Preparation Time : 30 to 40 minutes
Cooking Time : 15 minutes
Serving : 6 members
Description
Favourite to all with its roit of texture , colour and flavour. The perfect appetiser for any occasion. I first got to taste spiring rolls in a restaurant called cloud nine, city tower hotel in Coimbatore as a kid . Latter i used to wonder and check what the cover was made up of. Tried and experimented a lot of methods to give it a crisp texture and form but failed every time . The crispness just didn’t work out . Finally tried this recipe which is my poshed – up version of spring rolls with all its delicious trimmings and wolla it worked perfect. When i have stock of spring roll ready made sheets (mostly from the Middle East or rarely from a department store in Coimbatore) it s no hassle at all. Even left over said and romali rotis work’s and give’s a crisp cover. What ever said and done, i am always excited when it comes to spring rolls .
Ingredients for the pancake
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Flour | 1/2 cup |
| Egg | 1 |
| Salt | to taste |
| Water | 1/4 cup |
| Milk | 1/4 cup |
| Oil | 3 tablespoons |
Method for pancakes
- Mix flour and salt together .
- Mix water , milk ,egg and oil together and beat lightly .
- Combine the egg milk mixture into the flour and salt and mix well to get a lump free batter .
- In case lumps are formed no problem just strain the batter .heat a non stick pan and Make thin pancakes and set aside .
Ingredients for the filling
Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Cooked shredded bone less chicken | 1/4 cup |
| Cabbage | 1 cup thinly shredded |
| Spring onions | 1 cup chopped |
| Carrot | 1 cup thinly shredded |
| Celery | 2 tablespoons chopped |
| Onion | 1 sliced |
| Garlic | 3 flakes crushed |
| Light Soya sauce | 1 teaspoon |
| Salt | to taste |
| Ajinomoto | a pinch ( optional ) |
| White pepper powder | to taste |
| Oil | 2 tablespoon + to deep fry , |
| Flour | 1 tablespoon diluted in little water to a thin paste |
Method for the filling
- Heat a wok with 2 tablespoon oil ,saute garlic and onion till translucent .
- Add rest of filling ingredients one after the other and toss well a few times over high heat .
- Taste and adjust seasoning . Remove from heat and set aside .( I have used left over noodles for the filling in the picture )
How to proceed
- Take a pancake and place a heaped tablespoon of filling towards the edge .
- Fold the edge over the filling , then fold the two sides thus formed over the fold and roll over till the end .
- Sealing that edge with flour paste . Do the same with all the pancakes and filling mixture .
- Heat oil and deep fry the rolled spring rolls to golden brown and crisp.
- Drain and cut diagonally and serve with tomato sauce or thai sweet chilli sauce .
vegetarians omit the chicken in the filling and the egg in the batter and follow the same recipe for the vegetarian version .
