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Nem or Cha gio
(Spring roll) is a typical and popular
dish seen on Vietnamese tables. It is simple to make the dish with
materials available at any market.
Ingredients: (serves 4) - Lean pork meat:
0.5kg - Eggs: 2 - Carrot, Jicama, sprouted soya,
kohlrabi - Cassava vermicelli, rice
papers, fish sauce - Basil,
coriander, perilla, fragrant knotweed, houttuynia, marjoram,
salad - Spring onion, seasoning,
sugar, red pepper, pepper, wood ears, dried fragrant mushroom, dried onion
and garlic
Preparation:
Prepare the stuffing: - Grind the lean meat and thinly mice carrot, Jicama, sprouted soya
and kohlrabi. - Submerge the cassava
vermicelli, wood ears and fragrant mushrooms into water for about ten
minutes and then clean and mince them. - Slice spring onions. - Mix
well the prepared materials with eggs. Add a dash of seasoning and
pepper. - Put a large spoon of the
stuffing on each rice paper which is made soft by the egg white and then
roll it tightly so that the spring rolls will not burst. - Heat the cooking oil and fry the rolls until golden
brown. It is necessary to fry the rolls over low heat to make the spring
rolls crispy.
Prepare the sauce: - Mix the fish sauce with warm water, rice vinegar, sugar,
ground garlic and red pepper. - Serve
hot with vermicelli, sauce and salads
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Story by Thu
Trang - Photos by Thanh Dat,
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