VIETNAMESE SPRING ROLLS

I LOVE oriental food. What's more? I love HEALTHY oriental food. Deliciousness and raw flavour but completely guilt-free! And totally vegan!

This recipe is actually mega easy too, and honestly, really, really good! I recommend a serving of 3 spring rolls per person, served with the rest of the noodles and veg or sushi rice. So the following servings will serve 2. You can see in the background of the image above how much was left over - but this is nice to have with the spring rolls I think.

You will need:

• 6 sheets of rice paper
• 3/4 a cucumber
• 1 large carrot, peeled
• 200g bean shoots
• 1 onion
• 1 pack vermicelli noodles (rice noodles)
• Basil
• Sesame seeds
• Soy sauce
• Hoisin sauce (homemade recipe here)

Steps:

1. If your noodles are dry, soak them in boiling water for about 5 minutes and then drain them and add a little soy sauce and basil for flavour. If you have fresh noodles, don't worry about this step.
2. Cut the cucumber into 3, 3-inch segments and cut away the outsides so that you're left with a block of the seeds - you don't want to use this part. Cut the rest into small matchstick slices.
3. Peel the carrot and cut into matchsticks.
4. Cut the onion into small strips also. Add a teaspoon of olive oil or coconut oil to a pan and add the onion and bean shoots to the pan. Stir-fry for 3-3.5 minutes. Then set aside on a plate to cool.
5. Get a bowl of warm water and dip one side of the paper in, and rotate. And continue to do this for one rotation and then rotate one more time immersing the whole rice paper in the water. This is very important, trying to place the rice paper straight into the bowl will snap it.
6. Place the rice paper flat and add the cucumber and carrot sticks flat in the centre of the paper. Use them as a guide, trying to add ingredients only on top of them, not allowing them to overflow too much. Then add a small amount of noodles and the onion and bean shoot mix. Sprinkle over some basil and sesame seeds. 
7. Fold the left and right sides over your ingredients. They should just cover both ends of the cucumber and carrot. Then fold over the bottom layer, follow by wrapping the top layer over.
8. They should then be complete! Serve with noodles, rice and hoisin/soy sauce.
9. Enjoy!