Summer Rolls with Peanut or Thai Dipping Sauce
Ingredients for your rice paper summer rolls:
Rice paper sheets
Rice noodles, cooked according to packet instructions
Mange Tout
Edible flowers – I like to use a variety of colours, with purple being a favourite
Butter lettuce
Carrots, cut into thin strips
Red cabbage, cut into thin strips
Cucumbers, sliced into thin strips
Fresh mint leaves, sliced finely
Fresh coriander leaves, picked from the stalks
Creating your summer rolls:
- Cook your noodles according to the package instructions.
- Soften your rice paper by placing it (only for 10-20 seconds) in lukewarm water. Take care not to soak it for too long. You want it to be pliable & easy to work with but not soggy. Gently remove it from the water with both hands & gently lay it down on a damp cloth.
- Remember that when adding your filling, you are deciding what the size of the summer roll will be. Take care not to add too much of the filling. Place the filling more towards the bottom third of the rice paper sheet.
- Start by putting an edible flower & a mange tout in the middle of the rice paper round.
- Use the lettuce as a ‘cup’. Holding it in your hand & fill your lettuce cup with about a ¼ cup of veggies & two tablespoons of n noodles to the wrapper.
- If you are using a protein like tofu, shrimp or pork mince, add it now.
- To bring the roll together, fold up the top & bottom parts over the salad in the middle. Now, tucking the salad nicely together, roll the rice paper over the middle of the salad.
Ingredients for Peanut Sauce:
Peanut Butter – I use Black Cat with no salt & sugar
Coconut milk or water
Tamari / Soy Sauce
Brown Sugar
Fresh lime juice
For your sauce, mix all the ingredients together until you have a smooth sauce.
For another dipping option, you can try the following basic simple recipe:
Ingredients for your Thai Dipping Sauce (Nam Jim)
3 Small fresh chillies, finely sliced
1 Garlic clove, minced
¼ Cup lemon juice
¼ Cup of fish sauce
2 Tablespoons white sugar
Optional: chopped coriander
Mix all the ingredients together. You can adjust the sweetness & saltiness by added or leaving the sugar & fish sauce out. Add the coriander leaves if using.
How fresh & gorgeous are these Summer Rolls? Yum.
Yolandi ♥
Images: Hello Love Photography for aZestyLife
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