Deep-fried Spring Roll

 Deep-fried Spring Roll (Po Pia Tod)ปอเปี๊ยทอด

Ingredients: 
1) 15 grind shrimp
 2) 1  cup shredded carrot
 3) 1 cup bean sprouts.
4)  5 green onion
5)  2 cloves minced garlic
6)  2 Tbsp thin soy sauce
7) 1/2 Tbsp sugar
8) 1/8 tsp salt
9)  1/2  tsp ground white pepper.
10)  2 Tbsp rice flour or tapioca for make a glue
 11) 1/2 Tbsp canola oil
 12) 1 small package mung bean noodles
13) 1 package for wrapping.
14) 1 cup canola oil or vegetable oil for deep frying

Preparation:
1) Soak mung bean noodles until soft, then cut mung bean noodles into short lengths about 2". 

 2) Clean and peel shell of shrimp then grind the shrimp.

 3) Peel garlic and carrot skin, wash garlic, carrot, green onion and mung bean sprouts, then mince garlic and shred carrot. Cut green onion into small pieces.

 4) I used frozen package of spring roll package 6”x6” 50 sheets. It takes 15-30 minute to let it thawed.

 5) Heat oil in a pan on medium heat.

 6) When oil is hot , add minced garlic and fry until fragrant.

 7) Add ground shrimps into the pan. Stir-fried until shrimp is cooked.

 8) Season with thin soy sauce, salt, white pepper and sugar. Stir fry all ingredients together, then add mung bean noodles, cut green onions, shredded carrot and bean sprouts, mix thoroughly, and let filling cool before filling spring rolls.

 9) Place one spring roll wrapper on a plate, position wrapper like a diamond with one point facing you.

 10) Place about 2 Tbsp of filling in a log shape across the bottom about 1" from the lowest corner.

 11) Fold the bottom corner up over the filling and tuck it behind the filling.

 12) Then fold the right side to the center.

 13) And fold the left side to the center.

 14) Roll the packet and press down firmly to seal, forming an envelope.

15) Make a glue from rice flour mix with water then put on the microwave for 30 seconds.

 16) Finish rolling up, sealing the top corner with the glue.

 17) Now you got some of  Thai spring roll. Set it on a plate

 18) It's now ready to deep fly.

 19) Pour the oil in a wok, or other high sided pan. Heat the oil over medium-high heat then fry the spring rolls.

20) Use a slotted spoon to gently stir the spring rolls while they are cooking. Turn each roll over once the underside is golden brown. Continue to fry each spring roll until both sides are golden.

21)  Drain the spring rolls on paper towels.

22) Serve the spring rolls immediately with a sweet chili sauce for dipping.



Fancy Noodle packages filled with Shrimp and mushroom

 Fancy noodle packages filled with shrimp and mushroom or Kuew Tiew Lui Suan Gung ; ก๋วยเตี๋ยวลุยสวนกุ้ง. This is a very healthy recipe that I would like to share with you. I really hope you enjoy my Thai recipe.

Ingredients:
1 ) 1 package of flat noodle.
2) 18 shrimp
3) 7 dried shrimp
4) 3 carrots
5) 3 cloves garlic
6) 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
7) 2 Tbsp thin soy sauce
8) 1/2 Tbsp sugar
9) 1 tsp ground white pepper
10) 1 Tbsp canola oil
11) Cilantro, green lettuce, Farang cilantro ( Phak Chee Farang ) and Thai basil

Ingredients for the sauce:
1) 4 cloves garlic
2) 12 hot Thai chilies
3) 2 sprigs cilantro
4) 1 sprig Thai basil
5) 2 Tbsp sugar
6) 5 Tbsp water
7) 3 Tbsp lime juice
8) 2 Tbsp fish sauce

Preparation:
1) Put the noodle in the microwave for 1-2 minutes or until soft.

2) Open the package and cut the place noodle in a 6" x 8 " size. Set a side for the wrapper.

3) Bring the dried mushroom to soak with water for 15-20 minutes or until soft. Peel carrots and garlic. peel shrimp.

4) Mince garlic, grind shrimp, cut carrots in a small dice. When the dried mushroom is soft, cut into small dice.

5) Heat oil in a same pan on medium heat, When the oil is hot, add minced garlic.

6) Keep stir fried until fragrant.

7) Add carrot, Stir fried until the carrot almost cook.

8) Add mushroom.

9) Add ground shrimp and keep stir well until shrimp is getting cook.

10) Add oyster sauce, ground pepper, thin soy sauce and sugar.

11) Stir fry until all ingredients mix well.

12) Wash all vegetables. There are Phak Chee Farang, cilantro, geen lettuce and Thai basil.

13) Spread the wrapper on a working space, spoon a stir fried ground shrimp 2 Tbsp on the wrapper.

14) Add some Phak Chee Farang, cilantro, Thai basil and green lettuce.

15) Then fold it up, see the photos.

For making the hot sauce :
1) Stir t2 Tbsp of sugar and 5 Tbsp of water until dissolved.

2)Peel garlic, pick off the stems from Hot Thai pepper, Thai basil.

3) Cut garlic, fresh pepper into small pieces, chop Thai basil and cilantro.

4) Bring to the food processor with sugar water.

5) Add lime juice.

6) Add fish sauce and mix all ingredients get together.

Bring the hot sauce to serve with fancy noodle packages filled with Shrimp. Enjoy.