Salad spring rolls - was: vegan appetizers

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Salad spring rolls (V)

 

Juice of 1 lime

Silver cellophane noodles, soaked in warm water

Shred ½ cup each: carrot, radish (opt), spinach, scallion

Shred 1 cup combined: cilantro leaves, mint, basil

½ cup chopped roasted peanuts

Julienned firm tofu

Minced fresh ginger (1TBS)

½ Polynesian peanut instant paste or make own:

1 tsp sugar, ground peanuts or peanut butter, juice of 1 lime, 1 TBS

tamarind paste

1 tbs salt

 

Wrapper: round Rice paper rounds

 

Moisten several clean towels and place rice wrappers in between damp

towels.

 

In the meantime, place all sauce ingredients minus peanuts in

blender with just enough water to allow blending (in needed). Pour

sauce in bowl. Chop peanuts (i prefer manually with large

mortar/pestle) allowing some chunks to remain among fine powder.

The fine powder will thicken the sauce and the chunks will give

crunch and texture to the spring rolls.

 

Prepare filling ingredients. Drain cellophane noodles from soaking

water. Shred, chop and julienne all ingredients.

 

Check wrapper to ensure that it is soft and pliable. Fill wrappers

placing lettuce or spinach leaves, cellophane noodles, sauce,

julienned ingredients and more sauce in small mound in middle of

circle. Fold top quarter over filling, tuck in sides and fold

bottom portion moistening seam to seal if needed.

 

To serve, cut each roll in half (they look very pretty) and arrange

on lettuce leaves with extra sauce served in bowl.

 

 

 

 

 

, " Ah'reylia della Cava "

<LadyAhreylia wrote:

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> I am doing a vegan bridal shower in Jan and I would love these

recipes!!

>

> Laura

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> Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:32 pm (PST) Many years ago I made vegan

apetizers for a

> wedding of 80 people

> (that was my gift to them). If my memory serves me right, these are

> the appetizers I made:

>

> baked samosas in phyllo dough with mint tamarind chutney

>

> Seitan mole mini - tamales

>

> vietnamese salad spring rolls with spicy peanut sauce

>

> stuffed mushrooms

>

> stuffed grape leaves

>

> They are all time consuming, but I'll be glad to share the recipes

> if you want any of them in particular.

>

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