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Spring roll
Chinese	春卷
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin chun1 juan3 Cantonese - Jyutping ceon1 gyun2

Vietnamese spring roll.

Spring rolls are a specific type of appetizers, it is either eaten fresh or fried in some countries. Spring rolls can be found in several Asian countries, most notably China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Cambodia.

Regional

East and Northern China

In Chinese cuisine, egg rolls differ from the spring roll. There are sweet spring rolls with red bean paste inside from areas in Eastern China, such as Zhejiang and Northern China. Spring rolls are usually eaten during the Spring Festival in China, hence the name.

Taiwan

In Taiwan, spring rolls also come in a number of varieties. They can generally be divided into fried and non-fried varieties.

Fried vs. Non-fried

Fried spring rolls are generally smaller and crispier. They can be sweet or savory; the latter are typically prepared with meat or vegetables. This version is fully wrapped before being pan fried or deep fried.

Non-fried spring rolls are typically bigger and more savory. In contrast, non-fried spring rolls typically fill the wrapping with pre-cooked ingredients. The most commonly eaten style of non-fried Taiwanese spring rolls is called runbing in Mandarin (or po̍h-piáⁿ (薄餅) in Taiwanese, see popiah). Traditionally, non-fried spring rolls are a festive food eaten during the Cold Food Day festival and the Tomb Sweeping Day festival in spring to remember and pay respect to ancestors. The Hakka population sometimes also eat spring rolls on the 3rd of March in the lunar calendar every year. The wrappings can be a flour-based mix or batter.

Northern vs. Southern Taiwan

In northern Taiwan, the ingredients are generally flavored with herbs, stir-fried and sometimes topped with a finely ground peanut powder before being wrapped. The northern-Taiwanese style spring roll is usually lightly topped with or accompanied by a soy sauce.

In southern Taiwan, the ingredients are generally boiled or blanched in plain water. Sometimes caster or superfine sugar is added along with the peanut powder before all the ingredients are wrapped.

Hong Kong

Spring roll is usually available as a dim sum dish.

Vietnam

In some restaurants, gỏi cuốn, a Vietnamese salad roll, is translated as spring roll, while some others prefer the term "summer roll." Ingredients include slivers of boiled pork, fresh herbs, lettuce, sometimes fresh garlic chives, rice vermicelli, all wrapped in moistened rice paper, served cold with dipping sauce nước chấm. The salad roll is easily distinguished from a minced pork roll by the fact that it is not fried, the ingredients used are different. Spring roll refer to the freshness of the spring season with all the fresh ingredients, therefore frying take aways that feeling. The fried version with minced pork is called Chả giò (South Vietnam), Nem, or Nem rán (North Vietnam); it has been mistakenly referred to as an egg roll or spring roll on some restaurant menus. It is different from the Chinese egg roll in that it is typically smaller and contains (in addition to pork or another meat) a combination of bean sprouts, vermicelli noodles, and sometimes mushrooms and carrots. It would be more correctly referred to as a "Vietnamese Egg Roll".

Australia

In Australia, a diverse range of authentic Asian cuisine is available due to immigration, multiculturalism and the abundant fresh local produce (see Dim sim) chiko roll was inspired by the spring roll Australians also have their own version of spring roll, made by Marathon [1] that can be found in just about any takeaway "chip shop" in Australia, and rather than using pastry with a rolling technique they have a more batter/dough texture.

Philippines and Indonesia

Lumpia is the name for spring rolls in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Europe

In the Netherlands and Belgium, spring rolls are known as Loempia, ln Sweden, vårrullar^[1], in Poland, Sajgonki. They are thought to have been introduced by immigrants from Indonesia. Loempias are filled with bean sprouts, chopped omelette, and sliced ham.

Costa Rica

In Costa Rica spring rolls are called in Spanish "Tacos Chinos" (Chinese Tacos), offered in almost all the Chinese restaurants as an entree or appetizer.

Uruguay

In Uruguay spring rolls are called "Arrolladitos Primavera", and supermarkets and Chinese restaurants sell them.

Mexico

In Mexico spring rolls are called "Rollos Primavera", and are sold in any Chinese restaurant and fast food establishment.

See also

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• Chả giò
• Egg roll
• Lumpia
• Pastel
• Popiah
• Sambousa
• Summer roll

References

External links

• BBC Food recipe
• How to Wrap Spring Rolls
• Spring roll rice paper for making frying spring roll and fresh spring roll