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