ingredients
makes 35
1/2 cup roasted peanuts
1/4 cup coconut milk
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 cup oil
3 eggs, lightly beaten
5 ounce dried rice vermicelli
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh ginger
2 teaspoons shrimp paste (blachan)
6 scallions, thinly sliced
14 ounce can baby corn, drained, quartered lengthways
5 ounce bean shoots
1 pound Chinese cabbage, hard stems removed, thinly sliced
1/2 small red pepper (capsicum), thinly sliced
1/4 ounce fresh cilantro leaves
1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce
2 - 3 large banana leaves, for serving
1/2 cup roasted peanuts, extra, chopped, to garnish
lime wedges, for serving
method
1. Mix the peanuts, coconut milk, lime juice and turmeric in a food processor until combined, but so the peanuts are only roughly chopped.
2. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large wok. Add the eggs and tilt the uncooked egg to the outside edge of the wok. Cook until firm, then remove from the wok and roll up firmly. Cut into thin slices.
3. Place the vermicelli in a bowl, cover with boiling water and soak for 5 minutes. Drain and cut into short lengths with scissors.
4. Heat the remaining oil in the wok. Add the garlic, ginger and shrimp paste and stir-fry for 30 seconds, or until aromatic. Add the vegetables and stir-fry until tender. Add the vermicelli and stir-fry until heated through. Stir in the peanut mixture and stir-fry until well combined and heated through. Turn off the heat and gently stir in the omelette and cilantro leaves and fish sauce.
5. Cut the banana leaves into 4 1/2 inch squares and blanch them in hot water for 10 - 15 seconds. Hold one corner of a square down on a flat surface with your finger, then fold one side of the banana leaf across, overlapping it into a cone shape. Secure down the side through to the base with a toothpick. Repeat to make 35 cones.
6. Spoon the filling into the cones, sprinkle with the extra peanuts and serve with lime wedges.
more information
Banana leaves are available in the fruit and vegetable section of most supermarkets or in Asian or Pacific Island stores.
