Ingredients
- 2 cans sardines in tomato sauce (425g each)
- 1 pc egg
- 1 tbsp ginger, minced
- 1 medium onion, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 medium carrot, chopped
- 2 tbsp parsley, chopped
- salt and pepper, to taste
- lumpia wrappers
- cooking oil, for deep-frying
- For the dipping sauce:
- tomato sauce from 2 cans sardines
- 8 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Separate the sardines from the tomato sauce. Set aside the tomato sauce as you will use it for the dipping sauce.
- In a mixing bowl, put the sardines and mash them.
- Add the carrots, ginger, onion, garlic, parsley, egg, salt and pepper. Mix well.
- Get about a tablespoon of the mixture and wrap it with the lumpia wrapper. Apply some water to seal the wrapper. (Refer to the video to see the wrapping procedure)
- Repeat step 4 until all mixture is consumed.
- Heat cooking oil in a pan. Deep fry the lumpia until golden brown. Remove from the pan and drain excess oil.
- For the dipping sauce:
- Prepare pot over medium heat.
- Add the tomato sauce, water, salt, pepper, lemon juice, and cornstarch.
- Continuously mix until the sauce boils and thickens.
- Remove from heat. Serve the lumpia with this dipping sauce.
- Enjoy your lumpiang sardinas!