18 Aug 2010

Harumaki- spring roll

Last week I started visiting a dental clinic again to get some of my bad teeth fixed. Most of the patients at the clinic are kids so the staff seem to be well-trained not to scare you.

There is a screen in front of the seat where you see "Tom and Jerry" and sometimes the dentist uses it to explain the situation with your X ray data. Also they don't say anything about either about "pain" or "no pain". Even if the case does get painful later. They must have thought a lot about how to deal with treating little kids!

Today I'm cooking spring rolls. If you find the layers at supermarkets or Asian shops hopefully. Usually spring rolls are deep-fried but this time I didn't use much oil for less calories.
Ingredients:
starch vermicelli (rice vermicelli is also ok)
capsicum
carrot
cabbage
ginger
garlic
minced pork
layers for spring roll
gochujang(Korean chili paste) or chili
pepper and salt
sesame oil

1- Cut the ginger, garlic, carrot, capsicum and cabbage thinly. Make the vermicelli soft in a hot water, drain the water and cut into 5cm long chunks.

2- Fry the garlic and ginger with sesame oil. Add the pork and other vegetables.

3- When 2 is cooked, add the vermicelli and gochujang, pepper and salt. Stir fry well.

4- Put 3 on a layer and roll it up.

5- Fry 4 with some oil.

Itadakimasu.