Pinoy Street Food Kwek kwek with Food Caution.

One of the most popular street food in the Philippines is Kwek-kwek especially in Manila, it is easy to bake and it's one of the best appetizer for street workers and students in the Philippines. Kwek-kwek is made up with quail eggs (Itlog ng Pugo)(boiled) and wrapped with orange tinted batter then fried. There is also a popular variation of Kwek-kwek which they called it "Toknenang" unlike Kwek-kwek Toknenang is made up with chicken eggs not chicken eggs. Though kwek-kwek has also another variation many people and tourist were confused due to the similarities of both street foods. Owing to the fact of the popularity of these foods, most schools and universities in Manila has stalls for kwek-kwek and other street foods outside their campus. Since it is cheap students can afford to buy kwek-kwek as an treat to their friends and classmates outside the school campus.

Ingredients:

12 to 18 pieces boiled quail eggs, 1 cup flour, 3 tbsp cornstarch, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp ground black pepper, ½ cup water, 1 tbsp anatto powder and 2 cups cooking oil.


Kwek-kwek Food Caution:

For some street food lovers, especially to children be cautious, this sour flavored food is not good to your health if you have Pruritus or have a itchy skin problems, dermatitis, skin disease or skin allergy. The reason for causing an itchy skin is the chicken egg and salt of kwek-kwek which is the main ingredient of the said street food. When irritating skin allergy occurs and started itching after eating Kwek-kwek, I suggest you better drink a lot of water immediately to minimize the spread of the itchy skin problem.

Also, in buying kwek-kwek in public and streets, make sure if their stall facilities are clean and check it if  their kwek-kwek is clean, new and not stale and rancid. If the said food is already stale, it is very dangerous to our health, we could be poisoned from it.

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