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Chinese Rolls With Spicy Sauce ( Chinese Cooking )


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Although called chinese rolls, these tasty rolls have their roots in vietnamese cooking. They are delicate and crisp and rolled in rice wrappers before deep-frying in oil. The stuffing is rich in ingredients with shredded vegetables, noodles, and sprouts in good measure. You can mix in chopped mushroom too. These rolls taste best served as a sizzler on a bed of lettuce leaves with a thick spicy sauce poured over it. Serve as it hisses away letting out all the wonderful aromas! try these the next time, they make a great alternative to spring rolls – you will find the rice wrappers in specialty food stores.

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Makes 4 servings


Ingredients


For The Spicy Sauce (makes 3/4 Cup)
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp red chilli paste
1/2 tsp garlic (lehsun) paste
1 1/2 tsp schezuan sauce
salt to taste
2 tsp cornflour dissolved in 1 tbsp of water

For The Stuffing
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp finely chopped garlic (lehsun)
1/4 cup thinly sliced spring onions whites
1/4 cup thinly sliced carrots
1/4 cup thinly sliced cabbage
1/4 cup thinly sliced capsicum
2 tbsp bean sprouts
1/4 cup boiled chinese fine noodles
2 tsp soy sauce
salt to taste

Other Ingredients
2 (8”) rice wrappers
(readily available in the market)

Method
For the spicy sauce
  1. Combine all the ingredients in a small pan and cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes, while stirring continuously or till it thickens. Keep aside.

For the stuffing
  1. Heat the oil in a wok or kadhai on a high flame till it smokes.
  2. Add the garlic and spring onion whites and sauté on a high flame for a minute.
  3. Add all the remaining ingredients and sauté on a high flame for 2 minutes.
  4. Divide the stuffing into 2 equal portions and keep aside.

How to proceed
  1. Dip a rice wrapper in enough water till it softens.
  2. Place it on a flat, dry surface and spread a portion of the stuffing on one edge of the wrapper and fold to make a roll.
  3. Cut each roll into 4 pieces and keep aside.
  4. Repeat with the remaining wrapper and stuffing to make 3 more rolls.
  5. Heat a sizzler plate on an open flame till it is red hot.
  6. While on the flame, pour 2 tbsp of the spicy sauce over it. Place the stuffed rolls on it and top with another 2 tbsp of the spicy sauce. Cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 minutes to get the sizzling effect.
  7. Place the sizzler plate on the wooden tray and serve immediately with the remaining spicy sauce.
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