What is Popiah
Popiah is a Teochew-style spring roll with filling that comprises grated turnip (mangkuang/hongkuak), lettuce leaf, beancurd, egg bits, grated carrot, a dash of chilli paste (huan cheo ciau) and sweet sauce (tnee ciau) and a sprinkling of fried onions. Home-made popiah may also have shittake mushrooms, prawns, crab meat to give it a richer, more luxurious flavor.
The name popiah, which in Teochew and Hokkien means "thin wafer", refers to the skin which is a crêpe made from wheat flour. The sweet sauce is made from soy sauce (tau you), bean sauce (tau ciau) and prawn paste (hae ko). A combination of grated turnip, a smaller portion of grated carrot and optionally, bean sprouts, is steamed.
To prepare popiah, start with the skin. Apply the sweet sauce and chilli paste to the skin. Then place a piece of lettuce leaf. Over this place a spoonful or two of the turnip combo filling. Sprinkle fried grounded peanuts, fried shallots, and shredded fried egg. Fold the skin from bottom to the middle, then fold the two sides in. Finally roll it upwards. And there you have it, one popiah springroll.
Popiah is also deep fried to create popiah-chi (fried spring roll), often sold with loh bak.
Ingredients of Popiah:
popiah skin
grated turnip
lettuce leaf
beancurd
shredded fried egg
fried shallots
fried grounded peanuts
grated carrot
chilli paste
sweet sauce
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Popiah
Where to find Popiah
Popiah is available at the following locations in Penang:
Padang Food Court, junction of Anson Road and Perak Road, (lunch to tea time), 1 vote
Sin Yin Nam Cafe, Jalan Macalister - New Lane junction
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