What is Lumpia or Lumpiang Shanghai?

Lumpiang Shanghai is a Filipino egg roll. This is a popular finger food here in the Philippines. In essence, it is a meat and vegetable rolled in a lumpia wrapper. Since this is also one of our family favorites, I am sharing my recipe with you.

This is actually very simple to make. The best thing with Lumpia is that you can make as many as you want, put it in a fridge, cook some for a meal and save the rest for later. Also, my kid loves this for a snack or for lunch at school. It takes about just 5 minutes to prepare and another 15 minutes to roll depending on how many you are making. Frying time is 3 minutes so if you are looking for a quick and easy-to-prepare meal, consider making this. This is also best paired with a mix of Mayonnaise and Ketchup as a dip.

To start, here are the ingredients first. This makes about 40pcs of lumpia.

Ingredients:

500 grams ground pork

1 medium-sized carrot, shredded

1 medium sized onion chopped

1/2 of 165g Eden Cheese, cubed

1 egg

1 pack of lumpia wrapper

white powdered pepper

salt

Directions:

1. Mix egg, ground pork, Eden Cheese, onion and carrots in a bowl. Add pepper and salt to taste.
2. After mixing, you can now start making your rolls.
3. Heat the oil over low heat. This is because we want to make sure the pork will be perfectly cooked.
4. Take out the rolls once the wrapper turns golden brown.
5. Enjoy!