Rice Noodle Rolls (Chee Cheong Fun)

East Asian

Ingredients

125 g rice flour

2 ½ Tbsp tapioca flour

500 ml water

1 Tbsp oil

2 Tbsp oil, extra for mould

Toppings

¼ cup sesame seeds, toasted

1 cup oil

1 brown onion, peeled and sliced thinly

Chilli sauce (Sriracha), optional

Topping Sauce

1 cup hoisin sauce

1 cup water

1/3 cup sugar

Directions

Combine all the rice flour roll ingredients and mix well, batter will be very thin.

Brush a square metal cake pan with oil, pour a very thin layer (2 mm) of batter and steam on high heat for one minute OR use an oiled non-metallic baking dish and microwave on high for about a minute and a half (75 to 90 seconds depending on strength of your microwave).

Allow to cool slightly then use a spatula or scraper to lift up the edge of the rice flour sheet. Roll up then put aside and repeat process until all the batter is used up.

Toast sesame seeds in a dry pan over medium heat, cool.

Heat the oil in a wok and fry the onion until light brown. Remove onion from oil and transfer onto paper towel to crisp up. Store the onion crisps for future use, reserve oil for topping the rolls.

Combine hoisin sauce, water and sugar in a saucepan. Simmer on low heat until sugar is completely dissolved.

Assemble

Cut the rice flour rolls into 3 cm widths. Drizzle with either prawn paste sauce & Kicap manis OR hoisin sauce mixture.

Drizzle with onion oil and a sprinkle of toasted sesame seeds, serve with chilli sauce if you like it spicy.