T o make these salad rolls a balanced meal, we want to incorporate a protein rich food, vegetables, and some fats into the rice wrapper, which provides your starch.
Steps for making the perfect salad roll:
Rice paper wrappers are made of rice flour, tapioca flour, salt, and water, making them naturally gluten-free. After forming a thin circle with the flour paste, it is then dried. The result is a thin crispy round sheet that simply needs to be rehydrated (soaked in warm water) before using it. Easy to digest with a very neutral taste, rice paper wrappers are a great vessel for creating whatever flavour profile you prefer.
The best part is the dipping sauce! The peanut sauce adds healthy fats and tons of flavour to these rolls. Being high in monounsaturated fats, peanut butter is an excellent energy source of energy. Peanut butter is also rich in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants: vitamin E, B3, B6, copper, and manganese.
For the Peanut Dipping Sauce, mix together:
Try preparing a bunch of these on the weekend to take for lunches at the beginning of the week. These rolls will keep well in the fridge for 2-3 days.
Written by Sofya Borisenko and Liz Powell, RD