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Popiah recipe
- Cuisine: Singaporean
- Serves 8 people (makes about 20 rolls)
Ingredients
1 large yam bean (jicama or Chinese turnip)*
1 large carrot, grated
Vegetable or peanut oil
3 cloves garlic, finely diced
1/2 cup dried shrimp, soaked, drained and ground in a blender
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp rice wine
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste
I packet popiah wrappers (available in Asian grocery stores)
You can substitute spring roll wrappers
Note:
While yam bean is definitely best, you could substitute water chestnuts or white Japanese radish (daikon)
Condiments
2 Hardboiled eggs, sliced
1 Chinese sausage (Lap cheung), sliced and lightly fried
1 head butter lettuce
1 cup bean sprouts
1 cup crushed peanuts
Chilli shrimp paste (belacan)
Hoisin sauce
Preparation
Peel the yam bean and grate on a large setting. Place in a colander and allow to drain. Before using, squeeze all excess water from the yam bean. Grate the carrot to a similar size.
Heat the oil in a wok and add the diced garlic and fry quickly.
Add the ground, dried shrimp and fry for a few more minutes. Add the grated yam bean and carrot and toss through until hot.
Mix together the oyster sauce, soy sauce, rice wine and pour over the mix. Allow to cook until the yam bean has softened and absorbed the flavours (about 20 minutes).
Season with salt and sugar to taste.
Lay out one popiah wrapper and place on it a lettuce leaf. Add the carrot and yam bean mixture. Top with bean sprouts, sprinkle with peanuts, a slice of egg and Chinese sausage and a dollop of chilli paste and Hoisin sauce.
Fold in the sides and roll into a parcel, about 10 cm long. And enjoy!
Allow your friends to serve themselves and like the Singapore girls, have a popiah party!
If you enjoyed this Popiah recipe then browse more Singaporean recipes, pizza, pie and tart recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
Singaporean Restaurants
Displaying 10 of 42 Singaporean Restaurants.
| Restaurant | Book Online | Suburb | |
| 1. | Harry's Singapore Chilli Crab | Sydney | |
| 2. | Temasek | Parramatta | |
| 3. | The Old Raffles Place | Collingwood | |
| 4. | Singapore China Town Restaurant | Northbridge | |
| 5. | Bismi's Gold an Fork | Melbourne | |
| 6. | Ginger & Spice | Neutral Bay | |
| 7. | Gingerboy | Melbourne | |
| 8. | Katong Singaporean Restaurant | City Beach | |
| 9. | Suria Cafe | Girrawheen | |
| 10. | Raffles Room at Steventon Lodge | Tea Tree Gully |
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