Comments on: An Experimental Lumpia a la Marketman

By: Mimi

Mimi — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 03:14:04 +0000

Re:soggy lumpia. I wrap and fry as needed. I take “orders” before serving on approximately how many each of us will eat and just fry and wrap that number of lumpia pieces. I’d also love to know how to prevent soggy lumpia! But for now I just store the filling in a ziplock bag and wrap before frying.

By: Bubut

Bubut — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 04:48:37 +0000

its fine MM if the lumpia is purplish.. it means that it is rich in anti oxidant…

By: odessa

odessa — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 07:45:34 +0000

just like the purple sitaw MM which makes your dish all purple din he he.. I actually opt for a larger lumpia wrapper para at least twice ung pagka wrap sa lumpia para d mg soggy agad after you fry it (just once pls!) we always partnered the stir fry veggies (sometimes with tokwa) with fried fish or meat at pag may left over the next day ung veggies pwiding pang lumpia para maiba naman… :)

By: Getter Dragon 1

Getter Dragon 1 — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 07:25:33 +0000

I’ve always detested lumpia with wierd ingredients like rasins (yuk) and potatoes. But I recall the ‘lumpia of the 70s’ when people didn’t depend on frozen mixed vegetables in making the filling. I was pretty happy eating the filling alone which was made with beef/pork and fresh vegetables. The one thing I noticed about ’70s lumpia’ is the crispiness factor. Today’s lumpia seems to have a weird taste out of the fryer. Out of all the ingredients that have gone out of vogue, other than vetsin (Accent), I think it was Crisco that fried up the lumpia to that glorius light crispiness. Other than Calrose, corned beef, Spam, I can remember families of Filipino servicemen loading up their carts filled with Crisco and Accent as they went down the aisles of the commisary.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 03:40:03 +0000

Given that the lumpia wrapper is thin and the filling more than the meat lumpia shanghai yielding a mataba lumpia, double wrapper using the wet markt lumpia wrapper or Pinoy frozen lumpia wrapper works for me….wrap the already wrapped lumpia in another wrpper! Then double fry. This was how we did it since 1975.

Lumpia shanghai on the other hand, finger width meat filling in 1 small wrapper is enough ….yielding about 3 layers of wrapper around the meat filling. Then double fry.

Also, MM…lumpia shanghai like Vietnamese lumpia, I do nt use egg as binder. ….only the grated gabi, lots of minced onions, grated carrots, sotanghon if i am making vietnamese lumpia, salt/ white pepper, touch of 5 spice, sugar, and finely minced wood ear mushrooms and thrown against the sides of bowl till pasty looking.

By: betty q.

betty q. — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 03:29:36 +0000

By: mylene espina

mylene espina — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:47:25 +0000

I use regular sweet potato (orange or yellow) in our fried lumpia which gives it a sweet (naturally) flavor. However, I also add in a little sotanghon when cooking the vegetables as it absorbs any excess moisture/sauce in the filling. I then prepare a dipping sauce made of soy sauce, vinegar, chopped onion and a little sugar. My kids love the combination. Hope this will help improve the flavor of your lumpia with sweet potato.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 02:19:38 +0000

MM, Are you aware that your blog on the ‘ experimental lumpia’ was on ‘Zite’ yesterday, the food and cooking section…
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By: shiko-chan

shiko-chan — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 01:42:07 +0000

Ooh I found it! Haha. Well, I guess forgetting crucial ingredients is still a bit worse than pure experimentation… https://www.davidlebovitz.com/2013/09/dieu-merci-cest-vendredi-tgif/#more-13976

By: shiko-chan

shiko-chan — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 01:36:55 +0000

haha thanks for sharing this experiment with us MarketMan! not to be schadenfreudeish about it, but if even you and David Lebovitz (hmm i’ll try to post the link when i find that entry) can occasionally misfire, it gives us ordinary mortals some hope. but yes, gorgeous colors sana. hehe.