

Both of the proposed have ingredients that cook and char to solids if you cook them at temperatures you want to fry at. You need something that can take the heat and transfer it. You need a fat or an oil. Maybe a heavy sugary water like applesauce could be used but it’s not boiling than frying.
Keep trying, take responsibility for failures and learn from them, be honest in everything, mature at least one skill to be valuable to your community, find those that need help and help them with mentorship and love, be patient (with yourself)