Egg Gravy:

Ingredients:

5 Eggs

½ Red Onion chopped (Keep some for tempering)

1 Tomato Chopped

½ tsp Fennel seeds/Sombu

½ tsp Cumin seeds

1 tsp Peppercorns

3 Green chillies

1 Cinnamon stick

1 Cloves

10 pieces of Garlic (3 pieces for grinding, remaining cut lengthwise)

1 inch of Ginger

4 Coconut pieces(medium)

1 tsp of Red chilli powder

Oil

Salt

Preparation:

Boil the eggs and peel them and keep it aside.

In the oil fry all the spices,green chillies and then add chopped onions and ginger,garlic.

Fry them in the oil and when the onion colour changes, add the chopped tomatoes and salt and cook covered for few mins.

When the tomatoes are mashed well, switch off the flame and let it to cool sometime.

Meanwhile, grind the coconut pieces first without adding water.

Then add the cooled mixture to it and grind it again in a mixie/processor.

Add water if needed and make the paste ready.

Now in a sauce pan, add oil and fry the remaining chopped onions and garlic(cut lengthwise) and add the paste and fry in the oil for few secs.

Then add a tsp of red chilli powder & a cup of water and bring it to boil.

When all the raw smell of masala goes, add the eggs with slits on each side of eggs, sothat the masalas goes inside the eggs.

Cook covered for 5 mins in medium-low flame. The egg masala leaves oil on sides.

Now the egg gravy / muttai kuzhambu is ready to serve with biryani/ plain rice/chapatti.

Muttai Thokku / Egg Masala / Egg Curry :

Ingredients:

                                          5 Boiled eggs -Sliced

 1 Big Red onion chopped

 1 Big Tomato chopped

 2  Garlic pieces

 Ginger Garlic paste

 1/2 tsp  Cumin seeds

 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

 1 tbs Red chilli powder

 1 tbs Sambar powder  ( Or add 1tbs of coriander powder + extra 1 tbs red chilli powder)

 Salt

 2 tbs oil

                            


Preparation:

         Add oil to a non stick pan and add mustard seeds and cumin seeds,once the seeds popped add the crushed garlic pieces and fry then add the ginger garlic paste and fry for 3 secs ,then add the chopped onions and cook covered for 3-5mins in med-high flame.

      Once the onion changes color and becomes soft,add the chopped tomatoes ,salt and cook covered for 3mins.Tomatoes should get mashed and the oil should seperate from it.Now add the masala powders and fry until the raw smell goes..

                                                                                             
   Then sprinkle some water and add the eggs to it .Now reduce the flame to medium - low and cook for about 5 mins or until the masala goes inside the egg yolks.
  Serve muttai thokku with hot rice and chapatis :)  This is one of our favourite dish learned from my mother-in-law.