Rice Paper Salad Rolls With Ginger Dipping Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb	454g / 16oz	Thin asparagus - bottoms trimmed,
		And discarded, with 4" to 5" tips
		Remaining
1 teaspoon	5ml	Sea salt
1 teaspoon	5ml	Canola oil
2 oz	56g	Rice vermicelli
2		Carrots - peeled, and
		Sliced into long strips 1/8" wide
1		Japanese cucumber - peeled, and
		Sliced into long strips 1/8" wide
1/2 cup	20g / 0.7oz	Large fresh mint leaves
1 cup	40g / 1.4oz	Red leaf lettuce head - leaves separated, (small)
		And washed
8		Round 8 1/2"-dia rice paper wrappers - - (to 10)
		Ginger Dipping Sauce - (see recipe)

Recipe Instructions

Bring saucepan of water and sea salt to a boil over high heat. Blanch asparagus for 1 minute. Remove asparagus from water, rinse under cold water and set aside.

Add oil to water and cook vermicelli about 2 minutes, or until tender. Drain and rinse under cold water. Leave noodles in cool water to prevent sticking together.

Just before wrapping, drain noodles and place on cookie sheet, loosely covered with damp paper towel. Repeat with prepared vegetables, mint leaves and lettuce.

Fill large mixing bowl with very hot water. Keep boiling water handy if temperature drops.

Dip rice paper wrapper into water for several seconds; these soften after moistening. Remove from water and lay flat on work surface. Place 2 mint leaves on bottom half of wrapper. Layer small lettuce leaf, 2 asparagus spears and pieces of cucumber and carrot on top of mint. Top with 1 tablespoon of the noodles.

Start rolling wrapper up tightly, folding right and left sides in over filling after first roll. Continue rolling rice paper and pressing in ingredients, keeping edges folded in, until packet is complete. Repeat procedure with rice papers until you have used up filling.

Cut each roll in half, arrange attractively on platter and pass with Ginger Dipping Sauce.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
Vegetarian Times, August 2002

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