Chettinad Egg curry (Karaikudi muttai kulambu)
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Tags: chettinad, curry, Egg, karaikudi, muttai
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Ingredients:
- Egg-5
- Small onion- 200g
- Garlic- 4
- Ginger- equal to garlic
- Tomato- 1
- Mustard seeds and Urad dal- 1/2 tsp
- Curry leaves- few
- Chili powder- 1 tsp
- Coriander powder- 1 tbsp
- Chicken powder- 2 tbsp
- Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp
- Salt and Oil- to taste
Recipe:
- Boil Egg for 5 mins. Then remove the shells.
- Peel and semi grind the Small onion.
- Grind Garlic, Ginger and make a paste. Kept this aside
- Chop the Tomato into small pieces.
- Heat Oil in a pan. Add Mustard seeds and Urad dal fry till it splutters.
- Add Curry leaves,Ginger and Garlic paste and fry for a min. Then add Onion and fry till it becomes light brown in color.
- Add Tomato and fry till it turn into soft. Then add Chili powder,Coriander powder, Chicken powder and Turmeric powder fry till raw smell goes.
- Once the raw smell goes add a cup of Water and Salt.
- Finally add boiled Eggs. Let the curry boil once.
Goes well with: Rice and Chappati
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(25 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5)

on February 17th, 2010 at 11:21 pm
this is a gr8 website but doesn’t say how much salt or oil to add? but other than that is a pretty reliable source for good old indian cookin!:)
on February 17th, 2010 at 11:25 pm
needs better pictures also! needs to look more appetizing please!
on March 31st, 2010 at 8:13 am
Salt and oil should be an estimate and an individual’s preference. Pictures look appetising enough to me…
on May 9th, 2010 at 1:09 am
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! mouth watering recipe and I tried immediately and came out very well. Guys, it’s definitely worth a try……
on October 22nd, 2010 at 9:13 am
wow traditional touch mouth watering receipe i am going to try this receipe !!!!!!!!!!!!!
on January 8th, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Whatever receipes are added is good. If some more receipes of north indian added means it will be well and good.
on January 28th, 2011 at 11:43 pm
can u tell me what is meant by chicken powder
on February 8th, 2011 at 5:14 pm
I look dishes made with Egg. My favoriteeeeeeeeeeee
on February 26th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
i am going to try this recipe and see it willl come go or not …..?
on March 26th, 2011 at 3:34 am
can anyone tell me what chicken powder is
on April 3rd, 2011 at 1:39 pm
it did not come good.i used sakthi chicken masala for the chicken powder.Can u tell me what went wrong
on April 28th, 2011 at 11:23 am
nice one
on June 11th, 2011 at 11:43 am
yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mouth watering good to see!!!!!!!!!!!! tried it went on well
on July 23rd, 2011 at 1:59 pm
i did the same thing… smells quite good, when i taste it i get a slightly bitter taste.. not sure why… may be i added something in extra.. anyways thanks for this recipe
on August 9th, 2011 at 11:36 am
yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yes i try this dish
on December 5th, 2011 at 5:39 am
Anitha,
Chicken powder here refers to chicken masala powder….