Salad Rolls with Pumpkin and Tofu

Description
Salad rolls with pumpkin and tofu is also known as "Bo Bia" and can be served as a snack.

Ingredients

 * 30 ml peanut or sesame oil
 * 175 g tofu
 * 4 shallots
 * 2 cloves of garlic
 * 350 g pumpkin flesh, cut into strips
 * 1 carrot
 * 15 ml soy sauce
 * 3 - 4 green Thai chilies, seeded and finely sliced
 * 1 head of lettuce, torn
 * 1 bunch of fresh basil, stalks removed
 * 115 g roasted peanuts
 * 100 ml Hoisin sauce
 * 20 dried rice wrappers
 * salt, to taste
 * ¼ teaspoon Nuoc Cham (optional, as a dipping sauce)

Directions

 * 1) Cook the tofu in a pan with oil
 * 2) Transfer to a plate and cut into thin strips.
 * 3) Sauté the shallots and garlic.
 * 4) Add the pumpkin and carrot, then pour in the soy sauce and ½ cup water.
 * 5) Add a little salt to taste and cook gently until the vegetables have softened but still have a bite to them.
 * 6) Meanwhile, arrange the tofu, chilies, lettuce, basil, roasted peanuts and hoisin sauce in separate dishes.
 * 7) Fill a bowl with hot water and place it in the middle of the table, or fill a small bowl for each person, and place the stack of rice wrappers beside it.
 * 8) To eat, take a rice wrapper and dip it in the water for a few seconds t soften. Lay the wrapper flat on the table or on a plate and, just off centre, spread a few strips of lettuce, followed by the pumpkin mixture, some tofu, a sprinkling of chilies, a drizzle of hoisin sauce, some basil leaves and peanuts, layering the ingredients in a neat stack.
 * 9) Pull the shorter edge of the wrapper (the side with filling on it) up over the stack, tuck in the sides and roll into a tight cylinder.