Name: Armadale Spring Roll (Chicken Pox Spring Roll)
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 100 g grated coconut; 50 g shallot(s); 6 g garlic clove(s); 5 g ginger; 4 chilli peppers (dried); 25 g shrimps (dried); 5 g lemongrass stalk(s); 0.25 tsp turmeric powder; 1.5 tbsp water; 1 tbsp oil; 0.5 tsp salt; 1 tbsp sugar; 2 cups oil

The making of this spring roll was inspired by my daughter Celastra, to make use of the excess spicy coconut filling from my Hippopotamus Fritters. It is called Armadale Spring Roll in honour of my guests coming to my restaurant style Assam Laksa dinner that night.

Ingredients

Servings:

100 g: grated coconut
50 g: shallot(s)
6 g: garlic clove(s)
5 g: ginger
4: chilli peppers (dried)
25 g: shrimps (dried)
5 g: lemongrass stalk(s)
1⁄4 tsp: turmeric powder
1 1⁄2 tbsp: water
1 tbsp: oil
1⁄2 tsp: salt
1 tbsp: sugar
2 cups: oil

Steps to Prepare

Armadale Spring Roll (Chicken Pox Spring Roll) Step 1

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- 100 g grated coconut

Cut frozen grated coconut into small cubes. Steam frozen grated coconut in a medium wok with lid over medium heat for 10min. I used frozen grated coconut, but desiccated or fresh grated coconut can also be used thus omitting this steaming step.

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- 50 g shallot(s)
- 6 g garlic clove(s)
- 5 g ginger
- 4 chilli peppers (dried)
- 25 g shrimps (dried)
- 5 g lemongrass stalk(s)
- 1⁄4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 1⁄2 tbsp water

Blend shallots, garlic, fresh ginger, dried red chillies, dried shrimps, lemongrass, turmeric with water until it makes a paste.

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- 1 tbsp oil

Heat up cooking oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Sauté the blended ingredients above until fragrant and change into darker colour.

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- 1⁄2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp sugar

Add steamed grated coconut, salt, and sugar to taste. Stir for 5 to 10 minutes until the mixture is well mixed over medium heat. If it becomes too dry add some water.

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Remove from heat and transfer the filling to a bowl and leave it to cool.

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For spring roll wrappers, I used “Shanghai Wonton Skin” (40 pieces of spring roll wrappers). The dimensions of each wrapper are 7.5cm x 8cm.
Place a sheet of spring roll wrapper on a clean work surface with one of the pointed ends towards you.
Place 1tsp (2.3g) filling on the wrapper.
Fold in both the right and left sides of the wrapper over the filling.

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Then, fold the pointed end over the filling.
Moisten the remaining edges of the wrapper with a little water. Roll and seal the wrapper.
The dimensions of each spring roll are 5cm length x 1.5cm diameter.

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Repeat with remaining wrappers and filling.
For this recipe there will be excess spicy coconut filling. The excess filling can be made into 12 more spring rolls or eaten with bread or as side with rice. I am limited with 40 wrappers.

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- 2 cup oil

In a large size saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Test to see whether the oil is sufficiently hot enough by dipping the edge of a wooden flat spatula into the hot oil. If bubbles start to form at the edge of the wooden flat spatula, then the oil is sufficiently hot enough to fry the spring rolls.

Armadale Spring Roll (Chicken Pox Spring Roll) Step 10

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Gently lower 20 spring rolls (1st batch) into the oil and fry for 11/2 to 2min per side until golden brown.
Remove and place on a plate lined with paper towel.
Repeat with the other 20 spring rolls (2nd batch).
Serve immediately or cold. The outcome would be similar – crunchy! I left a few for 72hr (3 days) in the fridge, but when eaten cold directly from the fridge, they are still crunchy!

Published: December 11, 2019