Authentic Penang Lobak (5 Spice Meat Rolls) Recipe

There are many versions of Lobak (Fried 5 spice meat rolls) recipes. You just need to modify the recipe to suit your taste buds. As long as your recipe has the basic ingredients like five spice powder, onions, meat and corn flour, you will not go wrong! I normally use a lot of carrots and turnips in my lobak because I feel that it is healthier to eat it this way.

Ingredients
Lean Pork, 1kg, cut into strips or blend
Carrots, 2 pcs, blend or cut in to small pieces
Turnips, 1 medium size, cut or blend into small pieces
Onions, 4pcs, cut or blend into small pieces
Garlic, 5pcs, cut or blend into small pieces
Five spice powder (Pok Aun Thong), 10 gms or 2 table spoons
Pepper, ½ teaspoon
Corn Flour or Hup Leong Flour, 8 table spoons
Egg, 1pc (optional)
Salt, to taste
2 pcs of Bean Curd Skins for wrapping the lobak (Tau Pueh) (make around 35pcs)

Mix all the ingredients together. Cut the bean curd skins into 8”x6”. Take around 4 table spoons of the mixed ingredients and put on to the bean curd skin and make into rolls. You can use corn flour glue (corn flour mixed with boiling water) to stick the edges so that the bean curd skins will stay in place when frying in hot oil. Deep fry the lobak rolls in hot oil until golden brown

Turnips (sengkuang), pork and onions

Carrots, Pok Aun Thong Five spice powder and bean curd sheet for wrapping the lobak

Ingredients all mixed up and ready for wrapping. The video below shows my daughter helping out to wrap the lobak.

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1) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2009/06/crab-meat-and-minced-pork-wrapped-with.html