It might interest you to read my earlier post on how to easily grow Mung Beans because I will be tackling here about homemade wraps to be used in making the Spring Rolls with my harvested mung bean sprouts.
Moreover, today´s topic will also cover how to make your homemade wrappers. I learned how to make them in Africa thru an expat canadian family, the wife was a Filipina and we had this Friday gatherings in her house to exchange recipes and the latest news around the city where we all lived in. She showed us how wrappers can be made thru a very with simple and fast technique. And so, here goes how it is.....
Homemade Wrappers For The Spring Rolls
Wrappers - Ingredients (for about 6 wrappers)
1 cup All-Purpose Flour
1 Cup Water
1 tbsp Corn Flour
a dash of salt (optional)
cooking oil
Please take note, the use of 1 tablespoon corn flour is for me a must because it will make the batter more elastic and the wrapper would not break easily during the drying process.
Preparations
1... Mix all ingredients to form a smooth batter.
2... Grease a non sticking pan using paper towel slightly moistened with cooking oil. Heat the pan under medium fire.
3....When pan becomes hot, remove the pan from fire and by using pastry brush ( preferably made of natural hair as synthetic will melt in hot pans) paint the batter briskly onto the pan covering its entire surface.
4... Put the pan back but this time on low fire and slowly heat the to be wrapper til it gets dry, turning once.
5... Place the wrappers on a platter and cover with plastic foil to prevent them from drying til they are ready to use. Set the covered wrappers aside.
Making the Spring Rolls
Ingredients:
100 grams 50/50 mix ground beef and pork
2 cloves, crushed garlic
1 Onion - diced
1 gram mung bean sprouts
1 sweet red paprika, diced
cooking oil for deep-frying
1 tbsp soy sauce
salt & pepper
Preparations
1... In a hot pan, fry the crushed garlic til golden brown in color, add the ground meat and stir fry til the meat becomes pale in color.
2... Add the diced onions , sprouts, sprinkle with 1 tbsp soy sauce, carefully stir until the diced onions become glassy in appearance. Then add two handful sprouts and stir gently until the sprouts are blended with the other ingredients.
3... Season the fillings with salt & pepper, adjust seasoning according to your taste.
Let stand to cool down a bit before using the wrappers for the Spring Rolls.. Remember that the sprouts have water content, so If there is excess water after cooking, discard it.
Fold the 2 sides lengthwise....fold the one end facing you and roll carefully towards the end and seal it with a bit water using your finger to wet the other end of the wrapper.
In a casserole with hot cooking oil, deep-fry the Spring Rolls, then adjust the heat to medium turning the sides more than once or til color of the wrapper turns golden brown. Serve hot with chili sauce.
Hope you try this one.... it is really good and you can save a lot of money rather buying these from chinese restaurants.
Take precautions, keep safe and have a lovely Wednesday!
Awesome post! This will be on my short list of food to cook during quarantine. Thanks @mers. Looking forward to reading more posts from you. Keep safe... :)
I agree, this will save money for the family...I also make other spring rolls with other veggies, but growing the sprouts at home is also a money-saving idea... Thanks
This is sooooo nice idea to make the wrapper!!! 😍 Perhaps the only thing that I will not be able to buy this time is the brush with natural hair since I believe it is not an essential item. I mean, the stores that are allowed to open in our place are the ones who sells the essential goods. 😢 But anyhow, I will be making this in the future, for sure! 😍😍
Wow, nice idea about making own wrappers... I have seen them sold in our fresh market, but in times of lockdown, this is an alternative instead of buying them there. Besides, our community prohibits going out of the house.
Making your own spring roll wrappers? HOW AWESOME is that??!! Wonderful job, @mers And really nice to see your posts improving in rewards. 😍
#POSH
@trucklife-family here, oh I do love spring rolls, I would make them vegan myself. I really appreciate your step by step tutorial especially on how to wrap the rools propably, thank you for sharing with us.
Those look delicious! I'm wondering how to get corn flour...which I'm sure is different than corn meal 🤔
Hi! Corn flour should be available in most supermarket ..here in Europe, we have Maizena.. it's optional tho..you may skip that..its purpose is to give elasticity in the dough so that the wrapper won't break....
This is the corn flour we use here, it is totally different from the corn meal... It´s texture is just like the fine flour used for baking.
