Papaya Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 teaspoons chili paste depending on your taste pref hot (such as sambal oelek)
• 48 small cilantro sprigs fresh
• 1  hothouse cucumber english unpeeled cut into 1/4-inch-thick 2 1/2-inch-long strips
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce (such as nam pla or nuoc nam)
• 24 large basil leaves fresh
• 48 large mint leaves fresh
• 0.5 cup chunky peanut butter 
• 2 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar 
• 0.3 cup water 

Equipment

• bowl
• paper towels
• whisk
• plastic wrap

Directions

1. Whisk first 5 ingredients in bowl. (Peanut sauce can be made 3 days ahead. Cover and chill. Rewhisk before serving.)
2. Fill large bowl with warm water. Working in batches, soak 3 rice paper rounds in water until softened, about 2 minutes.
3. Remove rounds from water and arrange in single layer on work surface.
4. Place 1 basil leaf in center of each round.
5. Place 2 mint leaves atop each basil leaf.
6. Place 2 papaya strips, then 2 cucumber strips atop mint. Arrange 2 cilantro sprigs atop cucumber. Fold 1 edge of each round over filling. Fold in ends.
7. Roll up rice paper rounds tightly, enclosing filling.
8. Transfer to platter. Repeat with remaining rice paper rounds. Cover with moist paper towel, then plastic wrap; chill. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Keep chilled.)
9. Serve rolls with peanut sauce.
10. *Available at Asian markets and in the Asian foods section of many supermarkets.
11. **Thin Thai or Vietnamese wrappers made from rice flour and known as banh trang. Available at Asian markets and in the Asian foods section of some supermarkets.