Video: Indonesia Is So Hot, People Are Cooking Eggs Under The Sun

Although we are currently being blessed with rainy days in Malaysia, Indonesia is experiencing blazing hot days on a daily basis at the moment.

As reported by Sinar Harian, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia (BMKG) said they will probably experience more than 39 Celcius maximum temperature till the end of October.

Due to the unusual heat, a popular video trend has been circulating through social media that shows people utilising the heat from the scorching sun to fry eggs.

An Instagram account called Info Makassar shared a video of a woman placing a wok on the side road and a little bit of oil in it before cracking an egg in it. She even sprinkled some seasoning in.

Source: sinar harian

No one can really tell the exact location shown in the video, but you can see that the egg cooked almost instantly.

Though we can’t find the first video, another video of the same act was shared on Info Makassar. According to the page, a few areas around the Javanese Island have had to suffer this extreme heat.

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Diprediksi BMKG wilayah Pulau Jawa, Bali, Nusa Tenggara Barat hingga Nusa Tenggara Timur akan mengalami musim tanpa hujan hingga November mendatang. Panas ekstrem ini dirasakan di beberapa wilayah di Pulau Jawa yang tak kunjung hujan, suhu di siang hari bisa mencapai 37 derajat celcius. Suhu ekstrem ini dimanfaatkan salah satu netizen di Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta untuk memasak telur di bawah terik sinar matahari. Unggahan video tersebut direkam salah satu netizen Irvan_ml dan diunggah akun merapi_news di Twitter. Dalam video berdurasi 31 detik tersebut, telrihat sebuah penggorengan diletakan di paving di bawah terik sinar matahari, lalu salah satu netizen memecahkan telur tersebut di penggorengan. Karena panas yang ekstrem, telur tersebut matang dan menghasilkan suara layaknya terkena minyak panas di atas kompor. Sumber: hitekno.com Foto & Video: twitter.com/merapi_news #instamakassar #exploremakassar #makassardagang #makassarkeren #exploresulsel #kaosmakassar #makassarcity #SulawesiSelatan #Sulawesiutara #Sulawesitengah #distrotoraja #sulsel #Sulawesibarat #makassarinfo #makassar #makassarhits #sulawesi #infokejadianmakassar #paidpromotemurah #kaospremium #localbrandindonesia #visitmakassar #infomakassar

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Did you see that? The pan sizzled weh!

To explain, the Vice Director of Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Agus Haryono said that it is possible to cook using the sunlight.

However, he reassured the public that they shouldn’t worry much because they are not experiencing boiling point temperatures, as water will only boil when it reaches 100 Celcius, while it will take 170 to 180 Celcius of heat to actually be able to use oil for cooking.

That considered, the egg should take a longer time to fully cook.

So, it is possible that the people have been pre-heating the pan under the sunny weather before frying the egg. Even if it’s a prank, we could say that it is a harmless one.

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