Description
A signature street food of Guiyang, Guizhou. You place julienned veggies onto a palm-sized paper-thin wheat crepe. You wrap it small like a swaddled baby, inject a special hot-sour sauce (Zhan Shui), and eat it in one bite.
Restaurants serving Guiyang Vegetarian Spring Rolls (Si Wa Wa)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Various julienned veggies (radish
- cucumber etc.)
- Fish mint root
- Soy sauce
- Black vinegar
- Chili oil
- Garlic
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Mix flour, water, and salt into a wet dough. Dab the dough briefly onto a hot griddle to bake dozens of palm-sized wrappers.
- Julienne 10+ ingredients: radish, carrot, cucumber, kelp, sprouts, fish mint root, soybeans, and arrange in dishes.
- Mix a special sauce of soy, black vinegar, garlic, sesame oil, and chili oil.
- Take a wrapper and add pinches of veggies.
- Wrap it small like a swaddled baby, closing the bottom.
- Inject the sauce directly into the roll with a spoon and eat in one bite.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Hot-sourness of the special sauce and intense flavor of fish mint root、ドクダミの根（折耳根）の強烈な風味
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Lightly steam JP spring roll wrappers to soften, wrap favorite raw veggies
Pairing
Cold Tea / Bing Fen(Clear jelly)
Trivia
Named 'Silk Baby' (Si Wa Wa) because the wrapped shape resembles a swaddled infant. Containing absolutely ZERO meat, it is extremely healthy and overwhelmingly popular among women.
Eating tips & etiquette
Do not dip; the correct way is to 'inject' the sauce inside the roll with a spoon. Biting it explodes the crunch of diverse veggies and the hot-sour sauce in your mouth.
Allergen
Wheat, Soybeans, Sesame