Vietnamese Vegetarian Spring Rolls

Spring Rolls:

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup Cucumber, bell pepper and carrots cut into thin slices
  • ½ cup cilantro leaves
  • ½ cup mint leaves
  • 2 cups rice noodles cooked
  • 10 Spring roll rice papers

Dipping Sauce :

  • ⅓ cup peanut butter
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon honey
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon sriracha sauce
  • hot water to thin the sauce
  • 1 teaspoon peanuts crushed into pieces for garnishing

Tofu :

  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 cups tofu cut into squre pieces
  • 1 tablespoon dipping sauce
  • salt and pepper to taste

Method:

  1. Heat a tablespoon of oil into a skillet and add tofu pieces into it. Fry for 5 minutes. Sprinkle salt, pepper and dipping sauce over the tofu pieces. Saute for a minute. Remove from the pan.
  2. Cook the rice noodles according to the instructions on the pack.
  3. Add all the ingredients for the dipping sauce to a bowl. Garnish with crushed peanuts on top.
  4. Slowly immerse rice paper in a bowl of warm water. Wait till it becomes soft.
  5. Lay the paper on a plate, Add noodles, vegetables and tofu. Slowly start rolling the paper, holding the filling with your hands. Similarly, roll rest of the papers.
  6. Serve immediately with the dipping sauce.