Traditional Method of Making Rice Paper in Cu Chi, Vietnam

One of the most popular Vietnamese dish is the Fresh spring roll with shrimp and vermicelli noodles dipped in sweet fish sauce. There are many kinds of spring rolls. The basic ingredient is rice paper. In the  Cu chi area, known for their tunnels that help defeat the French then the Americans  during the Vietnam War, one can see how they make rice paper using the traditional way and utilizing simple traditional tools.

Rice is harvested and sun dried

Traditional tool for separating rice from hull

stone grinder to break the rice

operated by turning the wooden handle

large rice mortar and pestle for further breaking down the rice

rice is soaked in water and the rice paper is made individually like a crepe in this metal pan with woven bamboo cover

rice paper is cooked in a biomass stove

rice paper is individually laid on woven bamboo panels

sun dried rice paper