Yummy lunch! It is very easy to get ingredients for Vietnamese cooking at my area, most of the Asian grocery shops here are owned by Vietnamese. There is a street where all the Asian shops are, Tak and I called it "Chinatown". We shop there pretty often but today I bought the rice papers for the first time. On the way back home I stopped by at fish market and bought some cooked prawn. Life is easier these days, a lot of ingredients sold in the shop are ready-to-use.
The spring rolls were easy to make, tasty and healthy. It is like having the salad wrapped in the rice paper. The common main ingredients are prawn, lettuce, shredded carrot, cucumber and bean vermicelli. But, do let your imagination run wild a little and give your tastebuds a kick with any other ingredients you like. As for the sauce, I would recommend soy and fish sauce based homemade sauce. This sauce is also good for Thai Mango Salad.
Sauce:
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cm ginger, minced
2 bird-eye chilli, sliced
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp light soy sauce (I prefer Chinese brand)
1 tsp fish sauce
Sauce:
1 clove garlic, minced
1 cm ginger, minced
2 bird-eye chilli, sliced
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp light soy sauce (I prefer Chinese brand)
1 tsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
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Thanks! Beautiful photos and the spring rolls are perfect as heart friendly finger food! They sound and look soo good!
ReplyDeletecant wait to see what other bloggers bring to table!
ReplyDeleteI love making rice paper rolls, but yours turned out much more elegant and presentable than mine usually do!
ReplyDeletebrilynn, thanks for the compliments. I think I am in love with this rice rolls too, so easy to make compare to chinese one. well, usually i make my own wrapper (pancake?) for chinese spring rolls.
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely, totally perfect for heart friendly finger foods.
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely, yes indeed. I take them on my list. :)
ReplyDeleteI friend had her mom make me something similar to these. They were so, so tasty! Your picture looks so refreshing and light. Yum!
ReplyDeleteHello Lydia,
ReplyDeleteare you blogging under new blogger? I do; and tried to implement the logo, in vain. With me it only shows an empty frame. So, if you could give me a hint, I would be glad. :))
helene, am blogging under new blogger. Do you mean the heart logo? I actually saved it to my PC then I post it as usual. Hope this help.
ReplyDeleteHello Lydia,
ReplyDeleteme again. How did you succeed getting it saved. I tried to upload the url, but it showed only a white frame again.
Sorry for troubling you, but perhaps you have a clue. :)
Hi Helene... try this > cursor at the picture and select "save picture as", then save to your pc. I tried to copy url too but did not work so I copy the picture instead. Hope this time work... :)
ReplyDeleteHello Lydia,
ReplyDeleteyou´re an angel to me. I finally succeeded, and now I know how it works with my computer- hope I remember next time. :)) You made my day!! :))