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Recipe: rice paper rolls with enoki, vegetables, sweet soy and coriander
Make these sexy canapés for your next party, inspired by the healthy traditional Asian diet, and savvy up your life.
Ingredients
- 1 packet square rice paper (from an Asian grocer)
- 1 punnet enoki mushrooms
- 1 red capsicum
- 1 carrot
- 1 daikon radish
- 1 bunch coriander
Sauce
- 1 bottle kecap manis (Indonesian sweet soy sauce)
- Roots from 1 bunch coriander
- 1 knob ginger
- 1 clove garlic
Method
- Peel the daikon and carrot, cut lengthwise into slices about 0.5 cm thick, then cut into batons 0.5 cm wide and 7.5 cm long. Do the same with the red capsicum.
- Trim the base from the enoki mushrooms, then blanch them in boiling water for a minute and refresh in iced water. Enoki have been linked to Listeria food poisoning, so always cook them rather than serving them raw.
- Pick the coriander leaves and refresh them in iced water.
- Fill a large bowl with hot water. Cut the rice paper sheets in half into triangles and soak them one at a time for a few seconds, working with 3 or 4 at a time.
- Lay the filling lengthwise in the middle of each sheet, with about a third inside the rice paper and two-thirds sticking out the top. Fold in half and roll.
- Place the rolls on a damp tea towel and cover immediately with another damp tea towel so they don’t dry out. Tightly covered with cling wrap and kept in the fridge, they’ll keep nicely for up to 24 hours.
- For the sauce, peel the coriander roots, garlic and ginger, chop finely and mix with the kecap manis.
- Arrange on a platter and serve.
This article is general information about food and wellbeing, not medical advice. Please talk to your GP or a qualified health professional about any health condition, medication or major change to your diet.
