Egg Pepper Fry/Muttai MIlagu Varuval
Basic Information Preparation time 10-15 minutes
Cooking time 25 minutes
Serves 3-4
Ingredients
Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
Egg/muttai (boiled) | 4 |
Onion (finely chopped) | 1 (medium size) |
Tomato (finely chopped) | 1 (medium size) |
Ginger&garlic paste | 11/2 tsp |
Red chilly powder/milagi podi | 1/4 tsp |
Coriander powder/dhaniya podi | 1/2 tsp |
| Turmeric powder/manjal podi | 1/4 tsp |
| 1/4 tsp | |
Fennel seeds/sombu | 1 tsp |
Black pepper/milagu | 1 tsp |
Curry leaves/karivepillai | few leaves |
Coriander leaves (chopped) | 1 tbs |
Salt | 1-1.25 tsp |
Oil | 1 tbs +2 tsp |
Method
- Boil the eggs in water and remove the shell and keep it aside.Dry roast the fennel and black pepper for couple of minutes and powder it in a mortar,set it aside.
- Heat a pan with oil,toast the curry leaves and add in the chopped onion.Saute it till it becomes transparent.Now add the ginger&garlic paste and fry it for a minute.Then goes in the chopped tomatoes.Cook it until mushy.
- Now add in the spice powders such as red chilly powder,coriander powder,turmeric powder and garam masala powder along with salt.Mix it well and add around 1/4 cup of water and cook it covered in a medium flame.Now once the mixture becomes thick,add in the ground pepper and fennel.
- Mix it well and finally add the chopped coriander leaves,put off the flame.Now apply the prepared masala on the eggs.
- Heat a dosa griddle or any flat griddle,add the 2 tsp of oil and fry it both sides.Remove it once both the sides get cooked.
- Serve it with rice and rasam or dhal.
- Lemon juice can be squeezed after frying to get an extra tangy taste.
- Do not over cook the eggs,otherwise it turned out rubbery.
- After adding all the spice powder mix it well and keep the flame low to avoid burning.
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