Popiah (Spring Roll)
Popiah or spring roll. It can be the whitish wet version or the brownish fried ones. These spring rolls are popular local delicacies. The ingredients can include but not limited to eggs, prawns, turnip, carrots, peanuts, lettuce, parsley, garlic, bean sprout, sweet sauce, chilli paste (the quantity depends on spicy you want it to be) that are wrapped in popiah skin which is paper thin wheat flour to hold all or some of these ingredients! Some vendors will add a bit of crunchy bits to make it more crispy. Kway Guan Huat Popiah at Joo Chiat You can get popiah at most hawker or food centres . The popiah can be the deep fried version or the wet types. You can get a wet type spring roll as shown below for about $2 at Qi Ji. The ones containing prawns will be slightly more than that. The smaller fried brownish ones you can get for about $1 each. Popiah or spring roll is not exactly a meal but more as snacks. Yummy, affordable and feeling snacks and certainly healthy with the many vegetables