Saturday, January 5, 2013

Recipe 4 - Egg-atato

Egg-atato

Apt for non-eggatarians! A dumpling made with potato & rice flour blended with some spices

Egg-White Layer

Ingredients:

  • 2 egg-sized potatoes
  • 3/4 cup rice flour
  • 1/4 cup yogurt
  • salt
  • water

Method:

  • pressure cook 2 potatoes (to an extend where you can easily mash them up)
  • peel potatoes & mash them nicely
  • in a bowl, add the mashed potatoes, 3/4 cup rice flour, 1/4 cup yogurt, salt, water & make a dough out of this mixture (clay like)
  • make oval egg-shaped balls out of this dough, leave one end opened to accommodate the yolk

Egg-Yolk Layer

Ingredients:

  • 1 egg-sized potato
  • 1/4 cup corn flour
  • turmeric powder
  • dal powder
  • red chilly powder
  • salt
  • water

Method:

  • pressure cook 1 potato (to an extend where you can easily mash them up)
  • peel the potato & mash it nicely
  • in a bowl, add the mashed potato, 1/4 cup corn flour, 2 pinches of turmeric powder, 1/4 teaspoon dal powder, 1/4 teaspoon of red chilly powder, salt & water
  • mix it well & form a dough out of this mixture
  • make small balls (yolk-sized) out of this dough

Integration:

  • place the yolk balls inside the white layer & close it with more white dough; typically you should be able to make 4-5 eggs with the above ingredients
  • steam cook the eggs for like 15 minutes
  • voila! you have delicious spicy dumplings! serve hot!

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