Re:QQTW - April 8-14 - What is your favorite Ethnic food? -- Basil Rolls

[Guest guest]

BASIL ROLLS: My favorite ethnic food is from Thailand or Vietnam. Not sure

of its origin but I have found it occasionally in Thai restaurants. It looks

like uncooked spring rolls and is called " Basil Rolls. " The wrapper is a

special rice paper that is dipped in warm water and then wrapped tightly around

a delicately cut group of veggies and diced chicken/shrimp or tofu. The

rolls are NOT fried so they taste very fresh. I order it with tofu and dip

the roll in plum sauce or peanut sauce. As I remember it, there is cabbage,

carrots, salad onions and other veggies inside ... always with a sprinkling of

basil, hence the name " Basil Rolls. " If anyone has a good recipe for this

delicacy, please send it my way! -- Nancy

 

 

 

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