Egg curry Chettinad Type

 

Ingredients:
4 boiled Eggs cut in halves
1 big Onion chopped
2 medium sized Tomatoes diced
5 Garlic cloves
1 cup tamarind juice (1 tbs tamarind extract dissolved in 1 cup of hot water)
½ tsp Turmeric powder
2 tbs Chilli powder
1 tbs Cumin powder
1 tsp Cumin seeds
Few curry leaves
Few Coriander leaves
1 tbs oil
Salt to taste

Preparation:

 In a heavy wide bottomed pot, heat the oil, add cumin seeds after it splutters add curry leaves, onion, garlic and sauté till the onion turns into light brown.

 Add the tomatoes and sauté it for 4-5 minutes.

Now add the tamarind juice, turmeric powder, chilli powder, cumin powder, salt one by one and sauté finely.

Add 2 cups of water and bring it to boil as the gravy thickens add the boiled eggs and cook it for few more minutes and turn off the flame.

 Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve the egg curry with rice.

Muttai Kuzhambu (Egg Curry Type 2)

Ingredients

4 boiled Eggs cut in halves 

1 big Onion chopped

2 medium sized Tomatoes diced

2 Green chillies cut length wise

1 tsp Ginger Garlic paste 

1/2 tsp Turmeric powder

1 tbs Chilli powder

1 tbs Coriander powder

1 Bay leaf

2 Cinnamons

1 tsp Fennel seeds 

Few curry leaves 

Bunch of Coriander (chopped)

1/2 cup Coconut milk 

1 tbs oil 

Salt to taste

Preparation 

In a heavy wide bottomed pot, heat the oil, add bay leaf, cinnamon, fennel seeds after it splutters add curry leaves, onion, green chillies, ginger garlic paste and sauté till the onion turns into light brown. 

Add the tomatoes and sauté it for 4-5 minutes. 

Now add the turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt one by one and sauté finely. 

Add 2 cups of water and bring it to boil as the gravy thickens add the boiled eggs and cook it for few more minutes.

Then add the coconut milk and boil it for few minutes & turn off the flame. 

Garnish with coriander leaves. 

Serve the egg curry with rice/parotta.

Masala Egg Scramble

Ingredients:

·         2 Eggs

·         2 tsp Coriander seeds

·         2 tsp Cumin seeds

·         2 tsp Fennel seeds

·         2 tsp Black Pepper

·         1 tsp Turmeric powder

·         Salt to taste

·         1 tbs Oil

Preparation:

Making Powder mix:

·        Roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds and black pepper in reduced heat and grind them to fine powder.

·        Mix the turmeric powder and salt to the grinded powder.

(We can also prepare the powder mix in excess and store it in an airtight container for later use).

Making Masala Egg Scramble:

·        In a pan, heat the oil, add mustard seeds, add the raw eggs, 2 tsp. of masala powder and constantly stir the eggs until it forms small and soft curls.

·        Leave it in reduced heat for few more minutes and when the eggs are cooked well remove from the skillet.

·        The masala scrambled egg is ready to eat.

Muttai Poriyal (Egg Scramble)

Ingredients:

·         2 Eggs

·         1 medium sized Onion finely chopped

·         1 Green chilli finely chopped

·         ¼ tsp. Turmeric powder

·         ½ tsp. Mustard seeds

·         Salt to taste

·         Oil

Preparation:

·       In a pan, heat the oil, add mustard seeds, onions, green chilli and sauté till the onions turns light brown.

·       Now reduce the heat, add the raw eggs, turmeric, salt and constantly stir the eggs along with the onions & chillies until it forms small and soft curls.

·       Leave it in reduced heat for few more minutes and when the scrambled eggs are cooked well remove from the skillet.

·       The scrambled egg is ready to eat.

Half Boiled Egg Omelette

Ingredients:

·         2 Eggs

·         2 tsp Coriander seeds

·         2 tsp Cumin seeds

·         2 tsp Fennel seeds

·         2 tsp Black Pepper

·         1 tsp Turmeric powder

·         1 tbs Water

·         Salt to taste

·         Oil

Preparation:

Making Powder mix:

·       Roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds and black pepper in reduced heat and grind them to fine powder.

·       Mix the turmeric powder and salt to the grinded powder.

(We can also prepare the powder mix in excess and store it in an airtight container for later use).

Making Half Boil Omelette:

·       In a separate nonstick skillet, apply little oil and break a egg and pour it in the skillet don’t break the the egg yolk.

·       Cook it in medium heat, sprinkle the masala powder mix on the wet uncooked side of the egg and when the sides become brown and crisp remove from the skillet slowly and the half boil egg is ready to eat.

Masala Egg Omelette

Ingredients:

·         2 Eggs

·         2 tsp Coriander seeds

·         2 tsp Cumin seeds

·         2 tsp Fennel seeds

·         2 tsp Black Pepper

·         1 tsp Turmeric powder

·         1 tbs Water

·         Salt to taste

·         Oil

         

Preparation:

Making Powder mix:

·       Roast coriander seeds, cumin seeds, fennel seeds and black pepper in reduced heat and grind them to fine powder.

·       Mix the turmeric powder and salt to the grinded powder.

(We can also prepare the powder mix in excess and store it in an airtight container for later use).

Making Masala Omelette:

·       In a bowl, take the eggs, water and beat it.

·       In a separate non stick skillet, apply little oil and pour a ladle of the egg mixture and gently press the ladle and swirl it in circles.

·       Cook it in medium heat, sprinkle the masala powder on the wet uncooked side of the egg and when the sides become light brown and crisp flip the other side and cook it for few minutes so the egg along with masala powder cooks well.

·       Now remove from the skillet and the masala omelet is ready to eat.

Muttai Varuval (Egg fry)

Ingredients:

·         4 boiled Egg cut in halves

·         1 tbs Chilli powder

·         1 tsp Ginger garlic paste

·         1 tbs Lemon juice

·         Salt to taste

·         Oil for frying

Preparation:

·       Mix the chilli powder, ginger garlic paste, lemon juice, salt and make it into a fine paste.

·       Apply the mixture on both sides of the egg and marinate it for 10 minutes.

·       In a flat pan heat the oil and add the marinated egg and fry it until it becomes crisp on both sides.

Muttai Kulambu (Egg Curry) Type 1

Ingredients:

·         4 boiled Eggs cut in halves

·         1 big Onion chopped

·         2 medium sized Tomatoes diced

·         2 Green chillies cut length wise

·         1 cup tamarind juice (1 tbs tamarind extract dissolved in 1 cup of hot water)

·         ½ tsp Turmeric powder

·         2 tbs Chilli powder

·         1 tbs Coriander powder

·         1 tsp Mustard seeds

·         1 tsp Urad dal

·         Few curry leaves

·         Bunch of Coriander (chopped)

·         1 tbs oil

·         Salt to taste

Preparation:

·       In a heavy wide bottomed pot, heat the oil, add mustard seeds after it splutters add urad dal, curry leaves, onion, green chillies and sauté till the onion turns into light brown.

·       Add the tomatoes and sauté it for 4-5 minutes.

·       Now add the tamarind juice, turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder, salt one by one and sauté finely

·       Add 2 cups of water and bring it to boil as the gravy thickens add the boiled eggs and cook it for few more minutes and turn off the flame.

·       Garnish with coriander leaves.

·       Serve the egg curry with rice/parotta.

Egg Omelette

Ingredients:

·         2 Eggs

·         1 medium sized Onion finely chopped

·         1 Green chilli finely chopped

·         ¼ tsp Turmeric powder

·         1 tbs Water

·         Salt to taste

·         Oil

Preparation:

·    In a bowl, take the eggs, water and turmeric powder and beat it.

·    Add the onions, green chilli and salt to the egg mixture and mix it well.

·    In a separate non stick skillet, apply little oil and pour a ladle of the egg mixture and gently press the ladle and swirl it in circles.

·    Cook it in medium heat and when the sides become light brown and crisp flip the other side and cook it for few minutes so the onion & chillies are done well.

·    Now remove from the skillet and the omelet is ready to eat.