DISH RESEARCH · Snack
Egg Ball
Althea Brown’s cassava egg ball recalls a favourite Guyanese childhood snack.
About Egg Ball
Althea Brown’s cassava egg ball recalls a favourite Guyanese childhood snack. A boiled egg sits inside a seasoned cassava covering, with an egg-and-flour coating around the outside.
Garlic, green onion and black pepper season the cassava. The crisp golden surface contrasts with the softer cassava and the egg at its centre.
Mango sour is an optional accompaniment, bringing tangy green mango, chilli and cumin to the serving. The round snacks are enjoyed after a brief cooling, with their layered textures still distinct.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Egg, Wheat.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Egg Ball
Althea Brown’s Guyanese cassava egg ball with all-purpose flour.
- CassavaBase
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- Eggs for centre and coatingProtein
- All-purpose wheat flourBinder
- Granulated garlicSeasoning
- Garlic clovesAromatic
- Green onionsAromatic
- Sunflower oilCooking medium
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Hand-coating cooking oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- Green mangoesAccompaniment · Optional mango sour · Optional
- Yellow onionAromatic · Optional mango sour · Optional
- GarlicAromatic · Optional mango sour · Optional
- Wiri wiri peppersSeasoning · Optional mango sour · Optional
- Ground cuminSeasoning · Optional mango sour · Optional
- White vinegarSeasoning · Optional mango sour · Optional
- WaterLiquid · Optional mango sour · Optional
- SaltSeasoning · Optional mango sour · Optional
- Brown sugarSweetener · Optional mango sour · Optional
- Prepared refreshing beverageAccompaniment · Optional beverage · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Cassava: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual133/145 cassava boil; no invented broth.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Eggs for centre and coating: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Actual135–136 whole boiled eggs and uncooked coating eggs, Egg positive.
- All-purpose wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Actual76/137/162 explicitly offered original AP instead of declared cassavaflour substitution39, Wheat positive.
- Granulated garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual138 granulated form, broader powder candidate qualified.
- Garlic cloves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Sunflower oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual80/141 first expressly offered frying oil.
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only155 retained.
- Hand-coating cooking oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method157 independent generic handoil; exact species unprovided.
- Green mangoes (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own sour143, required within optional accompaniment.
- Yellow onion (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own sour147, required within optional accompaniment.
- Garlic (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own sour152, required within optional accompaniment.
- Wiri wiri peppers (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own sour156 first named chilli option; broader chilli candidate, botanical identity not forced. Required within optional accompaniment.
- Ground cumin (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own sour161 required within optional accompaniment.
- White vinegar (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own sour63 explicitly optional despite card165 plain value.
- Water (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own sour169 required within optional accompaniment.
- Salt (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own sour173 required within optional accompaniment.
- Brown sugar (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own sour67/177 expressly optional minor addition.
- Prepared refreshing beverage (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual33/113 generic suggested beverage, no exact formula/type supplied.
Origins & food traditions
Guyana association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Guyana
- GuyanaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Guyanese Cuisine
- Guyanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.