ingredients:
- 4 rice papers
- 8 shrimps
- 2 1/2 ounces lettuce
- 1 avocado
- 4 cups water for soaking rice papers and boiling shrimps
- a little salt
dipping sauce:
- suitable amount soy sauce
- suitable amount wasabi (japanese horseradish)
step 1:
Hull shell and tail of the shrimps. Devein and wash them. Mix 2 cups water and a little salt in a pan and bring to a boil. Add shrimp and boil for 3 minutes on medium heat. Cut the avocado in half lengthwise, then peel. Cut each half into 1/2 in. wide slices.
step 2:
Pour the 2 cups water into a bowl. Put a rice paper into the water and soak about 20 seconds. Remove and place it on a cutting board with the rough surface up and wipe dry with a paper towel.
step 3:
Put two avocado slices on the lower part of a rice paper. Put the lettuce over them.
step 4:
Roll the rice paper over the ingredients one time. Fold the left and right sides of the rice paper in. Roll once more, leaving enough room for the shrimps.
step 5:
Place two pieces of the shrimps on the remaining part of the rice paper. Roll it over once to complete the spring roll. Repeat from Step 2 to Step 5 to make the remaining 3 rolls.
step 6:
Cut the rolls in half. To make the dipping sauce, stir the wasabi (Japanese horseradish) into the soy sauce in two shallow dishes.
comment:
The shrimp flavor is good and the dipping sauce (soy sauce and wasabi) suits all ingredients well.