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Spring Rolls - vegetarian

Spring Rolls are mainly used as appetizers in almost every culture. In our culture it is one of the Iftar time delicacies enjoyed along with other items during Ramadan. It can contain a variety of fillings prepared using either meat or fresh vegetables but cooked beforehand and stuffed into spring roll wrappers. Spring Rolls can be steamed, shallow fried or even deep fried. The wrappers - also known as spring roll pastries - are readily available in the supermarkets hence only fillings need to be prepared at home. Here is a quick and easy recipe for crispy vegetable Spring Rolls. Let us start: 

Shallow fried Spring Rolls - homemade
Ingredients - group 1 (for filling) 
Oil: 2 tablespoons
Curry leaves: 4 to 5 Nos. 
Onion: 4 Nos. (finely chopped)
Tomato: 2 Nos. (finely chopped) 
Potatoes: 3 Nos. (chopped)
Cabbage: 2 cups. (chopped)
Bell pepper (capsicum): 1 No. (chopped) 
Ginger-garlic paste: 2 tablespoon
Turmeric powder: ¼ tablespoon
Pepper powder: ½ tablespoon
Garam masala powder: ½ tablespoon
Vegetable stock: 1 cube (optional) 
Salt: to taste

Ingredients - group 2 
Spring roll sheets (store bought) 
Maida paste: ½ cup (for binding) 

Ingredients – group 3
Oil: for shallow frying  

Method:  Step by step method for easy cooking

Step 1: Take a frying pan, add oil and heat it.  Add curry leaves, then add finely chopped onions and sauté until it gets golden brown. Then add tomato and continue sautéing for 2 more minutes. Now add finely chopped potatoes and cook till the potatoes are 75% done. Then add rest of the ingredients of group 1 and continue sautéing 10 to 15 minutes to get a yummy masala filling and keep it aside.

Step 2: Now take store bought spring roll sheets, place the masala filling on it in a line near the one corner on the sheet.  Then fold two opposite tips of the sheet over the filling, and then roll to from one corner to the other corner of the sheet.  Apply a little Maida paste to the last corner to stick the last edge firmly. Now the Spring Roll is ready for frying.

Step 3: Shallow fry the finished rolls till they get desired color.  Serve with tomato ketchup, green chutney or any condiments you like. Bon appétit!

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