75. Ngo Hiang 五香肉卷 2024 - Prawn Rolls for CNY - Mummy used to Make These - and Veggie Rolls 5 March 2025

CNY 2024

Year of the Dragon

Mummy used to make ngo hiang or prawn rolls for CNY.

but every year, she'll be annoyed and disappointed that her meat and prawn fillings are too soft and not bouncy. we'll still eat her ngo hiang and note that the taste is perfect even if the texture is not LOL

in 2024, i made too much for bakwan kepiting. so i decided to make some ngo hiang.

this is the first time i make ngo hiang!
never seem to have made it with mummy or alow.

thankfully i bought beancurd skins in advanced. unfortunately, one packet of skin smelled weird so i threw them out! one packet is more than enough to make 10 prawn rolls! 10 rolls seem a bit much for 1st time but if i had more beancurd skin, i would have rolled them much better - since the first 3 rolls were badly rolled LOL

Recipe - Ngo Hiang 五香肉卷  - Prawn Rolls

1. prepare and combine filling mix:

- minced pork

- cornflour

- minced prawns

- chopped bamboo shoots

- chopped water chestnut

- chopped dried mushrooms - soaked and cut into pieces

- chopped black fungus - hard type for crunchy texture

- chopped carrots

- minced raw garlic

- fried crispy garlic and the oil

- fried crispy shallots and the oil (bawang goreng)
- 5 spice powder

- sesame oil

- chinese shaoxing wine

2. prepare beancurd wrapper 

- cut to size 

- wipe with a clean damp cloth to remove the salt

3. wrap ngo hiang and steam till filling is cooked

4. cool and freeze or set aside 

5. fry or grill / put in air fryer ot turbo oven

6. serve hot with sweet sauce/paste 

and macaroni chilli sauce or chilli chuka (vinegar chilli sauce)

below: too much ingredients for bakwan kepiting

- minced pork

- cuttlefish sotong paste

- chopped fresh prawns

- crab meat

not here - water chestnut, bamboo shoots

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adding veggie rolls in this page too.

5 March 2025

veggie rolls!

Recipe - Veggie Beancurd Rolls

1. fry (separately)

a. fresh prawns with garlic

for these rolls, i used prawn balls

b. veggies

season with salt, white pepper, light soya, oyster sauce and sesame oil

- shredded carrots, 

- black fungus, 

- bamboo shoots, 

- dried chinese mushrooms 

- spring onions (today i used spring onions from the garden)

- optional - cabbage

2. prepare beancurd skin

3. roll cooked veggies with beancurd skin

4. grill the veggie rolls

5. make the gravy

- dark soya sauce, oyster sauce, sugar shaoxing chinese wine and sesame oil

6. add tbe gravy to the rolls and steam

7. serve hot with steamed rice

grilled the rolls before steaming with gravy

scrambled eggs with bamboo shoots, black fungus, carrots

- remainder veggies from the veggie rolls