Vietnamese Spring Rolls - A Healthy and Gluten Free Recipe
Vietnamese spring rolls are quick and easy to make. The ingredients consist of mainly vegetables and prawns - a healthy and delicious choice for health conscious beings. The spring rolls are wrapped with rice paper and are suitable for those who are on a gluten free diet.
Spring rolls will be ready in less than 30 minutes
List of condiments for making the special dipping sauce
2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1-2 tablespoons fish sauce
Mix all the dipping sauce ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
Ingredients for spring roll
- 1 packet rice paper (16 cm round)
- 100 grams rice vermicelli
- 10 large prawns
- 2 carrots
- 4 iceberg lettuce leaves
- 2 large tomatoes
- A handful of fresh mint leaves
- 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- A pinch of salt
- Pepper
Preparation
- Put the rice vermicelli in a pot and pour boiling water over it.
- Place the pot on the stove and boil for another minute.
- Remove the pot from the stove and discard the water.
- Pour cold water over the rice vermicelli and soak for 15 seconds.
- Discard the water and set aside the rice vermicelli for later use.
- Wash and shell the prawns. De-vein the prawns before cutting them into smaller chunks.
- Heat up a saucepan with 1 tablespoon of cooking oil.
- Fry the minced garlic until fragrant. Add in the prawn chunks, a pinch of salt and pepper.
- Cook the prawns for about two minutes and remove from heat. Set aside to cool.
- Peel and grate the carrots. Cut the tomatoes into thin slices. Cut the lettuce and mint leaves into strips.
Preparing the ingredients
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Wrapping the spring rolls
Soak a sheet of rice paper in warm water for about half a minute or until it starts to soften. It should feel soft like a piece of cloth. Spread out the rice paper on a moist cheesecloth. Put a small amount of lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, prawns, mint and rice vermicelli near the bottom end of the rice paper. Fold the bottom end of the paper over the ingredients to cover them. Fold in the left and right sides so that none of the ingredients are peeking out. Carefully roll the wrapped ingredients firmly towards the other end to make a spring roll. Continue making the spring rolls until all the ingredients are used up.
Serve the spring rolls with dipping sauce.
How to wrap the spring rolls
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