Cooking description:
Each housewife paints chicken eggs to celebrate Bright Sunday, but even this process can be done with healthy products, and not with chemical dyes. To do this, use regular hibiscus tea - it creates a unique pattern on the shell.
Purpose: At the festive table / Easter / Inexpensive
Main Ingredient: Eggs
Dish: Snacks
Ingredients:
- Chicken egg - 7-10 Pieces
- Hibiscus - 50-60 Grams
- Vinegar 6% - 2 Tbsp. spoons
- Water - 700 Milliliters
- Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. spoon (for smearing)
Servings: 3-4
How to cook "Painting eggs for Easter with hibiscus tea"
Prepare the indicated ingredients. It is better to purchase eggs with a white shell so that they have a brighter pattern.
Put the washed chicken eggs in a saucepan, cover with warm water and pour the hibiscus flowers into the same place. Place container on stove and bring to a boil, reduce heat to moderate.
Boil hard-boiled eggs for 12 minutes, then pour in the vinegar and boil for another 1 minute. Turn off the heat and leave the eggs to cool directly in the tea by placing them in the cold. It is advisable to turn them over every 20 minutes so that they are evenly colored, but even without this, the drawing will be bright.
Remove eggs from tea, rinse in water, brush with vegetable oil to make them shine.
Serve the eggs chilled with hibiscus tea.