. If necessary, flip the rolls and bake another 6 mins.
5. Serve the baked spring rolls hot alongside any sauce.