Nigerian Egg Rolls
About This Recipe
I remember as a little girl, I was always with my parents, I remember my mother making Nigerian egg rolls and the way it was always perfectly shaped. I used to peel the eggs and they had to be perfect. She(my mother) would then fry it and the result was always amazing. After a long day in the sun, you could always step down with this snack along with some chilled Coca Cola…Oooh the memories
When I first had Chinese food, I ordered for egg rolls and little did I know they were different from what I knew to be Egg rolls; hence the title “Nigerian egg rolls”
I think I am quite handicapped when it comes to handling flour but there are some recipes with flour as an ingredient which I have mastered.
As it is Easter, there are traditions involving egg hunts and since I have no idea on how to paint an egg, I decided to do egg rolls. Brilliant idea right? 🙂
Without much ado, let us get to it
Ingredients
Instructions
Sift flour and set aside. Add the sugar into the lukewarm water along with the yeast and let it stand in a warm place for about 6minutes until it looks a bit frothy or bubbles(it doesn’t have to be too frothy)(The sugar helps activate the yeast)
Meanwhile, Mix the flour with the butter until smooth; then add the dry ingredients
Go back to the cup of water with the yeast and add the milk. Give it a good stir. This will help combine the liquids and dissolve the sugar
Pour the liquid mixture into the dry mixture and mix (do not knead) until the flour forms a soft dough ball
Roll out the dough until flat on a cleaned and floured work top. Using the top of a round bowl, cut out circles big enough to cover each egg and gently place each boiled egg into each circle.
Wrap the egg with the already cut out dough, while neatly covering it. Smoothen out the dough covered egg with the palm of your hands and place it into a plate and into the refrigerator for about an hour.
Heat up some oil, and using a well rounded spoon, drop each egg into the oil. Let the dough fry until golden brown.. Remove the fried egg rolls from the oil using a slotted spoon, drain unto a paper towel and serve
Notes
You may bake the egg rolls if you want that as an option
I have also tried them with baking powder. If you want, you may replace the yeast with ½ a tsp baking powder and skip the yeast part and just mix with milk
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