fried spring rolls (popiah)

i had bought some turnips from the wholesale market sometime ago and there were some carrots and french beans in the fridge, so i decided to make spring rolls.

first, you have to strip the turnips of the skin, before you shred the turnips. do the same for the carrots. the french beans have to be sliced very thinly. i also use dried shrimps.

before you fry the shrimps (hae bee), you have to soak them in water to soften them. i flavour the ingredients with oyster sauce before i fry them.

fry the dried shrimps first, then add in the carrots, french beans and turnips. i use the amc pot to fry the ingredients. you do not need to use a lot of oil. just one or two spoonfuls of oil will do.

to wrap the ingredients into a roll, i use the tyj spring roll pastry. i bought the smaller size pastry from ntuc supermarket. in order to get the wrapper to stick, you need to have something starchy. scoop a spoonful of flour - any flour will do - into a small bowl and add water to it and stir until it becomes sticky.

when you deep fry the spring rolls, use medium heat. when the spring roll is golden brown, you can remove it from the pan/kwali.

you can freeze pre-fried rolls in an air-tight container and fry them another day.