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Brilio.net - Barendo eggs are one of the favorite dishes that always manage to captivate the hearts of Padang cuisine fans. With its appetizing appearance and distinctive spice flavor, barendo eggs are often the main choice when dining at Padang restaurants. This dish is known for its characteristic crispy eggs on the outside but soft on the inside, as well as its unique shape resembling a barendo or fan.
To achieve the perfect curly and wide texture, barendo eggs require a special frying technique. This frying process cannot be done carelessly, but requires skill. The main key to the success of barendo eggs lies in the way they are fried, which requires a lot of hot oil so that the eggs can expand properly and produce a distinctive curly texture.
The use of a lot of oil is indeed one of the secrets in making barendo eggs. The hot and abundant oil ensures that the eggs can expand quickly and evenly, creating crispy, curly edges. This technique also helps to keep the inside of the egg soft, producing a contrast of textures that makes barendo eggs so special and popular.
But if the oil stock at home is running low, you can still make wide and curly barendo eggs. A TikTok user/@cheche_kitchen once shared a trick for frying barendo eggs with a little oil. Although the oil is not abundant, who would have thought that the barendo eggs would bloom and curl perfectly.
As reported by BrilioFood from TikTok @cheche_kitchen on Wednesday (11/13), the first thing to do is prepare a frying pan. If using a little oil, it is better to use an old-fashioned frying pan that is concave. This will cause the cooking oil to collect in the center of the pan.
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Next, pour in the oil and heat it until it gives off a lot of steam. When it is like that, add 1 tsp of flour. You can use wheat flour, cornstarch, or instant flour. Well, this flour will make the egg mixture expand more perfectly when fried.
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But after being given flour, do not immediately pour the egg mixture, okay. It is better to wait until the oil is hot again and emits a lot of steam. If it feels very hot, then pour the barendo egg mixture with a slightly high position. Do this process carefully, okay.
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Next, stir the egg mixture from the side to the center. Keep stirring until the bottom of the egg becomes crispier and cooked. However, if the egg is already solid, you can shake the egg while rotating it so that it doesn't deflate. If it feels set, immediately flip it over. Then stir again while rotating it.
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After the egg is flipped, just fry it for a while. Then flip it again once and lift it, then drain it. Let the foam and oil fall off first. If the foam is gone, the curly texture of the egg will be more visible. This proves that using a little oil is no less effective in making barendo eggs more beautiful and wider.
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