I did it! I MADE THE SPRING ROLLS!!! Hurrah!
They were sooooo yummy. A bit fiddly and time-consuming to make, but well worth it.
I used this recipe:
http://www.recipezaar.com/Vietnamese-Spring-Rolls-34488
Except I didn't use the egg, or vermicelli because I forgot lol. I did add some chopped prawns though.
I also added a red chilli finely chopped, and some ginger grated, plus a little bit of fish sauce and soy sauce, and I used chinese leaf/lettuce instead of cabbage.
The spring roll wrappers are a bit hard to work with at first, but you get the hang of it. The first couple I fried fell apart so I double-wrapped the others and they came out fine
I made a dipping sauce with soy sauce, minced chilli, ginger, rice vinegar, tiny bit of caster sugar and lime juice. YUM!
And I had them with a sort of coleslaw that I kind of made up really. It had shredded white and red cabbage, shredded chinese leaf/lettuce, sliced spring onions, and grated carrot. Then I made a dressing out of sesame oil, juice of a whole lime, bit of soy sauce, freshly grated ginger, rice vinegar, caster sugar, salt and pepper. YUUUUMMMMMYYYYY.
I feel absolutely stuffed now. I only ate 2 spring rolls out of 4 'intact' ones that I cooked lol.
Here is a pic!
