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Preparation info
  • Six

    egg rolls
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
It's a Sweet World: Recipes from Around the Globe at Bea’s Bakery

By Lenny Rosenberg and Adaeze Nwanonyiri

Published 2025

  • About

Anyone who has ever been to Nigeria will be familiar with these delicious, hard-boiled eggs wrapped in a spicy, sweet batter before being fried, as they are sold on almost every street corner by enterprising sellers.

Inspired by the meaty Scotch eggs so beloved of Brits, these beloved oval snacks are a little fiddly to make but well worth the effort. The trick is to not overcrowd the pan and to keep the temperature to a medium heat to make the perfect batter shell. When the balls lo