30-minute Lebanese inspired summer rolls with savory sweet tahini dipping sauce. Flavorful, crisp, and so fresh perfect for your summer BBQ parties or your lunchbox in the hot weather. It is vegan, gluten-free, healthy and very satisfying!
Servings 12rolls
Ingredients
For the dipping sauce:
4tbsptahini
1tbsppomegranate molasses
½tbsphoneyor vegan alternative, see notes
1tbspolive oil
2tbsplemon juice
1garlic clove minced
1tspfresh gingergrated
¼tspof each: black peppercumin powder, sweet pepper, salt
½tspsweet paprika
2tspsumac
For the summer rolls:
12rice paper wrappersmine were 16 cm diameter
1large cucumberjulienned
2turnip headsjulienned
Green onioncut into 10 cm strips
1bunch fresh parsley
1bunch fresh mint
1bunch fresh coriander
1bunch fresh purslane
Lettuce leavesroughly cut into smaller pieces (see notes)
Radish cut into thin circles
½cupturnip pink picklessliced evenly (see notes for recipe)
½cupuncooked chickpeassoaked overnight (see notes)
½cuproughly chopped walnuts
Instructions
For the dipping sauce:
Whisk all sauce ingredients together and set aside for the flavours to marry. You can thin it with some water if you find it to thick to your liking.
For the summer rolls:
Prepare and cut all your veggies ahead before start rolling.
Dampen a clean kitchen towel and put on clean surface.
To assemble spring rolls, pour some warm water into a shallow dish and immerse rice paper for only 10 seconds to soften, transfer to the damp towel.
To the bottom third of the wrap , start with some herb leaves and chickpeas pieces and a line of radish slices on top of it, than add lettuce and layer the cucumber, turnip, onion, turnip pickles on top of it. Add some more of the herbs: mint, parsley, coriander, purslane sprinkle some more chickpeas and crushed walnuts on top. make sure you do not overfill and leave the edges empty so you can close it up.
Gently fold over once, tuck in edges and continue rolling until seam is sealed.it is like rolling a burrito.
I am using 16 cm diameter wraps, so I usually stick inside a 10 cm area in the middle. It may take a little practice, so don’t feel bad if your first few attempts are a fail!
Repeat until you have run out of fillings or wrappers. Place seam-side down on the serving platter and cover with damp towel to keep fresh. Damp each roll alone just before you want to roll don’t damp all wraps at the same time. And don’t damp in water more than 10 sec it will tear up while you are rolling.
Cut rolls in half and enjoy them fresh dipped in the tahini sauce.
You can store leftovers wrapped individually in plastic wrap to keep them fresh for couple of days, though best when fresh.
Notes
Honey : to keep these rolls 100% vegan I tried several vegan syrups as alternative but my absolute two favorites are maple syrup and Carob molasses دبس الخروب
Rice wrappers: look for wholesome clean rice wrapper brand that only contain the basic ingredients. I used here the 16 cm diameter wraps but there is bigger size of 22 cm if you prefer and found easier to work with.
Lettuce: I tried to cut my lettuce leaves into rectangle kind of shape so I can layer my filling inside it , it will be easier to roll and less risk of tearing the wraps with the crunchy fillings
Turnip pickles: turnip pickles is a very interesting element to add in these wraps , it add a very unique flavor , texture and color to these wraps and it is one of the Lebanese ingredients that will make those rolls pop. You can check my easy recipe on how to prepare those very easily at home and you can find them in grocery stores in the middle eastern section.
Chickpeas: you can use a can of chickpeas, but to keep the crunch and super delicious taste of the chickpeas I highly recommend using the overnight soaked one instead of the cooked one. It is just very simple to prepare, just wash and soak the dry chickpeas in water overnight and the next day you will have crunchy delicious chickpeas.
Storing the summer wraps: you can store those wraps two ways. By wrapping each wrap individually with plastic wraps and store in fridge for two days. And you can store in a container with a damp towel on top of them and closed it very well.