Rice paper rolls (Vietnamese cuisine)

We as a family love Vietnamese cuisine, living in Vietnam for over a decade, we have developed a liking for their cuisine and flavours. 

Aru is very fond of Vietnamese spring rolls or in simple terms rice paper rolls. This version needs less oil, as we shallow fry the well folded rice paper rolls. 

Here is the recipe :

Rice paper rolls (Vietnamese)

10 rice paper  (wet in cold water for 15 seconds each)

For the filling

2 eggs

1 grated carrot

1 medium sized onion finely chopped

1/2 inch ginger grated

5 to 6 pods of garlic crushed

2 table spoon of raw papaya sabzi ( left over from today's lunch)

1/2 tsp of black pepper hand crushed

1/4 tsp salt

2 tablespoon basil roughly chopped

1 tsp sesame oil

Method

* Make the filling ready.

* Wash, peel and thinly slice onion, garlic and ginger.

*Wash, peel and grate carrot

*Wash and roughly chop basil

*Break the eggs and beat it and keep aside.

*In a preheated kadai pour oil, add chopped garlic, onion and ginger, cook for a while or until onion caramelise.

* Now add grated carrot, basil and beaten eggs.

* Reduce the flame, let the eggs blend well with other vegetables, add raw papaya subzi, now add pepper powder, adjust salt. Off stove.

* Wash hands and place a large bowl filled with cold water, carefully place rice paper, dip it for about 15 seconds. Remove and place it on a wooden cutting board.

* Almost in the edges fill a tablespoon of filling, start rolling the rice paper. One fold, and then fold sides, keep rolling, finally finish it by folding the extra paper in the sides.

* Repeat the process, wet rice paper, fill a teaspoon until all the filling is carefully rolled.

* Make sure you don't allow them to touch each other, they may get stuck to each other like siamese twins!!

* In a flat pan pour sesame oil 2 tablespoon, carefully place each rice paper rolls, remember without touching each other!

* Let them turn into a crispy rice roll, flip both sides using chopsticks, if you are not familiar using a chopstick use a flat spatula and carefully flip. But be gentle, we don't want our rice paper rolls to break, don't we?

* Arrange them on a serving plate, serve with hot and sour chilli sauce.

*I am sure you are going to love this simple rice paper rolls.

* I have served it with charred corn and ice tea. Aru just loved it. 

Tips

*You can fill and substitute the ingredients according to your choice, tofu, paneer and those who wish to fill meat use minced meat.

* Enjoy your rice paper rolls with friends and family, This is a starter which can be enjoyed with your choice of beer or wine.