Mornings in my kitchen are nothing short of a battlefield. On one side is the breakfast prep, on the other is the school rush, and in the middle of it all—Zayan’s stubbornness. Zayan is my son & he has only one rule: “Mama, the egg yolk must stay whole; it shouldn’t break at all!”
I take every precaution, carefully cracking the egg onto the tawa (griddle), but sometimes luck isn’t on my side. Just as I turn the spatula, there’s a tiny slip, and that golden yolk spills across the pan. My heart sinks right then and there because I know exactly what’s coming next.
I put on my best “helpless” face, place the egg with the broken yolk in front of Zayan, and softly say, “Beta, just eat it today… I promise it won’t break tomorrow.”
But Zayan is firm in his ways! He takes one look at that egg and flatly refuses: “No Mama, I don’t want to eat an egg with a broken yolk. Please make me another one.” And then… with a smile, I keep the broken egg for myself and heat the pan once more for my son. Perhaps being a mother means exactly this—striving for “perfection” every time for your children’s happiness and quietly finishing their little failures yourself.
But instead of giving up, I’ve practiced until I’m perfect! Now, my hands no longer shake. Now, when that yolk hits the griddle, it stays perfectly whole. Zayan’s smile has truly turned me into “The Perfect Egg Chef!”
Approach to Method
Fill a semi-hot pan with oil. Add around 1/3 cup of additional oil to one egg. After that, crack an egg into a bowl to ensure that it is not a rotten egg. Then slowly pour the egg into the semi heated pan. Move the pan to one side while holding it via the handle. Using a spoon, fill it with hot oil (which will pool at the pan’s rims) and pour it over the egg repeatedly until it appears completely fried. The egg yolk remains in its original shape.
Instruction
After frying, remove the egg from the pan using a flat spoon. Then transfer all of the leftover oil to a different bowl for later use. Using this method, you can fry eggs in bulk.
This video is from Cook with Zoya youtube channel. Her method resemblance my method.
