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Scribbled Eggs

Name: Scribbled Eggs
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: Oil; Tomatoes (optional), chopped; Scallion (optional), sliced; 2 eggs

This recipe was found in Githima, a small town outside the city of Nakuru in Kenya. If you ask for fried eggs in the West of Kenya, you'll probably have the eggs scribbled.

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143kcal · 7% of your day

Protein: 13 g · 11% of 120 g
Carbs: 1 g · 0% of 220 g
Fat: 10 g · 15% of 65 g

0 g
Fibre: 0 g
Sugar: 142 mg
Sodium: 100 g
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Serving size estimated by Ma Kitchen. The source gives no serving count, so the recipe is split into 1 serving of about 100 g, the usual size for a breakfast dish. If your portion is bigger or smaller, set how much you eat above and the macros follow.

The cooking fat is not counted. The source gives no amount for the oil or butter this is cooked in. Calories and fat will be higher than shown.

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Ingredients

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Oil
Tomatoes (optional), chopped
Scallion (optional), sliced
2 eggs

Ingredients for 1 serving (100 g) · the original recipe

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Method

1
Heat a small amount of oil in a skillet over medium heat.
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2
If using tomatoes, add them to the pan. Fry for a minute.
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3
If using scallion, add to tomatoes. Cook for another minute.
4
Beat the eggs well, and pour into the pan.
5
Start stirring the eggs—Kenyans call this scribbling. Cook like this until the egg is done.

Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.