Egg Rolls
Author:
EasyRecipes .
Recipe type: Appetiser
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 3
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Egg Rolls have a universal appeal and element of surprise once you bite into this delicious cylindrical shaped wonder! Stuff them with vegetables, noodles and /or cooked and shredded meats and you can do wonders with it. Egg Rolls sometimes known as Spring Rolls are just worth the effort.
Ingredients
- Egg Roll Wrappers – 1 pkt
- Sesame Seed Oil or Vegetable Oil – 1 tbsp
- Minced Ginger – 1 tbsp
- Shredded Cabbage – 2 cups
- Shredded Carrots – ½ cup
- Green Onions / Spring Onions – 3, thinly sliced
- Corn Starch – 1 tsp
- Soy Sauce – 1 tbsp or to taste
- For Sealing:
- Water – 1 tsp
- Corn Starch – 1 tsp
- Oil – for deep frying
Instructions
- Heat the Oil in a wok. If using Sesame Oil, allow it to reach a smoking point. Do that burn the Oil if using Vegetable Oil.
- Add in Ginger and cook for 30 seconds.
- Add in the Cabbage, Carrots and Spring Onions.
- Increase the heat to a maximum, toss and cook till the vegetable till they are cooked but not limp (approx 3 min).
- Lower the heat.
- Mix 1 tsp of Corn Starch in the 1 tbsp of Soy Sauce.
- Add the mixture to the Vegetables.
- Mix well, turn off the flame and take it off the stove.
- Allow it to cool down to room temperature before we start rolling the egg rolls.
- Divide the mixture into equal portions.
- Mix 1 tsp of Corn Starch in 1 tsp of cold Water and mix for sealing the Egg Rolls.
- Take an Egg Roll Wrapper and place it diagonally so it looks like a diamond shape in front.
- Place 1 part of the mixture in a line a little below the pointed edges.
- Take the pointed edge facing you and start wrapping over the mixture.
- Wrap the edges on the side to envelope the mixture.
- Start rolling till only the top edge is left.
- Seal the top edge with the carn starch and water mixture.
- Continue wrapping till it’s all done.
- Prep all the egg rolls.
- Preheat the Oil for deep frying on medium heat.
- Place the Egg Rolls gently in the Oil.
- Cook till they are golden in the bottom side and then roll over to cook on the other side.
- Once done, take out gently and place then on a paper towel.
- Serve hot with some Chili Sauce or Duck Sauce.