Chinese Lumpia

Coming from a Filipino-Chinese family, I grew up eating Chinese Lumpia. This version of lumpia came from the south of China specifically from Xiamen / Fujian province where most of the Chinese in the Philippines came from. You can not find this in the north of China.
I remember with fondness my late mama making chinese lumpia for us during special occasions like Christmas and New Year! When I was growing up, mama used to grate the vegetables NOT with a store bought grater but with an empty biscuit can with holes made using a nail. My siblings and I looked forward to making the "homemade" grater because it was so much fun making the holes with a nail and hammer. After we finished using them, we just threw out the biscuit can since it was going to rust until our next lumpia session. Come next lumpia session, we would make another "homemade" grater with another empty biscuit can.
My mama made her Chinese lumpia with chicken and shrimps. I made mine all with vegetables NOT because I thought it was heathier BUT because the first time I made them by myself, I was soi busy grating the vegetables that I forgot that I was supposed to put some meat. To make a long story short, I realized that it was just as good without the meat. So, from that time on, I have always made them without any meat. But please feel free to add pork or chicken or shrimps as you wish.
Each Filipino-Chinese family has their own versions of Chinese lumpia - some made them with meat and some with seafoods. What is common to all versions is the use of bean curd (tokwa), vegetables and sugared peanuts.
Newer versions now add seaweeds with fried noodles, slices of hard-boiled eggs, celery and different sauces.
In a typical Filipino-Chinese family setting, we would wrap our own lumpia. So the filling, wrapper, condiments, peanuts, eggs, lettuce, etc. are placed in separate containers and as we eat, we assemble our own lumpia - putting in what ingredients we want in our lumpia.
I have always enjoyed Chinese lumpia anytime of the year. This is one of my comfort foods. I hope you will enjoy them as much as we do.


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