In Europe, around the 1900s, a paperlike substance was originally known as rice paper, due to the mistaken notion that it is made from rice. In fact, it consists of the pith of a small tree, Tetrapanax papyrifer, the rice paper plant. The plant grows in the swampy forests of Taiwan, and is also cultivated as ornamental plant. In order to produce the paper, the boughs are boiled and freed from bark. The cylindrical core of pith is rolled on a hard flat surface against a knife, by which it is cut into thin sheets of a fine ivory-like texture. Dyed in various colors, this rice paper is extensively used for the preparation of artificial flowers, while the white sheets are employed for watercolor drawings. Due to its texture this paper is not suited for writing.

• 50g rice vermicelli noodles
• 16 round (22cm-diameter) rice-paper sheets
• 32 (about 1kg) cooked prawns, peeled, deveined
• 55g (1/3 cup) unsalted roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped
• 55g (1 cup) trimmed bean sprouts
• 1/2 cup pickled carrot
• 1/2 cup pickled cucumber
• 16 fresh mint leaves
• 16 fresh coriander sprigs
• 16 fresh garlic chives, cut into 10cm lengths
• PLEASE SEE MY OTHER RECIPES FOR PICKLED CARROT, AND CUCUMBER...THERE ALL IN MY RECIPES. OR YOU CAN GET PRE DONE FROM ANY ASIAN GROCERY STORES