Padang Specialty Egg Tea Recipe, Add Stamina During the Transition Season

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tea Talua or egg tea is a typical West Sumatran drink made from a mixture of warm tea and raw eggs.

Although the ingredients used look simple, there is a special technique used when beating eggs so that they don't leave a fishy smell and taste.

The trick is to beat the eggs in the glass in one direction quickly and constantly until the texture is fluffy and frothy. Also, add a little lime juice for added flavor.

tea talua at home, you should use duck eggs or you can also use free-range chicken eggs.

This was said by Dani, a talua at the 2022 Minang Luhak Nan Tigo Cultural Festival on Friday (22/7/2022).

tea talua typical of West Sumatra can be seen in the book " Small Street Food Typical Padang " (2009) by Linda Carolina Brotodjojo published by PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama below.

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Egg tea ingredients:

• 2 teaspoons tea powder
• 300 milliliters of water
• 1 egg yolk (chicken egg or duck egg)
• 2 teaspoons of sugar
• 1 slice of lime

How to make field egg tea:

1. Boil the tea with water until it boils, then reduce the heat.

2. Mix egg yolks and sugar in a glass, then stir with a spoon until the egg yolks are frothy and slightly white in color. After that, pour the boiling tea into a glass filled with beaten eggs.

3. Stir the eggs and tea until well blended, then add a little lime juice to remove the fishy smell of eggs. tea Talua is ready to be served warm. 

The book " Small Street Food Typical Padang " (2009) by Linda Carolina Brotodjojo published by PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama can be purchased online at Gramedia.com.

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