Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Vegetable Spring Rolls


Ingredients 

For the stuffing1/2 cup of shredded cabbage
1/2 cup of shredded carrots
1/2 cup of beans cut lengthwise
1/4 cup of boiled hakka/chinese noodles
1 medium onion
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp red chilli powder

For the covering
1 cup all purpose flour
A pinch of salt
2 tsps oil
Water for making the dough

Oil as needed (for deep frying)

Method1. To prepare the filling - pour oil in a pan and sauté the onions till transparent. Next add all the veggies and sauté until tender and add the boiled noodles. Finish off with red chilli powder and salt.
2. To make the covering - make a dough with all-purpose flour, salt, oil and water (just like the dough for making rotis). Set aside for atleast 30 minutes.
3. To make the spring rolls - roll out the dough as given below.
4. Place a teaspoon of the filling in the center.
5. Moist all the sides of the covering and fold it as shown below.
6. Deep fry the spring rolls until brown.
7. Let the spring rolls cool. Cut them into 2-inch pieces and serve with chilli sauce.

Spring rolls go well along with Chinese noodles or vegetable fried rice.


Recipe adapted from Tarla Dalal's 'The Pleasures of Vegetarian Cooking'

17 comments:

  1. Great medley of colorful veggies. You can use ready-bake pizza crust for covering too!Looks festive!:)
    Good job Lakshmi.

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  2. Wow, that was a quick response. Thanks for the suggestion Asha. Glad you liked the recipe.

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  3. looks yummy yummy! I think I'm going to make it this weekend...I like the idea of making your own crust...!

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  4. hai lakshmi
    veg rolls are looking great.it is so simplwna...thanku for sharing such a good one.

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  5. Hi lakshmi
    Your spring rolls look great. Now I am tempted to make some.

    My co-sister used to do the same way, but mix the dough like dosa batter and do dosas and fill it up just like as u do for spring rolls and toast it on tawa for less fat.
    cheers
    rajani

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  6. WOW....these are one of my favorites...but haven't been able to eat them here, will try making them at home this weekend :-) I have some phyllo sheets from my puff making, will try making it with those :-) Thank you !

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  7. lovely post Lakshmi, you are tempting me to make.

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  8. Your Chinese spread looks good, Lakshmi! I love that platter you've used -colorful peppers.

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  9. WOW!Nice receipe and good demo.

    Thanks for sharing.

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  10. You make it look so easy! It looks great, bet it tasted even better.

    Happy Holidays!

    -Trupti

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  11. Hi Vani

    I got the platter from Kohls.

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  12. Never thought spring rolls were so easy to prepare..
    Nice post.

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  13. Lakshmi, lovely recipe, not had spring rolls in a long time you have not prompted me...i love this kinds stuff...thanks for sharing...~smile~

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  14. hey lakshmi.. looks great.Thanks for visiting my blog.

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  15. Lakshmi:
    this is indeed a lovely recipe lakshmi. I loved the idea of having noodles inside.yummy yummy
    Thanks
    Seema

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  16. Yummy.

    If you add a few bean sprouts that will enhance the taste/ texture even more.

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  17. Wow, great recipe. I have never tried. Now I can try with your detailed recipe.

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