Filipino Fresh Lumpia
These Filipino Fresh Lumpia are a refreshing and mouthwatering appetizer that everyone will love. They are healthy and delicious, filled with vegetables and served with homemade peanut sauce.
Ingredients
FRESH LUMPIA FILLING
- 7-8 pieces lettuce
- 1 medium carrots julienned
- 1 cup sweet potato cubed
- 2 cups cabbage chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
- 3 gloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- salt & pepper to taste
- ¾ - 1 cup vegetable broth for cooking sweet potato
- 1 tablespoon oil for cooking
FRESH LUMPIA WRAPPER OR CREPES
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast optional
- 2 beaten eggs
- 1½ cup water
- 1½ tablespoon vegetable oil
- pinch of salt
- butter for cooking
PEANUT SAUCE
- 2 cups vegetable broth
- 2 gloves garlic minced
- 3 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 tbsp oyster or fish sauce
- 3 teaspoon peanut butter
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon butter for cooking
- crushed peanuts for garnish
Instructions
COOK THE VEGETABLE FILLING
- In over medium heat pan, add oil, add onion and garlic, saute for 2-3 minutes. Add sweet potato. Add vegetable broth and bring it to boil. Once sweet potato is half cooked, add carrots and cabbage. Seasoned with soy sauce, oyster sauce, salt and pepper. Simmer for 5-6 minutes or until vegetables are soft and tender. Set it aside, let it cool and drain the excess water.
WRAPPER OR CREPES
- Whisk together the beaten eggs, water, nutritional yeast, flour, vegetable oil, and a pinch of salt. You can cook them right after you mix them. But I refrigerate the mixture for 1 hour.
- In over medium heat non-stick pan, melt butter, add ⅓ cup of the mixture or you can add more if you want bigger. Swirl the pan around to cover the surface. This will take about two minutes. Flip and cook the other side for another two minutes. Keep an eye for the crepes when cooking as we don't want them crispy.
PEANUT SAUCE
- In a small pot, add butter, add garlic. Saute until garlic is slightly brown. Add two cups of vegetable broth. Add soy sauce, oyster sauce and brown sugar. Slowly bring to boil for about two-three minutes. Add peanut butter and stir. Scoop ¼ cup from the mixture and mix cornstarch until dissolved. Pour dissolved cornstarch into the pot and bring it to boil. Stir for two to three minutes until sauce has thickened.
ASSEMBLE THE FRESH LUMPIA
- Take a lettuce leaf, (remove the hard white parts) and place or lay on the top of the crepes or wrappers. Add vegetables filling, fold the lower part of the wrapper and gently roll. Drizzle with peanut sauce and top with crushed peanuts. Be careful when rolling the wrapper as we don't want to tear them.
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