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.:::.Vietnamese Cuisine
Spring Rolls

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, Nam Suong

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