Filipino Vegetable Lumpia Recipe (Lumpiang Gulay) (2024)

Vegetable Lumpia Recipe is a deep fried Filipino spring roll which is mix with potatoes, green beans, & carrots. It is a vegetarian dish which is commonly eaten with white rice.

This Lumpiang Gulay can be found in most carinderia (local canteen) in the street and most Filipino restaurants. As a half Filipino, this is one of my favorite Filipino vegetable dish which is crunchy and delicious.

While living in the Philippines, my families and relatives always serve this food during birthdays, family gatherings, and Fiesta. Furthermore, it is a traditional Filipino food dish that is part of their culture.

In this post, I will be showing you how to make a traditional Filipino Vegetable Lumpia Recipe.

What is Lumpia?

Lumpia is a spring roll that is commonly found in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian cuisines. It can either be fried in the oil or steam from the water. It is covered with a plastic-like pastry skin called the Lumpia Wrapper.

You can find this Lumpia wrapper or Spring roll wrapper in most Filipino and Asian grocery stores. Traditionally, it is filled with ground meat or vegetables.

The name of the Lumpia depends on the filling. If it is added with ground beef or pork, it is called Lupiang Shanghai. But, if it is filled with vegetables, we call it Lumpiang Gulay.

The Recipe Ingredients

The ingredient of vegetable lumpia recipe is easier than making a Beef Lumpia.

Firstly, for fillings the spring roll, I only use 5 vegetable ingredients for this recipe:

• Grated Onion
• Grated Garlic
• Julienne Green Beans
• Julienne Potatoes
• Julienne Carrots

Secondly, I am using two sauces for seasoning the vegetable:Soy SauceandOyster Sauce. They give a nice salty and sweet flavor of the vegetables. Also, if you don't have soy sauce, you can alternatively use fish sauce.

Thirdly, you needvegetable cooking oilfor sauteing the vegetables and frying the vegetable spring roll. I am not using salt or black pepper since in this recipe since the soy sauce contains sodium content.

Lastly, I use a ready-madespring roll or lumpia wrapperwhere you can buy in any Asian grocery store.

Note: If you don't like to julienne the vegetables, you can chop or dice them instead.

Types of Lumpia Wrapper

Before you will be making this Lumpia Gulay, you need to know that there are actually two kinds of lumpia wrapper: Square Lumpia and Circle Lumpia Wrapper.

In other Asian countries, they mostly sell the Square lumpia wrapper, but in the Philippines, it is either the square or the circle shaped wrapper.

In my experience, I prefer the square shaped spring roll wrapper because of two reasons:

• It doesn't break easily when peeling or wrapping since the square wrapper is thicker than the circle wrapper
• It is easier to separate or peel the wrapper after removing from the freezers

Step by Step Instruction

After preparing and Julienne the vegetables, the step to make vegetable lumpia is easy which I divided into 3 steps- Cooking the vegetables; Assembling the Lumpia, and Deep Fry the Lumpia.

I. Cooking The Vegetables

Prepare 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in a large pan. Once it is hot, add the grated onion and garlic. Stir it for less than a minute or till it becomes light brown.

Add the julienne green beans, potatoes, and carrot in the pan. Stir the vegetables with onion and garlic for few minutes or till it becomes soft. Lastly, add soy sauce and oyster sauce and give it a quick stir again.

After the vegetable is cooked, turn off the heat and let it cool down for 5 to 10 minutes.

II. Assembling the Lumpia

Once the vegetable cool down, prepare a lumpia wrapper for covering the vegetables.

Position first the wrapper on a diamond shape, and then add 1 to 1.5 tablespoon of vegetable fillings. Fold the opposite edges of the wrapper and roll them till you get a log shape. Brush the edge of the wrapper with egg white to help seal them together.

III. Frying the Lumpia

In a separate pan, add 1 to 1.5 cups of vegetable oil. Once it becomes hot, add the lumpia in the pan. Let it deep fry for 2 minutes or till it becomes golden brown. Flip to the opposite side, and continue deep-frying till it turns golden brown.

Once your done, transfer the lumpia into the plate with a paper towel to help drain the excess oil. Serve it with vinegar with soy sauce and white rice before eating.

Variation of the Recipe

• Lumpiang Ubod - Also known as Lumpiang Sariwa, is a fresh veggie lumpia that is wrapped in a thin egg crepe and served with peanut sauce. It is called "fresh" because this lumpia is not fried.
  
• Lumpiang Togue- This is similar to lumpia gulay except the main filling of this recipe is mung bean sprouts.
  
• Lumpiang Hubad- This is the same vegetable fillings used to cook fresh veggie lumpia or fried vegetable lumpia. The only difference is that this recipe does not use any wrapper.

Recipe Faqs

1. How long does lumpia last in freezer?

After assembling the Lumpiang Gulay, you can store the rest in the freezer for 1 to 2 months. This will help prevent the spring roll from getting spoiled.

2. Can I cook the Lumpia Gulay in an Air fryer?

3. Can I add other vegetables in this lumpia?

In addition to green beans, carrots, or potatoes, you can add other vegetables such as bean sprouts, jicama or tofu. They are healthy and rich in protein.

4. What can I serve with this lumpia?

5. Is this recipe a vegan friendly?

This Veggie Lumpia recipe is a vegetarian spring roll dish. I don't add any meat in this recipe, and the spring roll wrapper is gluten-free. To make this dish a vegan friendly, you can switch oyster sauce with sugar.

Other Filipino Recipes to try

Here are other delicious Filipino recipes that you can try at home:

• Tofu Sisig
• Chicken Pancit Canton
• Ginataang Kalabasa with Malunggay

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