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Portobello mushrooms, rice sticks, collard greens, and red cabbage are rolled up in rice paper sheets and served with a tangy dipping sauce.
Cilantro-Tahini dip
1 cup tahini
1/4 cup brown rice vinegar
1/2 cup vegetable or chicken broth
3 tablespoons tamari
1 1/2 tablespoon ginger juice
1/4 cup cilantro, roughly chopped
Spring Rolls
1 1/2 tablespoon sesame oil
2 medium portobello mushrooms, cleaned and thinly sliced
1 lime, juiced
1 tablespoon tamari
4 ounces rice sticks, cooked until tender
1/2 red cabbage, shredded and chopped
2 cups collards greens, stems trimmed off, halved, blanched and drained
1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
12 rice paper sheets
For Cilantro-Tahini Dip: Using a food processor, blend together the tahini, broth, tamari and ginger juice. Before serving, mix in the cilantro.
For Spring Rolls: Heat the oil in a medium skillet and saute the portobellos along with the lime juice and tamari for 5 to 7 minutes or until tender. Drain and cool.
After portobellos come to room temperature, combine in a large mixing bowl with cooked rice sticks, cabbage, blanched collards and cilantro. Mix together along with 1/4 cup of cilantro-tahini dip.
In a large, shallow pan, add one inch of water and heat on low flame. Place 1 sheet of rice paper in the pan of water. Saturate and soften entire surface area for approximately 2 minutes per rice paper sheet, or until soft.
Drain and place rice paper sheet on flat surface. Spoon about 1/2 cup of portobello-rice stick filling toward bottom edge or corner (if using square sheets), leaving about 1 to 2 inches of a bottom edge.
Fold up bottom corner or edge over filling while tucking in filling. Roll until about midway then fold sides over filling. Finish rolling when spring roll is a tightly secure cylinder.
Continue for each spring roll and serve, sliced on the diagonal, with cilantro-tahini sauce.
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