Dimer Devil | Egg Croquette Recipe
Dimer Devil, also Egg Croquette is a very popular Indian street food, particularly famous in the eastern states of India. Here, hard-boiled eggs are cut in halves, the yolk is mixed with a spicy mix and then stuffed back into the egg whites. The egg halves are then joined and coated with a keema or potato cover and battered fry. This dimer devil is a Bengali style evening snack, often served with a bowl of puffed rice, sliced onion, green chillies and a cup of tea.
Servings 2 people
Calories 612kcal
Equipment
- Stove Top
- MagicBullet Blender
- Heavy bottom Non-stick Pan
Ingredients
- 2 Eggs - hard boiled
- 1 Onion medium - finely chopped
- 1 tbsp Ginger & Garlic - finely chopped grated would be even better
- 2 Potatoes medium - boiled and mashed
- Salt to Taste
- ¼ tsp Turmeric powder
- ¼ tsp Red Chili Powder
- 1 Slice of a Brown Bread - for making the potato wrap for the eggs
- ¼ cup Breadcrumbs I have made my own breadcrumbs here. The detailed recipe below. You can use store-bought as well
- 1 Egg - for egg wash
- Oil to fry
Instructions
To prepare the filling for the eggs
- Prepare the filling for Dimer Devil by frying finely chopped onion, ginger and garlic in Mustard Oil over a low heat. Add some salt, turmeric powder and red chili powder to this. Once it turns brown in colour, take it off the heat and allow to cool
- Slice the eggs lengthwise and scoop out the yolks in a bowl. Mix the fried filling into this and mix it well
- Stuff it back into the egg whites. Join the halves of eggs and keep them aside
To prepare the wrap for the eggs
- Take the remaining filling and add boiled & mashed potato and a slice of bread into it. Season with salt. Mix it well to make it smooth. It should be enough to coat 2 eggs here.
- Divide the mashed potato mix into two equal parts. Take one half and coat one egg with it. (Check for detailed images in the blogpost)
- Repeat with the second egg
Preparing the croquettes & frying
- Whisk an egg in a bowl.
- Take some breadcrumbs on another plate and prepare it for coating the croquettes. You can flavour the breadcrumbs here with Parmesan, garlic powder, onion powder, dried herbs, etc.
- Take the wrapped egg, and dip it in the egg wash. Now, roll it on the breadcrumbs to coat it completely. Repeat this step atleast twice
- Repeat this with the other egg as well.
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan and then deep fry these croquettes till they turn brown.
- Serve hot.
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