Friday
09Sep2005
Making rice paper in Vietnam
Friday, September 9, 2005 at 7:08PM 
I love the Vietnamese springroll. I have often wondered how they make the rice paper - so thin and yet so strong.
In Vietnam, I got to see a rice paper factory.
There rice over here is brittle and breaks into powder when moistned. This powdered rice is thoroughly mixed with cured river water to form a paste.
This paste is then spread over a cloth covering a steaming vessel. Here the man is using his pan to even out the paste.
A metal cap is placed on top to prevent the steam from escaping. Once it is cooked enough(couple of minutes) , the lady uses a bamboo roller to wrap the rice paper around it.
The ricepaper is then left to dry out in the open. After a day of drying, the ricepaper is ready to be rolled into lovely springrolls. The ricepaper sheets can also be passed through a shredder to make rice noodles.
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vietnam
springroll
Reader Comments (26)
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YUMMY!!!
Thanks, patiala pataka and Stephanie
It looks nice, but I don't know if it is very clean to dry it outside:)
don't eat too much, preetam. Have a good day!
Well dan, didn;t see any birds around..and the air is pretty clean here.. so i guess no harm in eating some. Have a good day dan.
Skill that is still holding on. Nice blog.
gioi thieu banh trang vietnam
hi Preetamrai, I wonder I did see your name somewhere??? anyway, introducing to you my new blog (http://millionrolls.blogspot.com) which relates with Vietnamese springroll...share with us more about your thought of Vietname pls..:)
Can you please provide me the right recipe for making these wrappers including where i Can procure the steamers and necessary equipments for making this wrappers
Thank you and have a good day
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CAN YOU PROVIDE DETAILS
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Hi! I'm from the Philippines. Though we have our local version of spring roll wrapper but vietnam rice paper looks better. Presently I'm jobless and a father of 2 elementary kids. If you could give me details what variety of rice is used and how it's so thin and doesn't crack when dried. I wish to start making rice paper to have an income. I'm almost in my 50's and getting a job in our province in Mindanao is hard. So maybe with rice paper making from our charcoal stove and a little capital money to start I've found a small business to feed my family and send my kids to school. How about the edible wrapper of White Rabbit candy that melts in the mouth, is it made of rice too?
I'm Jaime Tuvilla and my e-mail ad is: jabritu@yahoo.com
Chanh Khang is the Manufacturer of food dehydratic spring roll rice paper and frozen net spring roll rice paper. Contact skype: chanhkhang
We are the food spring roll rice paper Manufacturer in Vietnam.
chanhkhang (at) gmail.com
What if a birdy flies over and poops on the paper...no one would notice?? I wouldn't want to eat that :(
I was wondering were I could purchase the best rice flour to make the sheets. I am located in Virginia
sources on purchasing of edible rice paper
I live in Cu Chi District where you can find many poeple make rice paper. My house have one process rice paper one day can do 500 kg.
Please cotract me if you request.
Can you please provide me the right recipe for making these wrappers including where i Can procure the steamers and necessary equipments for making this wrappers
Thank you and have a good day
Nicola Morales
hi i'm interested in making rice papaer, but i don't know the complete recipie and i want someone to help to search for it
tahnk you
Dear Mai Nguyen
I am a crazy lover of vietnamese rolls. I am interested to see how it is made. I plan to go to vietnam soon.
Can I have your contact ? I want to learn the traditional making of rice paper.Thank you
Here's a link to a site that explains and has recipe for rice paper
http://www.ehow.com/how_4813085_organic-rice-paper-rolls.html
how could i get some u faka
Dawn thanks for the link to make rice paper. I searched the web over and was only able to find videos of little oriental ladies making rice paper. Yours was the first sensible website I received. thanks again.