Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Egg Roast in Kerala Style


Egg Roast is a famous Kerala egg dish. It is usually a bit on the spicier side and enjoyed with palappam or porottas or chappatis.

Ingredients
  • 4 hard boiled eggs
  • 4 large onions sliced very thinly
  • 1 tbsp of ginger-garlic paste, coarsely ground
  • 1 large tomato finely chopped after removing the skin by blanching the tomato in boiling water for a few seconds. Use ripe tomatoes so that they are not sour.
  • 1½ tsp of coriander powder
  • 1½ tsp of Kashmiri chilly powder
  • 1 tsp of garam masala (Grind 1” piece of cinnamon, ½ tsp of aniseed, 3 cloves, 2 pods of green cardamom)
  • 1 tsp of black pepper powder (reduce this amount if you want a less intense flavour of the black pepper)
  • 4 dessert spoon of vegetable oil
  • 1 sprig of curry leaves
  • Salt as required
  • ½ cup of water
Method
  • Take a kadai and heat the oil
  • Once the oil is hot, add the ginger garlic paste and sauté it for a couple of minutes on low flame
  • Add the sliced onions and sauté the onions till they turn golden brown (slightly on the darker side)
  • Move the onions to one side of the pan and add a little more oil if needed, so that there is sufficient oil in the center of the kadai. There should be at least 1 tbsp of oil at the center of the kadai
  • Mix the masala powders into a thick paste by adding a little water
  • Add the masala powder mix to the oil and sauté the masala for a minute
  • Now mix together the onions and sauté for a couple of minutes more
  • Add the curry leaves and then the tomato
  • Sauté on medium heat till the oil seperates. This could take a few minutes.
  • Add the water a little at a time, so that you have a thick gravy.
  • Add salt as per need
  • Add the boiled eggs after putting gashes on the eggs
  • Cover and cook for 5 minutes
Serve with palappam, Kerala porotta (Malabar Paratha) or chappati.

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