Easy egg pepper fry
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 5
 
Ingredients
  • Egg – 5
  • Curry Leaves – 1 Sprig
  • Coriander leaves – 2 tsp (chopped to garnish) To grind:
  • Fennel seeds/sombu – 1 tsp
  • Cumin seeds/Jeeragam – 1 tsp
  • Garlic – 3
  • Ginger – 1 inch
  • Onion – 5 shallots/ or equal quantity of red onion
  • Pepper balls/ milagu – 1 tbsp
  • Whole dry Red chilli – 1
  • Green chilli - 1
  • Coriander seeds – 1 tsp
  • Sugar – a pinch
  • Salt – ½ tsp
Instructions
  1. Boil the eggs. [I boil the egg in boiling water for 5 mins. Switch off and close it for 10 mins. Wash in cold water and remove the shell]. Set aside.
  2. Blend all the ingredients under “To grind” for the masala paste with 2-3 tablespoon of water. Blend to a smooth paste and Set aside.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and add in the curry leaves, blended masala paste and the salt.
  4. Let it get cooked in medium flame till the raw smell leaves for 2-3 mins.
  5. Cut the boiled eggs into two and add it to the medium heated masala pan. Keep the flame on low and slowly roast the masala eggs.
  6. Once in a while turn the eggs slowly. This is to make sure the eggs are roasted properly.
  7. When the masalas with the eggs are roasted brown, switch off. It would take 10 -13 minutes.
  8. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/easy-egg-pepper-fry/