JIM'S GOOD FOOD ENTRY # 1: KWEK KWEK RECIPE

Today, we have decided to make our own version of "kwek-kwek." This Filipino street food is very popular for both young and old.

After doing a bit of research, we gathered our ingredients.

Kwek - Kwek is a Filipino dish which is made from quail eggs that are coated in savoury batter.

KWEK KWEK RECIPE

Quail eggs- we used 48 eggs:

For the batter

- 1 1/2 cups of flour
- 2 tsp. of ginisa mix or pre-mixed seasoning
- 1 tsp. of orange food colouring
- water

* Mix all the dry ingredients together and then add cold water until you get a fairly stiff batter.


Steps:

1. Place the quail eggs into cold water in a large pan, making sure they are completely covered with water. 

2. Place on heat and bring to the boil.

3. Once water comes to a boil, boil for 3 minutes. 

4. First, cool your quail eggs by running cold water over them. 

5. Then, peel them.

6. On a large plate, put enough flour to coat your eggs. This is to ensure that the batter will stick to the eggs.

7. Coat all your peeled eggs in the batter mix and place into a preheated deep frying pan for 3 minutes. 

8. We cooked in batches of 8. 

For the dipping sauce:

- 3 tbsp. of light brown sugar

- 2 tbsp. of soy sauce

- 2 tbsp. of vinegar

- 1 red onion (finely chopped)

- for a thickener, we used cornstarch which was mixed with water

1. Pour all of the ingredients, apart from the cornstarch, into a pan.

2. Place over heat and warm through until all the sugar is dissolved. 

3. Now, slowly mix in the cornstarch and water until your sauce reaches the required thickness. 

There is a saying that "the proof of the pudding is in the eating." Mama and papa came around and gave this recipe a big thumbs up.