Homemade Spring Rolls

    Towards the end of our time in Chicago (or rather Cicero), we started eating at this little Chinese take out place across the street. We had always walked by it and said we should try it sometime, but there are so many restaurants in Chicago that the tiny little take out place just never seemed all that exciting. However, when the countdown to our departure started and we began packing and the house was a mess and chaotic and I no longer felt like cooking because of the disastrous condition of my kitchen, the little take out place regained it's appeal.
    I must admit that this particular little take out place became a mainstay for our apathetic movers syndrome.   After that first time we fell in love. They had this biggest and most delicious egg rolls I think i have ever had. I'm sitting here drooling over my computer at the memory (it doesn't help that it's lunch time and I have no access to food).
    Now that I have expressed my love of Chinese and egg rolls, lets get to the point. Egg rolls are really not that hard to make, so I've made them on several occasions. I guess I mine are actually spring rolls, because I don't add egg, but spring rolls are just as yummy.

Homemade Spring Roll

Wrapper Ingredients:

2 cups flour (I usually use a combination of whole wheat white and whole wheat flour)

Vegan "egg" (1 tablespoon ground flax mixed with two tablespoons of water)

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup ice water

Olive oil for coating

Directions:

(1) Mix all the ingredients together. (2) Roll it out thin and flat. (3) Cut into equal sized square pieces.

Filling Ingredients:

It's simply a bag of coleslaw mix.

Directions:

(1)Place a good sized pinch of the coleslaw mix into the center of each wrapper. (2) Fold in the sides and roll. (3) Coat each roll in olive oil. (4) Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown.

    I found a really yummy sauce at Trader Joe's called "Sweet Chili Sauce" which is really good to dip them in. It's a bit spicy unlike duck sauce, but it's quite yummy. It also pairs well with my Sushi Bowl recipe which you can find <here>.