Lumpia or Eggroll Wrapping 101

Here's a simple trick to wrap your springrolls, eggrolls, lumpia shanghai etc. Just follow the steps below and you are on your way to making your own springrolls. You can buy it in two shapes, one is square shape which is available in Asian grocery or Asian sections of supermarkets and the other is round shape commonly sold in the Philippines. If you are a beginner then simply defrost the pastry wrapper first. Then separate the pastry carefully one by one or you'll end up tearing the pastry. I'd drawn the illustrations below, so not perfectly a gifted artist LOL, but at least I made my own effort.

Place square with one corner towards you. Put  2 tbsp of the filling at the center of the pastry. Then fold bottom corner up.

Fold the side corners gently.

Roll tightly and brush the open flap with beaten egg. to seal the rolls.

Note: Prepare your own filling, it can be veggies or purely meat. Wrap and dip fry in hot oil.

Lumpia (Springroll)

Lumpia or springroll has always been a favorite dish of mine. I make dozens of lumpia and keep it in the freezer.

Tawge (Mung Beans Sprouts)

 Sweet Potato

 Lumpia Wrappers

Fried Lumpia

Ingredients:

1/4 kg. mung beans sprouts (tawge)
1 pc. garlic, minced
1 pc. small camote (sweet potato), sliced diagonally
1 small pc. carrots, sliced diagonally
dash of pepper, salt, msg
pastry Wrapper
1 cup or more Oil for frying

Procedure:
Saute garlic in 2 tbsp. oil, add sweet potatoes, carrots and lastly the sprouts. Stir fry for a few minutes. Season with salt & pepper. Don't overcook the veggies. Turn off heat. Remove veggies immediately. Cool veggies before wrapping.

Lay wrapper on a flat surface. Put about 2 tbsp. of the veggies on the pastry wrapper. Roll and tuck both ends. Dip fry in deep hot oil about 3 pcs. at a time or until light golden. Drain on paper towel.

Dipping Sauce:

1/2 cup whitevinegar

1-2 garlic cloves, crushed

1 chili, crushed

1 tbsp. white sugar

dash of pepper

dash of salt

Mix all ingredients, stirring thoroughly until sugar dissolves.

Note: If bean sprouts is not available, you can replace it with a half head of cabbage, sliced finely.