HOW TO COOK KWEK-KWEK

    How To Cook Kwek-Kwek -this streetfood is very famous in the Philippines. This food is very similar to tokneneng which happens to be its larger version, quail egg for the Kwek-Kwek and chicken egg for tokneneng. This food is very Filipino. In fact the Filipinos have many ways how to make Kwek-Kwek.

   

     I remember my college days, this used to be my breakfast because I could not have enough time to eat at the house on the account of very early classes. Thanks to the street vendors in our University, I managed to get through my classes because of the Kwek-kwek. This food also serves a very good snack and it is healthy. I would like to share this recipe to the mothers out there because I know what you are getting through (I mean financially) and this food could be a solution because the ingredients are very cheap and available in the market. But there is one thing I would like to tell you, this recipe includes the use of food coloring and most of us are aware that food coloring has a bad reputation as far as health is concerned so you may not use it. Here is how to cook Kwek-Kwek:

HOW TO COOK KWEK-KWEK

Ingredients

10 pieces of quail eggs (hard boiled and shells are removed)

1 cup of corn flour

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon ground pepper

Red and yellow food coloring

½ cup of water

Cooking oil (enough to deep-fry the eggs)

Sauce

Cooking Procedure

1. In a bowl, combine cornflour, pepper, salt, a drop of food coloring and water to make batter.
2. Add the eggs and mix until all the eggs are evenly coated.
3. In a deep pan, heat oil enough for deep frying.
4. Using a spoon, scoop the eggs one by one and drop into the pan.
5. Deep-fry until the batter is cooked.
6. Drain on paper towels to remove excess oil.
7. And serve with your favorite sauce.