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    Popiah fresh spring rolls

    Popiah is a type of spring roll found throughout Malaysia, and translates as ‘thin wafer’. This refers to the outer wrappers, which are traditionally made from wheat flour – but these rice-based ones also work perfectly. The filling is usually a combination of vegetables, meat or prawns. Chicken and beef strips work well too. 

    • Preparation time: 20 minutes
    • Cooking time: 10 minutes
    • Total time: 30 minutes

    Serves: 4 as a snack or starter

    Ingredients

    125g green beans, trimmed
    1 tbsp toasted sesame oil
    300g pack Clearspring Organic Tofu, diced
    200g cooked, peeled prawns
    90g pack brown shrimp
    2 tsp Bart Infusions Galangal Paste
    1 bunch salad onions, shredded
    3 tbsp Malay Taste Kicap Manis
    8 Blue Dragon Spring Roll Wrappers
    8 leaves Waitrose Little Gem Lettuce Hearts
    3 tbsp Cooks’ Ingredients Fried Onions
    1 tbsp light soy sauce
     

    Method

    1. Cook the beans in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain and cut each bean into 3.

    2. Heat the oil in a frying pan, and fry the tofu gently for 2-3 minutes. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add the prawns, shrimps, galangal paste, salad onions and beans, and cook for a further 1-2 minutes. Stir in 2 tbsp kicap manis, and the reserved tofu. Take the pan off the heat and allow the contents to cool slightly.

    3. Dip the spring roll wrappers in cold water for a few seconds and lay on a damp, flat work surface for 1 minute to soften. Place a lettuce leaf on each, top with the prawn filling and sprinkle with fried onions. Fold over 2 edges of the wrapper, then roll up tight to enclose the filling.

    4. Mix the remaining kicap manis with soy sauce, and serve as a dip with the popiah.

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