POPIAH / SPRING ROLL

Qingming festival or Tomb sweeping day fall on 5 th April 2014,this day is to commemorate and pay respect to a person's ancestor,families visit the grave site ,after cleaning and sweeping the tomb,families offer food,flower and burn incense and paper money and bow before the memorial tablet. This day some family will make spring roll or popiah to eat,when all the families get together
at home.The spring roll skin have to order a few day ago.You can use the frozen spring roll if you can 't buy the ready make.

POPIAH /SPRING ROLL
Ingredients;
1 kg.spring roll skin
1 1/2 jicama  (peel the skin,sliced and finely shredded)
1 kg cabbage ( wash and finely shredded)
3 red carrot ( wash and finely shredded)
5 stalk leek (wash and sliced thinly)
1/2 kg small fresh shrimp (shelled and cut into two)
6 eggs beaten and made into omelettes and finely shredded
2 whole garlic peeled and minced
4 tbsp salted soya bean,minced
1 cup stock,using the shrimp shell (a tbsp of oil,add in the shell,some pepper,3cup of water to boil,to get a cup of stock,drain prawn stock and keep in a covered container in the fridge overnite.
1 1/2 cup oil
salt to taste.
some lettuce leaves
some ground peanut


chilli paste sauce ;
30 dried chillies,soaked in hot water till soft,8 shallot,3 garlic,3 tbsp dried shrimp ,wash and drain.
Put all the ingredients to blend into paste.In a wok ,heat some oil,when hot,add in the blended paste to cook using medium heat ,keep stirring,add 1 tsp of sugar and salt to taste.when the chilli is cook,dish into a small bowl and put aside.(adjust the salt and sugar to your taste)

sweet black soy sauce;

1/2 bowl black soy sauce,1/2 bowl of sugar put into a small pot to cook till the sugar is melt using low heat.put aside to cool.
The sauce ingredients can be done the day before.

Method;(day one)
Cut the vegetables,jicama,cabbage,carrot,leek,fresh prawn and put in the covered container and kept in the refrigerator overnight.minced garlic,salted soy bean can be prepared first and kept in the fridge
Day two;
Make the omelettes,finely and put aside.
In a large wok,heat 1 1/2 cup oil,fry the pounded garlic till brown and then add the minced salted soy bean,lower the heat,fry until fragrant .Add in the jicama stir fry for a min,add in the cabbage,carrot,leek and small shrimp,2 tbsp black soy sauce,1 cup of stock and keep stirring,cook on low medium heat till the vegetable, should be soft,stir the mixture well,add salt according to your taste.Dish into a pot.
To prepare a popiah roll;
Place a spring roll on a big flat plate.spread a a tsp of chilli sauce,a tsp of sweet black soy sauce.Place
two bits of  lettuce,shredded egg spread  about 3 tbsp of the filling on top of the vegetables.Fold the skin right and left over filling and then complete the roll  by rolling it.