Celebrate Chinese New Year and get ready for The Year of The Dragon with these delicious vegan spring rolls from @shisodelicious. This crowd-pleaser is easier to make than you may think and makes an ideal sharing dish or starter. Just add your favourite dipping sauce and always make extras.
Method:
- Heat a splash of oil in a wok or frying pan, add the white parts of the spring onions and fry for a few moments to release the flavours.
- Add the cabbage, carrot and pepper and fry until soft and slightly wilted.
- Season with soy sauce, vinegar, salt and pepper, then add the greens of the spring onions. Stir and set aside to cool.
- Assemble your spring rolls by laying a wrapper diagonally on a chopping board. Place a spoonful of filling in the middle and roll from the lower half, folding both sides in as you go. Video shows the folding technique below.
- Add the cooking oil to the wok (make sure you clean and dry the wok thoroughly before using it again), or use a cooking pot with high sides. Heat the oil and test the temperature by tearing and dropping a small piece of wrapper into the oil. It should fry to a golden brown when hot enough.
- Using a slotted spoon, gently drop one spring roll at a time into the hot oil, making sure not to over-crowd the wok.
- Remove with the slotted spoon when golden, and place on a rack or kitchen roll.
- Serve immediately with your favourite hot sauce.
3 spring onions, chopped, whites and green parts separated
1 large carrot, grated
½ green pepper, sliced
A little oil to fry
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon rice vinegar or any other light coloured vinegar
Black pepper and salt to taste
12 small size spring roll wrappers (or more, as needed), thawed from frozen
1 cup vegetable cooking oil, suitable for deep frying
Serves
Makes 12 small spring rolls
Time
30 minutes
Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
3 spring onions, chopped, whites and green parts separated
1 large carrot, grated
½ green pepper, sliced
A little oil to fry
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon rice vinegar or any other light coloured vinegar
Black pepper and salt to taste
12 small size spring roll wrappers (or more, as needed), thawed from frozen
1 cup vegetable cooking oil, suitable for deep frying