African Egg Rolls
African Egg Rolls are delicious! These snacks, also called egg balls got a crispy outside and a soft inside. The dough is flavorful and wrapped around eggs. Deep-fried until crisp, it becomes a fantastic African appetizer. Delicious served with Sweet Chili sauce.
Equipment
- Deep Fryer
- Hand Mixer or knead by hand
Ingredients
- ¼ cups water
- ½ teaspoon yeast instant
- 1½ tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon paprika powder
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper black
- ½ cups milk
- ½ stick butter unsalted, room temperature
- 6 eggs hard-boiled, size M, peeled
Ingredients you need per step are listed below the step in Italic
Instructions
- Mix the water with the yeast and sugar and let stand for 5 minutes. If you see bubbles, the yeast is ready to mix to become a dough.¼ cups water, ½ teaspoon yeast, 1½ tablespoons sugar
- Mix the flour with the salt, garlic, paprika, and pepper, and mix it with the yeast mixture.1 teaspoon salt, 2 cups flour, ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon paprika powder, ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- Stir in the milk and butter and knead into a dough ball.½ cups milk, ½ stick butter
- Let the dough rest for half an hour under plastic.
- Roll the dough out to about ¼ inches (½ cm).
- Make a circle of 4½ inches (12 cm) (use a plate or bowl) and cut out the dough. Repeat this six times.
- Put an egg in the middle of the circle.6 eggs
- Shape the dough into a ball and seal the seams well.
- Repeat for all eggs.
- Put the egg balls to rest for half an hour under a cloth.
- Heat during the last 10 minutes the frying pan to 355 °F (180 °C).
- Fry the balls (up to two at a time) for 8 minutes until they’re golden brown. Flip from one side to another to make sure they’re evenly baked.
- Remove them from the fat and drain on kitchen paper.
- Delicious with chili sauce!
NOTES
1. Yeast - This recipe uses ½ teaspoon of instant yeast. If you prefer to use fresh yeast, you need ⅛ oz. If you use dry yeast, you also need ½ teaspoon. Note: You must first dissolve the yeast in lukewarm water with both fresh and dry yeast before adding it to your dough. Then it already starts doing its job.
2. Eggs - Cook the eggs until they’re hard-boiled. When following the instructions in this blog: how-to cook perfect hard-boiled eggs, they always turn out great!
3. Deep-fry - don’t fry all egg rolls at once. Make sure to have enough space between them. Two or three is the max.
4. Storage
- Refrigerator - Store in an airtight container for three days. Heat in the oven covered with aluminum foil until hot again (at 350 °F / 180 °C)
- You can’t freeze African Egg Rolls because the egg whites will become tough to eat.
Nutrition
Calories: 315kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 187mg | Sodium: 532mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 602IU | Iron: 3mg
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