Egg roll:
Egg roll is food items which is made of dough and include the beaten eggs, chilies, onion pieces and sauce as fillings. These fillings include cabbage, minced meat or vegetables, etc. It is deep fried to make it crispy. It is served hot.
Spring roll:
Spring roll is the variety of food item which includes fillings as meats, vegetables or noodles. It can be fried or steamed. The fillings inside the spring roll are cooked separately before it is wrapped. It can be served cold as well as hot.
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| Basis | Egg roll | Spring roll |
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| Definition (www.oxforddictionaries.com) | A Chinese-style snack similar to a spring roll, consisting of diced meat or prawns and shredded vegetables wrapped in dough made with egg and deep-fried. | A Chinese snack consisting of a pancake filled with vegetables and sometimes meat, rolled into a cylinder and deep-fried. |
| History | Many varieties of egg rolls are found in mainland China, many Chinese-speaking regions of Asia, and Chinese immigrant communities around the world. In Guangdong and Hong Kong, egg roll usually refers to biscuit roll. The ingredients include eggs, flour and sugar. | In Chinese cuisine, spring rolls are savoury rolls with cabbage and other vegetable fillings inside a wrapped cylinder shaped thin pastry. From areas such as Zhejiang in eastern China, and northern China. They are usually eaten during the Spring Festival in China, hence the name. |
| Word origin | The word egg roll was originated in between 1940-45. | The word spring roll was originated in between 1965-70. |
| Size | It is larger in size. | It is smaller than egg rolls. |
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