Thai Spring Rolls w coconut wrappers

[StarFire]

Thai Spring Rolls with spicy citrus dipping sauce
By Vanessa Sherwood
Posted on GLiving GreenChefs

If you don’t feel like making the coconut wrappers, you can either use the lettuce as a wrapper, or just use regular store bought rice wrappers that you’ll find in the Asian section of most grocery stores.



Coconut Wrappers
1 Cup Young Coconut Meat (see pic above how pliable it is?)
1/2 Cup Coconut Water
1/4 Cup Flax Meal (Optional)
Pinch of Salt




FILLING:
Butter Lettuce
Cucumber, thinly sliced
Scallions, thinly sliced lengthwise
Bean Sprouts
Star Fruit, thinly sliced
Basil
Cilantro
Mint Leaves

Spicy Citrus dipping Sauce:
Lime, Juiced
1 1/2 Tablespoon Nama Shoyu
3 Tablespoons Water
1 Serrano Chili, minced
1-2 Cloves Garlic, minced
2 Teaspoons Agave
1/4 Teaspoon Salt



For the Coconut Wrappers:
In a Vita Mix or high speed blender, blend everything until completely smooth. Now comes the tricky bit. You should be able to make four wrappers on each teflex lined tray of your dehydrator, unless you want to make one huge wrapper on each tray- it’s your choice. Pour out 2-4 tablespoons of the coconut custard and spread out thin with a spoon or spreader/spatula. Dehydrate at 105- 110 degrees until completely dry, 6-12 hours. When they are done, you will be able to peel them off of the teflex sheet.






For the Filling:
There are no rules here. You can put whatever you want in the wrappers.

Fill the coconut wrappers with the veggies. If you are using the coconut wrappers, be warned that they will get soggy quite quickly. It's a really good idea to FIRST lay down lettuce then add your other veggies on top of that. It’s also best to roll them as you are eating them. If you are using the lettuce as your wrapper, it won’t be an issue.

spicy citrus dipping sauce:
Whisk all the ingredients together. This is your dipping sauce.


OKAY HOW i TWEAKED the recipe:
For the coconut wrappers... omg... it's so worth making these ... they are FABULOUS! I did use the flax meal and would highly recommend adding it. I also added about 1 teaspoon of psyllium husk.... which really gives it some resilience when you roll the wrappers up.
Also for those that don't use Nama Shoyu, yu can always substitue with Tamari, Braggs or Coconut aminos.

this is one of my all time favorites, and most SAD eaters love it too!
hope you enjoy it!
RAWk on!

[DebB]

Wow! Those look delicious ~ thank you for sharing this recipe. *Ü*

[walnutty]

WOW is right!

I am SO glad you are back StarFire!

Woo Hoo!

[GlimR]

(Starfire)...........amazing...the star fruit look so exotic in the mix.......you are a wonder.

[StarFire]

It really is an amaaazing recipe - I do hope you try it! When I make this for dinner parties etc... (pot lucks) I always take extra coconut wraps because people love to just eat them plain.

One pot luck I had taken a few other goodies - one of which was raw sour creme (for tacos) and one of the guests just stood at the food bar filling wraps with the sour creme and eating it right there ! Then he'd make another one... THEN... he put the sour creme and added strawberries and ate it that way! (i tried that it was so yummy ... glad he thought of it!)

if you make this recipe ... please let me know if you like it!!

[walnutty]

Bumping so I remember to make these soon!

[laughalways]

Thanks...I want to try them too.