Remember that cooking a delectable dish doesn’t always have to be difficult, sometimes it only requires a little time to make. Like in this dish that we are going to prepare, it is the Lumpiang Togue Recipe – such an easy dish with just a simple procedure to follow. This is made of mung bean sprouts as the main ingredient which is known here in the Philippines as “Togue”, wrapped in a spring roll along with other veggies such as carrots and cabbage. The combination of vegetables here can be varied as well according to your taste.
Lumpiang Togue is often served as an appetizer or a side dish which is best paired with a dip of spicy vinegar seasoned with onions and whole peppercorn or locally known as “paminta”. In Filipino cuisine, there are other versions in cooking Lumpia recipe, such as Lumpiang Shanghai, Lumpiang Sariwa, Lumpiang Bangus, Chicken Lumpia, Lumpiang Pritong Tokwa, Lumpiang Ubod and the Lumpiang Gulay which is often compared to Lumpiang Togue Recipe since the main ingredient is vegetable, though, in Lumpiang Gulay there are no mung bean sprouts included.
Lumpiang Togue Recipe
Ingredients
- 250 grams bean sprouts
- 250 grams sweet potato, peeled and julienned
- 1 medium-sized carrot, peeled and julienned
- 1 cup green beans, ends removed, sliced thinly
- 1 square tofu, sliced thinly and fried
- 125 grams ground pork
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 1 head garlic, minced
- ½ cup dried shrimp
- 2 tbsps fish sauce
- 24 pcs lumpia wrapper
- Cooking oil for frying
- Salt and pepper to taste
- For the Dip:
- 1 cup white vinegar
- 2 tbsps soy sauce
- 1 tsp garlic, minced
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a wok, sauté onion, garlic until brown.
- Add ground pork.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Stir well.
- Add the bean sprouts, green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots.
- Stir until cooked.
- Add fish sauce and dried shrimps.
- Continue stirring for a few minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Add fried tofu.
- Cook for another minute while stirring.
- Drain and set aside.
- Wrap the bean sprouts mixture into the lumpia wrapper one by one.
- Repeat process.
- In a deep pan, heat oil.
- Fry lumping togue one batch at a time until crisp.
- Drain and serve.
- For the Dip:
- For the dip, mix all ingredients.
- Serve on the side.