Summer's rolls

One of the things that I had to take into consideration before moving here is the availability of halal food.  I was worried that I would have difficulty finding food that I could eat.  But my fears were banished the first time I visited Sweden.

I am so lucky that one of his sisters has married a Muslim and the best part is that her husband works in a halal supermarket.  Everything that is sold there is halal and they have fresh meat there as well.  I love going there since I can find halal sausages, meats, cheese and many other foods that I wouldn't be able to find back home.  Halal turkey or beef bacon? Yeah, they have it.  Ful medames, or kacang phool, in Malay?  You have many brands of the canned beans to choose from.

And see what I found at the frozen food section - TYJ spring roll pastry.  Yesterday I cooked the filling using cabbage, carrots and frozen vegetables, the Chinese stir fry mix.  The bag came with bamboo shoots, snow peas and other vegetables you'd use in a stir fry.   Then last night, I sat in front of the tv, rolling them out one by one.

 This afternoon, I cooked the spring rolls for lunch today to go with fried rice.  They taste so good.  So crispy, so familiar.  More tastes of home.  The only thing missing is chili sauce to go with them.  The chili sauce they have here are not the same.  I want Maggi chili sauce.  Or Del Monte's.  I need chili!

  I still have some of the popiah skins left.  The next thing I'll be making is samosas.  I have potatoes, no surprise, and frozen mixed vegetables.  But I don't have Baba's curry mix, the one my mum uses.  I will try to use the bottled curry powder that Pete has in the pantry.  Let's hope it works.