I do want to explain my cravings, but sad to say I can’t. It’s a bit strange; I am just watching a sci-fi movie when I suddenly feel that I want to eat Lumpiang Shanghai. Don’t get me wrong I am not pregnant.
It’s sad because I can’t cook that food. Good thing I can still eat it because one of the drive thru of the roasted chicken stores is just few walks from our house. Yepey!
But, here is the recipe for Lumpiang Shanghai for those who want to cook it.
Ingredients:
* 2 pounds of cooked ground pork or beef
* 1 can of water chestnuts, sliced into small pieces
* 1 stick of carrot (grated)
* 1 cup of shrimp (cooked, unshelled, and minced)
* 1 cup of raisins
* sesame oil
* soy sauce
* 1 onion, sliced into small pieces
* 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
* oil
* 2 egg yolks
* lumpia wrapper (egg roll wrappers will work also)
* ground black pepper
* green onions, sliced into small pieces
Procedure:
Mix ground meat, water chestnuts, carrots, shrimps, raisins, sesame oil, onions,1 egg yolk thoroughly. Add soy sauce or salt, and pepper to taste. Put a one tablespoon of meat mixture in the middle of the wrapper. Flatten mixture. Roll wrapper like an egg roll. Fry. Serve with pineapple juice thickened with corn starch as sauce or with a mixture of soy sauce and lemon.
