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Crispy Vegetable Egg Rolls with Phyllo Dough
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Crispy Vegetable Egg Rolls with Phyllo Dough

Crispy vegetable egg rolls with a colorful filling of carrot, cabbage and cilantro — an Asian-Israeli dish

⏱ 40 minMake ahead: 8 hr🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 3 parts
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Wrapping Dough

  1. 1
    Thaw the phyllo dough in the fridge overnight, until pliable but still cold.
    Refrigerator
    💡Work with store-bought dough while it's cold: warm puff pastry gets sticky and won't puff in the oven, and phyllo sheets dry out fast, so keep the waiting sheets covered with a damp towel.

For the Pastry Filling

  1. 2
    In a bowl, mix the carrot, cabbage, red pepper, cilantro, soy sauce, sesame oil, sesame seeds, salt and black pepper.
    Bowl

To assemble

  1. 3
    Lay out a phyllo sheet, brush it lightly with some of the oil and fold it in half.
    Pastry brush
  2. 4
    Place 2 tbsp of the filling at the bottom edge, fold in the sides and roll up tightly.
  3. 5
    Heat the rest of the oil in a skillet and fry the rolls 3–4 minutes per side, until golden.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  4. 6
    Drain on paper towels and serve hot.
271calories
6 gprotein
30 gcarbs
13 gfat
● protein 9%● carbs 46%● fat 45%

Per serving (167 g), of 4 servings

For the Wrapping Dough · For the Pastry Filling · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Pastry brush · Also works: Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (Spread with the back of a spoon, less even) · Paper towels (Paper towel dipped in oil)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)

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🧩 Built from…

Store-bought dough → Stir-Fried Filling (for Spring Rolls) → Filled pastry

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