Mini Wholemeal Sardine Rolls

Mini Wholemeal Sardine Rolls

   February 28, 2019       Lyn Alina

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Assalamualaikum wbt...

As busy as bee.  The would best to describe how hectic our morning schedule especially on weekdays even for a housewife like I am!  Early in the morning, my a must routine is to prepare two sets of menus, one for breakfast and the other one is for lunch for my beloved hubby.  Unlike usual, I did not made early preparation and planning what I was going to cook this morning as yesterday we spent our morning till evening time for outing in the KL city.  It was a so tiring day as for such a long time we have never spend half of our day for sight seeing! Yeah! We both prefer to stay at home and not spending our time outside unless when there's the need to go outside.

I made these yummy mini sardine rolls for our breakfast.  The sardine sambal (Malay spicy gravy) y I made a day before and had it stored in the fridge.  This recipe is just like any other sardine rolls, which is made up with bread, sardines and dip in whisked eggs before they are fried.  The only difference is just instead of using white bread, I used my all time favorite bread, which is the wholemeal bread.

I wanna talk about the benefits of consuming wholemeal bread compared to the white or plain bread.  First, the wholemeal bread use wholemeal flour,  which consists of all the three layers of wheat grain - the bran which is packed with fiber, the endosperm, the largest part of the seeds consists of mainly starch and the germ, the nutrient-rich embryo of the seed.  Whereas the white bread is made up of plain flour or white flour, with most of the grain's nutrients removed and left mainly the starch or the endosperm portion.  White flour is usually bleached with whitening agent, mostly chemical to make it look clean and pure.  I will discuss in depth about white flour and wholemeal flour later in my other blog (http://myhealthhypothesis.wordpress.com).

So, to conclude, wholemeal bread is far more nutritious that helps you to feel full longer compared to the white bread.  It is also rich in fibers which is also beneficial for your colon health.  Lets together shift towards a better food choices to keep our body healthy. 😁😁😁  There are number of interesting ways to eat wholemeal bread.  I have made delicious wholemeal bread pudding several times and the taste never failed to impress my hubby and I!

Lets read through this amazingly delicious mini wholemeal sardine rolls recipe.

Mini Wholemeal Sardine rolls

For sardine sambal:

The ingredients:

1 small can of sardines (I used Botan brand)

3 tablespoons of dried chilli paste

1/2 Holland onion (chopped)

1 clove of garlic (chopped)

1 cm of ginger (chopped)

A little bit of tamarind paste (mix with 1/4 cup of plain water)

Salt to taste

Sugar to taste

1/4 cup of cooking oil

Methods:

1. Remove the can lid and pour the sardines together with the gravy in a bowl.  By using a fork, mesh the sardines into small pieces.  Put aside.
2. Heat a pan over a medium heat. Pour in cooking oil and when the temperature is ready, add in chopped onion, garlic and ginger and stir fry for 30 seconds.  Then add in dried chilli paste and continue to stir fry until you can see the oil splits from the paste.  This is called "pecah minyak" in Malay.
3. Then, add in tamarind water mixture, followed by the meshed sardines with the gravy.
4. Lastly season with salt and sugar.  Set aside and let your sardine sambal cooled completely.

To prepare the mini wholemeal sardine rolls:

The ingredients:

15 wholemeal bread slice (I used Massimo wholemeal bread - mustard colored plastic)

Sardin sambal

gum paste (thin mixture of all purpose flour with water)

4 eggs

a pinch of salt

cooking oil for deep fry

Tools you will need to make the sardine rolls:

a rolling pin

a knife

a wide chopping board

a tray/ plate

Methods:

1. Place a slice of wholemeal bread on the chopping board.  Flatten the bread by using a roller pin.  Place 1 tablespoon of the sardin sambal along 1 edge and pour and spread about half teaspoon of the glue paste along the opposite edge.  Roll neatly the sardine rolls towards the glued edge.  Make sure not to overload the bread with the filling to ensure it did not leak from the sides.  Place the sardin rolls on a tray or a plate and repeat this steps until finish.
2. Once the rolling process finished, by using a knife, cut each of the sardine rolls into 3 small pieces. (This is optional, you may omit this step if you prefer longer sardine rolls)
3. Break the eggs into a wide bowl and add in a pinch of salt.  Lightly beaten the eggs.
4. Heat oil in a frying pan over a medium heat.  Dip the mini sardine rolls in the eggs mixture and fry in the heated oil until golden brown.  Place the fried mini sardine rolls in a strainer or on a kitchen tissue to remove the excess oil.  Serve hot. 

1. Flatten the bread using a rolling pin

2. Place a spoonful of sardine sambal along 1 edge.  Put gum paste along the opposite edge.

3. Roll neatly all the sardine rolls

           

4. Cut each sardine rolls into 3 small pieces

                                                                                      

My hubby bring these mini sardine rolls for his snack to his office.  I prefer to make my sardine rolls bite sized, because it is convenient to be eaten by using a fork or a pair of chopsticks.  You can reheat your sardine rolls in a microwave for 2 minutes and always keep them in an air-tight container to prevent them from getting harder when they exposed in the air.