Spring rolls are stylish, healthy, easy to prepare and, on a sultry summer's day, a delightful change to bread-based foods. The rolls can be made the night before and added to a picnic bag just before departing.
Ingredients
- 12 green prawns, peeled and deveined
- grated rind and juice one lime
- 1 stalk lemongrass, trimmed and finely chopped
- 1 long red chilli, finely chopped
- 4 tblsp salmon caviar
- 4 rice paper wrappers (see Cook’s Tip)
- 1 tblsp each chopped coriander, chives, mint
- 2 cups shredded or torn Asian salad greens, bok choy, pak choy or choy sum
- ½ cucumber, thinly sliced
Dipping Sauce
- 2 tblsp sesame oil
- 1 tblsp finely chopped fresh ginger
- 1 long red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped
- ¼ cup light or dark soy sauce
Method
- Toss the prawns with the lime juice and rind, lemongrass and chilli. Heat a little oil in a pan and cook the prawns over a high heat for 1-2 minutes each side or until the prawns are just cooked. Remove the prawns from the pan.
- Add the Asian greens to the hot pan and stir fry for one minute or until just wilted. Cool.
- Dip each rice-paper wrapper, one at a time, in warm water to soften. Place on a clean tea towel on a flat surface. Spread 1 tablespoon salmon caviar and little of the herbs down the centre of each rice wrapper leaving space at the end closest to you to fold over.
- Arrange the prawns, salad greens and cucumber on top of the caviar and coriander. Fold the rice paper end closest to you over. Give the roll a quarter turn and roll like a cigar up so that one end is open. Wrap in plastic wrap to keep fresh. Serve with the dipping sauce.
Dipping Sauce
- Combine the dipping sauce ingredients together and serve with the rolls.
Cooks Tips
- If you prefer, you can substitute smoked salmon for the prawns. For a change, opt for the hot smoked. It will marry well with the salmon caviar here. - Use only the white, bulbous end of the lemongrass. Keep the fibrous end for flavouring soups and stocks. Alternatively, if you're using bottled lemongrass, you'll need 1 tablespoon finely chopped. - Rice-paper wrappers are now available in the dry Asian section of the supermarket. Keep any unused ones in an airtight bag in the pantry. - If you see any Vietnamese mint, grab a little to try here. It has a lovely spicy minty flavour.
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