popia

What Is It?

Popia is a type of chinese spring roll with a very flat and thin surface, and round in shape. It's tasteless unless you stuffed it with ingredients on your choice, turning it into a delicious spring roll.The most popular fillings are like yam bean, salad, bean sprouts, carrots, etc. It used to be a Chinese favorite. But now, even the Malays are trying their ways to make the food in their own style. There is just no right or wrong method in making a tasty food in Malaysia sometimes. All races live in harmony and it's evidenced on the food.The nyonya version of Popia is special, which the filling consists of meat (prawns, crab meat), soya bean cake (taukua), eggs, shallots, chillies, garlic, etc. Not matter how you make it, as long as the fillings is right for your own taste, you may enjoy Popia filled with tuna !!
Popia can be served fresh (not fried), or you can deep fry it to get a crispy spring roll.

credit to facinatingmalaysia

How to Make It?

Bahan-bahan :

Inti

Ditumbuk:

2 biji bawang merah

1 biji bawang putih

50g udang kering 

Dihiris panjang-panjang :

100g of sengkuang

100g of lobak merah / carrot

100g of timun

1 biji Telur

Garam secukup rasa

Minyak masak

Kulit popia

Tepung gandum + air - sebagai gam

Cara-cara :

1. Panaskan minyak di atas kuali. Apabila minyak sudah panas, masukkan bahan-bahan yang telah ditumbuk tadi. Goreng sampai garing.
2. Selepas itu, masukkan telur. Goreng sampai garing dan hancurkan telur itu.
3. Kemudian, masukkan sayur-sayuran yang telah dihiris tadi. Tambah garam secukup rasa. Masak sehingga sayur-sayuran tersebut layu. Inti siap.
4. Kemudian, ambil kulit popia dan letak sedikit daripada inti yang telah dibuat tadi di atas kulit popia tersebut. Selepas itu, gulung kulit popia itu. Jangan lupa untuk gam kulit popia tersebut. Kalau tidak, kulit popia akan terbuka bila masak. Selesai.
[Kulit popia jangan dibiarkan terdedah kepada suhu bilik. Nanti kulit popia tersebut akan kering dan susah utntuk dilipat.]
5. Popia kemudiannya digoreng sehingga garing. Siap. sedia untuk dihidang.

6. Lebih sedap dihidang bersama sos cili.

Popia yang berlum digoreng 

Selamat Mencuba!