Egg Bird's Nest
- 45 min
- medium
- Serves 2
Egg bird's nest: boiled eggs stuffed with spiced peas, coated in potato and vermicelli, then deep-fried. Medium-spicy, serves 2, 45 minutes, with video.
You’ll need: Pressure Cooker
Good for: Party, Rainy Day
Ingredients
Water5 cup
Potato4
Eggs4
Ginger½ inch
Green Chilli1
Maida1 tbsp
Green Peas½ cup
Onion2 tbsp
Red Chilli Powder½ tsp
Dry Mango Powder¼ tsp
Salt1 tsp
Garam Masala Powder½ tsp
Roasted Vermicelli¾ cup
OilFor Deep Frying
Contains: egg, wheat.
Nutrition
Per 1 person, and for all 2 people. Worked out from the ingredients, so treat it as a close guide.
| Nutrient | Per 1 person | All 2 people |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 614kcal | 1228kcal |
| Protein | 25g | 50g |
| Carbohydrate | 88g | 177g |
| Fat | 18g | 36g |
| Fibre | 8.5g | 17g |
| Sugar | 5.8g | 12g |
Cookd masalas for eggs
Method
In a pressure cooker, add 2 cups of water and potatoes. Pressure cook for 6 whistles. Once the pressure settles down, remove the potatoes, peel the skin and mash them. Set this aside.
Grind the ginger and green chilli adding some water into a fine paste to prepare the ginger green chilli paste.
Bring 2 Cup of water to a boil, add the eggs and cook them for 9 mins. Remove from the heat, cool the eggs and remove the shells.Cut the eggs into half and remove the egg yolks and keep the egg yolks aside.
Mix the maida and water to form maida paste.
In a saucepan, add 1 cup of water, green peas and cook for 3 mins. Drain the green peas and set aside.
In a bowl, add cooked green peas, onion, red chilli powder, dry mango powder and salt. Mix well.
Place this peas mixture inside the eggs in the place of egg yolks. Apply the maida paste on the inner side of the eggs and stick vertically cut eggs together.
Take the mashed potatoes, add salt, ginger green chilli paste, garam masala and the egg yolks that were set aside. Mix well.
Coat the egg with the mashed potato mixture. Form into a ball and ensure the potato mixture is evenly distributed around the eggs.
In a bowl beat the remaining 2 eggs. In another bowl, take the vermicelli. Coat the egg potato ball with the beaten egg and then roll it in the vermicelli.
In a deep frying pot, add oil. Once the oil is hot, deep fry this until golden brown or for around 3 mins. Cut the balls into half and serve it with tomato ketchup.
Before you start
- How long does Egg Bird's Nest take?
- 45 minutes from start to finish. That is 30 minutes of preparation and 15 minutes of cooking.
- How many people does Egg Bird's Nest serve?
- 2. The ingredient quantities on this page rescale if you are cooking for a different number.
- Is Egg Bird's Nest vegetarian?
- It is eggetarian: no meat or fish, but it does contain egg.
- Is Egg Bird's Nest spicy?
- It is medium: 2 on our scale of 3. Chilli scales gently when you change the servings, so doubling the recipe does not double the heat.
- What do I need to make Egg Bird's Nest?
- 2 Eggs, ¾ cup Roasted Vermicelli, 4 Potato, ½ cup Green Peas, 1 Green Chilli, 1 tbsp Maida, and a few more listed on this page.
- Do I need a pressure cooker for Egg Bird's Nest?
- No, it is cooked in an open pot.
- How many calories are in Egg Bird's Nest?
- About 614 a serving. The full nutrition table is on this page, per serving and for the whole batch.
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