Egg Pepper Roast / Muttai Milagu Varuval
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Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • Eggs – 4
  • Oil – 2 tbsp
  • Hing – a pinch
  • Jeera/ cumin seeds – 1 tsp
  • Red chilli – 1, broken
  • Onion – ¾ cup, very finely chopped
  • Garlic – 4, very finely chopped
  • Ginger – ½ inch, finely chopped
  • Curry leaves – 1 sprig
  • Green chilli – 1, small, finely chopped
  • Tomato – ¼ cup, finely chopped
  • Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
  • Garam Masala – ½ tsp
  • Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
  • Coconut powder/ Grated coconut – 2 tsp
  • Salt – 1 tbsp Roast & Grind
  • Coriander seeds – ½ tbsp
  • Whole black pepper – ½ tbsp.
  • Fennel seeds – 1 tsp
Instructions
  1. Hard boil the eggs by boiling the eggs – Boil water, add a tsp. of salt, add eggs and cook for 10 mins in medium flame. Once done, add them to cold water and set aside for 5 mins, make a small crack using knife or just cracking in nearby object and remove the egg shell carefully. Cut the eggs vertically set aside.
  2. Meanwhile when the eggs are getting cooked, heat a pan, and fry roast the ingredients under to “roast & grind” until light brown. You will get nice aroma, switch off, allow it to cool and blend into a smooth powder but little coarse. I used my mortar & pestle. So it was perfect.
  3. Heat oil in a pan; add hing, broken red chilli and jeera and sauté for few seconds. Add chopped onion, curry leaves, chopped ginger, and chopped green chilli, chopped garlic and sauté till onion becomes translucent and golden brown. Add chopped tomatoes and turmeric powder, sauté till its little mushy.
  4. Add powdered pepper spice powder, garam masala, red chilli powder, coconut powder and fry in medium to slow heat for a minute. Add 3 tbsp of water, salt, add the sliced eggs, cover and cook for 2 mins in medium flame.
  5. Gently turn the eggs and add another 2 tbsp of water, cover and cook for another 2 mins and switch off when the masala becomes roasted, garnish with coriander leaves and 1 tsp of lime juice.
Notes
1. This pepper fry is little on the spicy side, so adjust according to your taste. You can add the blended masalas slowly and taste them. Skip the chilli powder if you want. You have green chilli, pepper, red chilli powder, and one broken red chilli. So skip any one if you think it’s spicy for your taste buds.
2. You can replace with ginger garlic instead of chopped ginger garlic if you think it’s a big step to do.
3. Do roast the pepper masala well to remove the rawness smell.
4. Do not overcook eggs as it might become rubbery or hard.
Recipe by Relish The Bite at https://www.relishthebite.com/egg-pepper-roast-muttai-milagu-varuval/