The CookingBites Cookalong: Deep Fried Eggs

[Morning Glory]

I used besan flour rather than chickpea flour, there is a slight difference with besan flour not needing as much water adding as chickpea flour does

I was convinced they were the same thing. What is the difference?

 

[Morning Glory]

All 3 together before I ate 2 of them!

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Fantastic effort! I'm impresssed. I don't understand how you managed to get so much batter in that filo roll...

I love the idea of a beer battered egg and.....

I used 35g of besan flour, 10g black sesame seeds,

That one looks very pretty and is a recipe for the recipe challenge too!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I was convinced they were the same thing. What is the difference?

I believe it is the actual chickpea used that is the difference.

OK, confirmed. It is as a thought. Gram flour and besan flour are the same thing. They are both made from Kala Chana which is the dark brown chickpea. Chickpea flour is made from the light skinned version. They are closely related to each other, but as I am sure you are aware, are technically not the same thing. The major difference is the volume of water needed, which is slightly less with Besan flour than it is with chickpea flour. In the English language, however, the terms are interchangeable, hence the confusion.

 

[Morning Glory]

In the English language, however, the terms are interchangeable, hence the confusion.

Yes - that was why.

 

[Morning Glory]

I forgot to post this one here - I posted it in 'What did you cook today', I think:

This is the monster tater tot with a runny egg in the centre and kataifi pastry. Inspired by a suggestion from @buckytom.

 

[Morning Glory]

And this is one I'll make again. I'll post up the recipe tomorrow - Deep fried soft quail's egg in a baby tomato, breadcrumbs and kataifi.

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

Air fried egg. I know this was disallowed earlier on, but I decided to try it anyway. It’s a bit absurd, but I got it to work. I put oil in an empty butter spray container, sprayed the exterior with the equivalent of 1/3 of a teaspoon of oil, and this is how it looked after five minutes in the air fryer. Only 125 calories doing it this way.

I still didn’t get the runny yolk I wanted, but this time I think I’ll be OK with that. It was very tasty and had a nice crunch.

 

[Morning Glory]

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Air fried egg. I know this was disallowed earlier on, but I decided to try it anyway. It’s a bit absurd, but I got it to work. I put oil in an empty butter spray container, sprayed the exterior with the equivalent of 1/3 of a teaspoon of oil, and this is how it looked after five minutes in the air fryer. Only 125 calories doing it this way.

I still didn’t get the runny yolk I wanted, but this time I think I’ll be OK with that. It was very tasty and had a nice crunch.

It wasn't disallowed. I think I just said I doubted it would work very well. It seems I'll have to eat my words - although I'd rather eat your egg!

Was the lack of runny yolk due to the length of time in the air-fryer?

 

[epicuric]

Sorry, I've been away for a while thus not joined in this Cookalong. I know the deadline has been a bit flexible, so I will attempt an entry over the course of this weekend.

 

[Morning Glory]

Sorry, I've been away for a while thus not joined in this Cookalong. I know the deadline has been a bit flexible, so I will attempt an entry over the course of this weekend.

Please do! Its flexible until I tie off the thread - which won't be until Monday. I have one more too which is also an entry for the Recipe Challenge (sesame seeds).

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

Was the lack of runny yolk due to the length of time in the air-fryer?

I’m fairly certain that’s exactly the cause. It was poached, and soft, before I put it in the air fryer. I set the timer for 10 minutes, and decide to check after 5: it was done. But, maybe it could be done after 3 minutes. This is an experiment I will definitely be trying again and again.

 

[Morning Glory]

I am really pleased with this! I really thought the mushroom coating would fall off - but it worked perfectly.

Sesame Deep-fried Egg with Sumac and Sesame dressed Salad

 

[epicuric]

Please do! Its flexible until I tie off the thread - which won't be until Monday. I have one more too which is also an entry for the Recipe Challenge (sesame seeds).

I have learned that my future does not lie in soft boiled eggs. So far I have ruined four - I am fast running out of eggs! I might admit defeat on this challenge and save my remaining eggs for something I can get right - a soufflé perhaps.

 

[Morning Glory]

I have learned that my future does not lie in soft boiled eggs. So far I have ruined four - I am fast running out of eggs! I might admit defeat on this challenge and save my remaining eggs for something I can get right - a soufflé perhaps.

What went wrong?

Soufflé! Maybe good for the next challenge...

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

Soufflé! Maybe good for the next challenge...

This was so far buried in my To Do List that I forgot it was even there. So, I'm very interested in both sweet and savory applications...and something like a Cook Along to push me in that direction.