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Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Ginger Dipping Sauce


English Version:

These are impressive to present to guests. When they are sliced on the diagonal they reveal a beautiful pattern of ingredients. If you have small individual bowls to put the sauce in for each diner all the better. If not, just one dipping bowl in the center of the table will do. We found blue and white porcelain fan shaped plates with a small indentation for sauce in the Bangkok weekend market and couldn’t resist them. Because they are heavy we brought back two at a time over several trips until we had enough for serving these Spring Rolls .

Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Ginger Dipping Sauce

Makes 20 Spring Rolls
Ingredients for Spring Rolls:

- 20 rice papers about 9 inches in diameter
- 2 carrots peeled and cut into matchsticks about 6 cm long, then boiled for two minutes, then drained
- 8 dried black mushrooms, soaked in hot water 30 minutes, discard stem and slice cap
- 5 pieces baked tofu cut into 4 long pieces, or 20 cooked shrimp
- 50 gr thin dry rice noodles (mie sohun), soaked in hot water until soft, then drained
- 80 gr bean sprouts boiled until cooked, then drained
- 20 tiny scallions or chives - the white part slivered about 6 cm long
- 25 gr mint leaves, washed and dried
- 25 gr basil leaves, either Thai or Italian basil, washed and dried
- salt to taste
- lettuce leaves or banana leaf for garnish

Sauce:

- 1/2 cup lime juice
- 6 Tbl. soy sauce
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 Tbl. honey
- 1 tsp. ginger, minced
- 2 chives or the green part of 1 scallion, minced
- 1 chili, seeded and minced
Directions:

Spring Rolls:

Fill a large shallow bowl with cold water. It needs to be big enough to keep the rice paper flat. Soak one rice paper for about one minute. When it is soft and a bit transparent, carefully lay it on a clean kitchen towel.

Along the bottom 1/3 of the rice paper put about 6 carrot sticks, on top of that put 2 slices of black mushroom, 1 piece of tofu or a shrimp, about 6 strands of rice noodles, a sprinkling of bean sprouts, a few chive slivers, and 3-4 mint leaves.

Start rolling up the rice paper to form a tight cylinder, folding in the side flaps halfway up like you would any spring roll or blintz. However, after you complete one turn add a whole basil leaf and then continue rolling. You will be able to see the basil leaf through the rice paper. It should be a tight cylinder when completed. If it is loose it will fall apart when cut.

Assemble the remaining rice papers the same way.

Note: Once assembled these can be put in a plastic container with a damp paper towel laid over them and tightly sealed for up to 6 hours.

Ginger Soy Dipping Sauce:

Put all the ingredients into a bowl and stir until will mixed. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use. This keeps well for several days refrigerated.

When ready to serve, slice each spring roll in half on the diagonal and arrange on a plate with lettuce leaves or on a banana leaf with a bowl of Ginger Soy Dipping Sauce close by.

Note: You can buy the rice papers at Dijon.

Indonesian Version :

Lumpia Vietnam dengan Saos Jahe

Untuk 20 lumpia

Bahan -bahan Lumpia :

- 20 lembar rice paper

- 2 biji wortel, dipotong bujursangkar kecil memanjang, ukuran 6 cm, direbus kira kira dua menit kemudian disaring
- 8 biji jamur hitam, rendam dengan air panas selama 30 menit, kemudian tiriskan (airnya dibuang). Buang tangkainya, lalu diiris tipis
- 5 biji tahu, yang sudah dioven atau 20 udang yang sudah masak. Untuk tahu, 1 biji diiris menjadi 4 bagian panjang.
- 50 gr mie sohun, direndam dengan air panas sampai lemas kemudian disaring
- 80 gr kecambah, direbus sampai matang kemudian disaring
- 25 gr daun mint (daunnya saja), dicuci bersih
- 25 gr daun basil (daunnya saja), dicuci bersih
- 20 batang daun bawang (yang putih) dipotong ukuran 6 cm.
- garam secukupnnya
- daun selada atau daun pisang untuk alas lumpia

Saos Jahe
- 1/2 cangkir juice jeruk nipis
- 6 Tbl. kecap asin
- 1/4 cangkir air
- 1 Tbl. madu
- 2 biji bawang putih
- 1 tsp. jahe, dipotong kecil
- 2 batang daun bawang yang hijau, dipotong kecil
- 1 cabe, yang sudah dibuang bijinya, dan dipotong halus

Cara Membuat :

A. Lumpia

Rice paper satu per satu di rendam pakai air yang bersih sampai lemas. Taruh handuk dapur/tisue yang bersih di tempat yang datar kemudian di atasnya taruh satu rice paper yang sudah lemas.

Pada bagian ujung bawah rice paper, tambahkan 6 iris wortel, diatasnya tambah 2 iris jamur, 1 iris tahu atau 1 udang, 1 batang daun bawang, sedikit kecambah, mie sohun secukupnya, dan kira-kira 3-4 daun mint lalu digulung. Sebelum gulungan terakhir selesai, tambahkan 1 lembar daun basil, gulung lagi sampai selesai (perhatikan daun basil masih bisa kelihatan dari luar). Juga perlu diperhatikan : waktu menggulung lumpia harus yang ketat. Kalau menggulung terlalu longgar ,akan rusak waktu di potong.

Waktu semua lumpia sudah digulung, kalau mau, bisa disimpan di dalam kulkas lebih dari 6 jam, tapi harus disimpan dalam kotak plastik.

Adapun cara penyimpanan dengan kotak plastik sebagai berikut : Basahi kertas tisu dapur dengan air yang bersih. Taruh dalam kotak sebagai alas. Kemudian taruh lumpia di atasnya. Di atas lumpia, taruh lagi kertas tisu dapur yang sudah dibasahi dengan air bersih. Kemudian tutup rapat kotaknya dan simpan dalam kulkas.


Saos Jahe

Masukkan semua bahan dalam mangkok kemudian diaduk sampai rata dan taruh di dalam kulkas sampai siap makan. Bisa simpan di dalam kulkas selama berberapa hari kalau mau.

Waktu mau makan, satu lumpia dipotong miring (jangan dipotong sejajar) menjadi 2 bagian. Siapkan piring, kemudian taruh daun pisang atau daun salad di atasnnya. Taruh 4 potong lumpia di atasnya . Saos disajikan dalam mangkok kecil kira-kira 3 sendok makan dan taruh di atas piring dekat lumpia. Kalau piring sudah ada tempat saosnya, tidak perlu memakai mangkok kecil lagi.

Pasan: Bisa beli “rice papers” di Dijon.

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