Rice Paper Snacks Filling With Purple Cabbages and Carrots

[anggreklestari]

A fun way to enjoy colorful vegetables wrapped in rice paper to make delicious snacks.

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Are you familiar with rice paper which is used to wrap food? Actually, I'm not familiar with rice paper, especially in Indonesia. Rice paper is not a food ingredient that makes Indonesians curious.

Culture influences how a group enjoys their food. In Indonesia, people prefer snacks served fried using flour but still crispy in texture. That's why in my area I'm not familiar with thin rice paper and it can't provide a crispy texture as thick as flour in general.

I've been curious about serving vegetables using rice paper for a long time. Especially because I love vegan food, food recipes using variations of rice paper always keep appearing on the homepage of my Pinterest account.

Finally, this time I made a snack that was quite simple to make from the main ingredient, namely rice paper. Indeed, it is quite simple, but it turns out I was quite overwhelmed and had difficulty conquering rice paper. Especially during the softening step and folding the filling with rice paper.

In this variation of the recipe, I tried to use an air-fryer to improve the overall texture of these snacks. Luckily, it worked quite well even though behind the scenes I had to repeat several times to fold the rice paper. If I failed, I definitely wouldn't be sharing this recipe. So, stay tuned!

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THE INGREDIENTS

• rice paper, about 8-10 sheets, according to the filling portion
• a carrot
• half of cabbage, you can use the purple one or cabbage in general
• 100 grams of tofu or 1/4 cup of chopped tofu
• 4 small cloves of red onion, or half of a large clove shallot, finely chopped
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1/2 of teaspoon salt
• 1/2 of teaspoon coriander powder
• (optional) 1 teaspoon of chili flakes

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COOKING INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1

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Prepare all veggies and tofu. Finely chop purple cabbage, also carrot. For the cabbage, try to remove the hard stem before chopping the cabbage. Also, chop the tofu into small pieces but not finely chop to avoid the tofu will be crushed.

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STEP 2

Preheat 2 tablespoons of oil. Then, stir-fry chopped garlic and onion until smells good.

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STEP 3

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Add chopped tofu and stir well for a while. Then, add all the chopped veggies. Stir well again for about 2-3 minutes. Add all seasoning before removing the mixture.

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STEP 4

Dip rice paper in warm water. Make a circular motion to dip the rice paper so that the rice paper is easier to roll. At first, I dipped the rice paper for too long so I crushed the rice paper so it became soft. Requires extra precision. But once you do it, you will know when is the right time to dip and remove the rice paper from the warm water.

Then, place the dipped rice paper on the surface of a wooden cutting board. The wooden material will prevent the rice paper from becoming sticky to the surface of the cutting board.

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STEP 5

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Add stir-fried vegetables on top of rice paper at the bottom end. Set aside a bit of the bottom to fold over the vegetables. I added about 2 tablespoons of greens. Then, wrap the vegetables with veggies. First, fold the bottom side of the rice paper until it covers the top of the vegetables. Then, fold the right and left sides of the vegetables. Followed by rolling the rice paper from bottom to top.

On the first try, I made the roll shape too long. But on the second try, thankfully it formed into nice rice paper rolls.

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SERVING SUGGESTIONS

Actually, we can immediately serve rice paper rolls without any cooking steps again. Because rice paper can already be eaten. Also, the vegetables are already cooked.

I know this snack will be strange without frying for my husband. So, I used the air-fryer to do the final touches on these rice paper rolls. Before placing it in the air-fryer basket, I smeared the entire surface of the rice paper rolls with oil. Then, I need 7 minutes more to air-fryer those all rice paper rolls.

My suggestion, if you have a non-stick frying pan, then it is a good choice to fry rice paper rolls with a little oil.

Glad, my first trying, can be good snacks in shapes. For the taste, no doubt. Oh, I didn't expect it, just eating two rice paper rolls made me so full!

Next time, I will try something different with these rice paper stocks that I still have a lot of in my pantry. Do you have any ideas for rice paper snacks? I'm happy to receive suggestions from you. And, until next, foodies. :)

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Best Regards,
Anggrek Lestari

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Who is Anggrek Lestari?

_{Anggrek Lestari is an Indonesian fiction writer who has published two major books. Now She is a full-time content creator. She has a goal to share life, poem, and food content that makes others happy and can get inspiration.}

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Comments

[calendulacraft]

Oh rice paper!! I havent used it in a while, I will try to find some soon because it is a great way to prepare veggies!

[anggreklestari]

Yesss, it can be great wrapper. Also, can be sliced for noodles 😊

[ishketch]

Oh, I thought it was an Ube but it's a purple cabbage I see, is it a dessert? or Appetizer?

[anggreklestari]

Can be appetizer or just snacks 😊

[jlufer]

What is practical is rice paper, you can make unimaginable exquisite and colorful preparations
I appreciate that you always share great dishes dear friend @anggreklestari
have a really beautiful day

[anggreklestari]

I like the result is colorful, 😊

[nsdlau]

The color is so amazing! 😍 I would love to try tofu one day, I've been thinking about becoming a vegetarian, but I still don't know how to structure my diet. This really looks delicious ❤️🥺

[anggreklestari]

Don't worry. Just do it slowly so you can enjoy the diet. No switch at all.
The key is using lighter taste of veggies. Carrot, cabbage, or lettuce, have light taste than others veggies

[nsdlau]

Oh yap, Carrots, lettuce and tomatoes have been quite present, I can try to continue down that path and gently add the other ingredients to the diet.

Thank you very much @anggreklestari for your advice! ❤️

[anggreklestari]

For protein, I think in your area, you can found lentils, or use some nuts

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[anggreklestari]

Thank you Indiaunited team 😊

[dlizara]

Delicious I would like to try it

[anggreklestari]

glad if you want to try it. 😊

[mamani]

My friend, your dish is very pleasing to the eye. It is said that when you see a dish like that you immediately feel like tasting it. My taste buds immediately started to secrete. I am sure it was very tasty. Here to replicate it I lack products but I am in the habit of substituting them with national ones and achieve something similar. I'm sure I'll give it a try. I like cooking very much and make my own recipes. Very nice pictures, I loved them. Thank you very much for sharing. Best wishes and have a nice day.

[anggreklestari]

Did you can found spring rolls wrapper? It can be great for replacing the rice paper ingredients 😊

[mamani]

Thank you very much for your suggestion.

[anggreklestari]

You're welcome 😊

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[anggreklestari]

Thank you 😊

[quiubi]

thanks for the recipe, is really creative! 🎉😀

[sunshine29]

This is sn interesting recipe. The rice paper made the veggies looks so great and appetizing. Thanks for sharing with us

[marlyncabrera]

Beautiful rolls!

I used rice paper for the first time a couple of months ago, and I loved the whole experience: making the rolls and eating them 😂 There are many Chinese people in Venezuela right now, so it's becoming more and more common to see typical Chinese ingredients in our supermarkets, rice paper included (and Gosh, they are not cheap; I can't afford most of them).

I'm sure you'll make more awesome dishes with the rest of the sheets ❤️

[anggreklestari]

Yeeees, really fun experience to roll food with rice paper. I think our mind can adapted quickly to new ingredients 😅

[jane1289]

Oh so this is called rice paper.... I thought you were making spring rolls hehe .this recipe looks new to me..

[anggreklestari]

I must made the recipe is suitable for my husband 😅

The spring rolls that you means is serve with no frying, or frying again? I saw in Vietnam (by virtual) they just serve raw after rolled.

Well, another type of spring rolls are made from different wrapper. Thicker but the results very good crispy texture those are my fav. In fact, I have plan to make these spring rolls too

[jane1289]

It can be deep fried or served raw.. But the sheets used are different for the two methods...

[michygeec]

Rice paper? This is the first time I am seeing or reading about it.

[anggreklestari]

Rice paper is popular in Vietnam cuisine 😊

[michygeec]

Okay…

[crily.love]

Increíble, mi admiración y respeto... ❣️

[anggreklestari]

😊 thank you ❤️