Growing up in Mumbai we ate spring rolls quite often and mostly at ‘Indochinese joints’ spread across the city suburbs. These were mostly vegetable spring rolls which had a tasty filling of shredded veggies like cabbage,spring onions etc mixed with noodles and had a liberal seasoning of pepper and soy sauce. In the US the Chinese spring rolls we get (especially from takeout joints)happen to be quite bland and except for the crusty coating, the spring rolls don’t really deliver it for me.
So you can imagine my excitement when I came across this recipe of Spicy Spring rolls in the SriLankan Recipes cookbook of Rice and Curry. The Sri Lankans seem to take the spring rolls a step further in that they are further dipped in flour batter and coated with bread crumbs before frying (like you would make cutlets or patties). Plus the filling options were all equally mouth watering – spicy shrimp, fish or beef.! Move aside, ordinary spring rolls. It’s time for a make-over – and here’s the recipe to turn ordinary spring rolls into spring rolls extraordinaire 🙂
I decided to go with a chicken filling since I had some leftover cooked chicken pieces from the previous night when I had made chicken soup. But you can easily substitute this recipe with some veggies – potatoes are already in the chicken filling. I am bringing these fancy, ‘all dressed up’ spring rolls to the weekly Fiesta Friday party at Angie’s where Elaine from Foodbod and Julie from HostessatHeart are co-hosts this week 🙂
Love this!
yes it was so tasty! thanks
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I think this made me your biggest fan! Nomnom! ?
ha ha thank you 🙂 yeah its really scrumptious!
I LOVE these! The rolls look just insanely good, and now I think you’ve passed on the secret to getting that perfect crunchy, roll with just a bit of chewiness~I cannot wait to make these!! 🙂
yes I hope you get to try them. We loved it:)
I can’t wait to try them! I just love the idea of the crepes – it’s hard to buy wrappers out here and they’re never very fresh (and they’re expensive) so this solves everything!
yes then you definitely need to give these a try!
Yummy, sounds flavorful and spicy.
thx Soumya. yes we enjoyed it and it is quite filling too so a good snack for hungry kids 🙂
Wonderful !
Oooo I love these spring rolls, and those wrappers look just wonderful too. They look nice and crisp, just the way I’d like them. The filling looks extra yummy!
yes Loretta the filling here is almost like what we do for cutlets/patties so spicy! And the extra bread crumbs on top make it really yummy!
I am floored! This is pretty incredible, Indu! Spring rolls on steroids, I would say. I am saving this to make later, definitely.
ha ha I like that Angie spring rolls on steroids! yeah do try it. I am gonna try it with some shrimp/fish filling next!
Wow, Indu, these are great! How impressive that you made your own wrappers!!
Hey Patty! yes and its not that difficult either! Of course I will resort to ready made wrappers if I have to make a large batch! But for a small batch you can definitely try this method! Btw Patty haven’t seen you in a while. Hope you are doing well!
These look so good and I love that you made your own wrappers!
Yes Jhuls its so easy to make these crepes for the wrappers. of course if you are dealing with a big crowd its probably best to get the ready made ones but otherwise these came out great!
What a delicious dish Indu! I’ve seen a few Sri Lankan recipes and love them. Thank you so much for sharing with FF!
You are welcome Julie! yeah these spring rolls were a big hit in my house.!
I can literally feel your excitement in your words!!! Wow! The coating looks amazing. I think you’d better get frying, I’m sure these will be popular at FF – thank you for sharing them with us xx
ha ha 🙂 Elaine yeas it takes so less to get me excited lol. thanks for co-hosting FF this week. I am sure you are having fun!
I am, thank you 🙂
Yum yum yummmmmmm!!! I loved this recipe! Spring rolls are my favourite and I totally love this version
Hi Lina yes these are spicy and the additional breadcrumb coating makes it very interesting!
Brilliant then!
I like this recipe a lot Indu. Spring rolls are a favorite but I have never coated them with flour and then breadcrumbs and fried them. I bet you could bake them as well. No matter I bet they are really delicious 🙂
yes Judi they indeed are really tasty especially if you like a spicy kick. I am going to try it next with a shrimp or fish filling. I bet that will be awesome too!
I definitely enjoy a “spicy kick” 🙂 I would especially enjoy them with shrimp!