Filipino Recipes # 1

Filipino Recipes # 1

Lumpia is a spring roll of Chinese origin commonly found in Indonesia and the Philippines. The term lumpia derives from Hokkien lunpia (Chinese: 潤餅; pinyin: rùnbǐng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jūn-piáⁿ, lūn-piáⁿ), which is an alternate term for popiah. Spring rolls of different shapes, sizes and fillings have been a popular snack in East Asia and Southeast Asia for centuries. It was a seasonal food consumed during the spring, started as a pancake filled with the new season’s spring vegetables, a welcome change from the preserved foods of the long winter months.[7] The recipes, both fried and fresh versions, were brought by Chinese immigrants from the Fujian province of China to Southeast Asia and became popular when they settled in Indonesia and the Philippines.

Ingredients :

1 lb. ground pork
1 cup chopped shrimps
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 cup finely chopped carrots
2 whole eggs
3 tbsp. soy sauce
3 dashes of sesame oil
salt and pepper, to taste
lumpia wrapper
vegetable oil, for frying

Instructions:

In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Mix until well blended.
Wrap into thin rolls in lumpia wrapper. Fry in deep hot oil.
Drain on paper towels. Transfer to a serving platter. Serve with your favorite ketchup or make your own sweet and sour sauce.

Leave a Reply