Recipe: Fresh Rolls...Thai Restaurant Style

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* (All produce should be organic and washed.)

* 1 package spring roll skin (found in Asian grocery and contains

only rice)

* 1 bunch fresh cilantro (with stems)

* 1 cup finely chopped carrots

* 1 cup chopped cucumber

* ½ cup chopped green onion (red onion is an okay substitute)

* 1 handful bibb/leaf lettuce (about 1 cup)

* 1 cup chopped celery or your favorite sprouts

* 1 fresh avacado, skinned, pitted, and chopped

* juice of ½ lime or 1 ½ tablespoon bottled juice

* 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger

 

Directions:

 

Chop all of the vegetables, and toss in a mixing bowl. Boil water in a

pan at least the width of the spring roll skins/rice paper. Submerge

each spring roll skin in the boiling water for a count of 5, then roll

each one as you go. (They want to stick together like glue.) Gently

take the s/r skin out of the water. Run the s/r skin uner cold water

for a few seconds, so handling is easier. Wet a plate, and spread out

the spring roll skin on it. Place the filling on the s/r skin, making

a line on the edge closest to you. Roll it up, folding in the left and

rightcorners (like burrito).

Continue with the rest. This is a great way to

use any fresh produce you may have in the fridge.

 

You can also soak the rice paper/spring roll rounds in warm water for

30 seconds-1 minute until they soften instead of boiling the water on

the stove. This will help keep your kitchen cool. It may be a good

idea to use two of the rice paper rounds/spring roll skin for each

roll so they will hold together better.

 

This recipe is:

Vegan

Gluten Free

Wheat Free

Dairy Free

Casein Free

Vegetarian

Organic

 

Here is a great vegan sauce for these: 1/3 cup organic peanut butter a

dash soy ot tamari (to taste) Mango Tango juice (Odwalla) or mixed

tropical/citrus juice...add juice until the sauce is the consistancy

you desire.

 

or

1/3 c. coconut milk, 1/2 inch ginger, 1/2 bunch cilantro, crushed red

pepper flakes or hot sauce, lime juice or rice vinegar, and some thai

curry paste/powder to taste. blend it all up in a blender or food

processor... you can thin it out with water if you think it's too

thick.

 

Enjoy!

 

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