Crunchy Popiah

~ Vegetable Spring Role

Assalamualaikum and Hello everyone!!

Today is the end of school holiday in Malaysia. I been requested by my little brother to make this dish. So today I make it before  sending him to his school. This actually a very simple recipe. 

Popiah basically is a dish originate from China in Fujian Province. Nowadays there are many type and variety of popiah. (Maybe I can share it with you later). But for now, I will share u this recipe. Some people call it Japanese Roll (I don't know why... I thought sushi is Japanese Roll). basically it is crunchy because the vegetable is raw and there a present of the anchovy crumbs that make it more tastier.

Let's start:

Ingredients: 

• 1 large carrot, cut into match stick (about 1 1/2 cup)
• 1/2 sengkuang, cut into match stick (about 1 1/2 cup)
• 2 medium cucumber (remove the core) cut into match stick (about 1 1/2 cup)
• 5 sheet of seaweed paper
• 5 sheet of popiah wrapper
• Mayonnaise
• anchovy crumbs

You also need a bamboo mat (sushi roll bamboo mat)

To make the the anchovy crumbs

• 4 tablespoon powdered anchovies 
• 1 cup rice flour
• 1/3 cup custard flour
• 1 egg
• 1 cup water
• salt
• cooking oil

Methods (anchovy crumbs)

1.  Mixed all ingredient until everything well blend together.
2. Heat the cooking oil in the frying pan.
3. By spoon, splash one spoon at times of the better on the heated oil. Don't make it too crowded. Fried it batch by batch.
4. Cooked until golden brown. 

Cucumber, sengkuang, Carrot, 

Anchovy crumbs

This is the my favorite popiah wrapper, you can easily find it in Giant supermarket.

Methods:

Let's roll..

1. Place a sheet of seaweed paper on the bamboo mat with the shiny part down. 
2. Layer the popiah wrapper on top of the seaweed paper.
3. Place the cucumber, sengkuang, carrot and the anchovy in straight line at the center of the popiah wrapper.
4. Put some mayonnaise on the filling.
5. By using both hand, role the mat over so this center filling in the roll, in the middle.
6. Grab the mat with both hands and press it tightly as you continue rolling.
7. Put some mayonnaise at the end of seaweed paper so it act like a glue.
8. Remove the role from the mat and continue to roll the rest.
9. By using sharp knife, cut the role around 1 inch (because if it to thin, i can be a desaster :p)
10. Put it on plate and serve it immediately or pack it.

I pack some for my little brother in a container. I hope his friends can enjoy this simple dish. ;)

I hope you can try this recipe.

* Please don't throw away the cucumber core, I will share with u what u can do with it.

Wasalam and Bye-bye.

Mama Long's Cooking