Lumpia

Lumpia is a delicious and a healthy Filipino appetizer.  It actually resembles to the popular Asian dish spring rolls.  In Philippines we actually have several versions of this dish, it could be with vegetables, fresh or fried or with meat or fish that is also fried.

Enjoy this fresh Lumpia recipe!

Sariwang Lumpia

Ingredients:

half a cup of sliced cabbage in julienne strips

1 carrot sliced in julienne strips

one cup of bean sprouts

1 small sweet potato sliced in julienne strips

1 onion sliced

2 cloves of garlic minced

10 pieces of prawns boiled, shelled and cut into two lengthwise

half a cup of shrimp broth

1 small block of tofu cut in small cubes

salt

pepper

1 teaspoon of fish sauce

some cooking oil

lettuce

10 pieces of lumpia wrapper

Procedure:

In a pan put the cooking oil, sauté the garlic and onion.  Once it has becomes translucent add the vegetables, stir fry for about five minutes add your tofu, salt, fish sauce and pepper.  Pour the shrimp stock and cover, let it cook for another five minutes.  The vegetables should be a little bit crispy.  Drain your vegetables.

Assembling the lumpia:

Lie your lumpia wrapper, put a lettuce leaf, put 1 prawn and scoop your cooked vegetables.  Roll it gently one time, then fold the sides then continue rolling to seal it. You can serve it with sweet and spicy peanut sauce.