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Egg Balls (egg balls)

Fried breaded balls wrapping a hard-boiled egg center, made from soft bread and spices. This popular snack is eaten lukewarm, sometimes with a hot sauce.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Instructions

  1. Boil 4 eggs in water for 10 minutes, then peel them and set aside.
  2. Mix the crumbled bread with the flour, onion, pepper, turmeric, salt and black pepper.
  3. Add a little water to get a soft dough that holds together in a ball.
  4. Wrap each hard-boiled egg in a 5 mm thick layer of dough, shaping it with your hands.
  5. Dip each ball in the beaten egg, then roll it in a little flour to form a coating.
  6. Fry in oil at 170 °C for 5 minutes, until golden, then drain.

Variations and tips

Vegetarian version. Replace the hard-boiled eggs with cooked mashed potatoes rolled into balls.

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