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Egg Masala


Egg Masala / Anda Masala

Ingredients

  • 6 eggs
  • 3 medium onions
  • 2 green chillies
  • 2 tbsp. tomato paste or 3 medium tomatoes
  • 1 tsp. each ginger garlic paste
  • ½ tsp. chilli powder
  • ½ tsp. garam masala powder
  • ¼ tsp. turmeric powder
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ cup coriander leaves
  • 1 tbsp. ghee or oil

Method

  1. Cover eggs with water and boil for 10 minutes. 
  2. Drain, shell and keep aside. 
  3. Slice thickly the onions, chop green chillies, chop coriander leaves. 
  4. Put a cut on the eggs half way through the egg. 
  5. Heat ghee in a vessel and fry the eggs till light brown.  Remove. 
  6. Add the onions to the ghee and saute till translucent. 
  7. Add the tomato paste (or sliced tomatoes and fry till tomatoes turn soft ) and saute for a minute
  8. Add ginger garlic paste and fry for a minute. 
  9. Add the chilli powder, garam masala and turmeric powder and salt and saute for a minute. 
  10. Add the chopped coriander leaves (Reserve some for garnish) and half cup water and cook till fat separates. 
  11. Add the eggs to the gravy, cut side down and simmer  2 minutes. 
  12. Serve hot garnished with coriander leaves.

Eggciting Breakfasts


Eggciting Breakfasts

Eggs form an essential part of our diets providing us with quality nutrients like protein, iron, vitamins, minerals and carotenoids and is a powerhouse of disease-fighting nutrients like lutein and zeaxanthin.

Eggs should also be cooked in the right manner to benefit from the nutrients. For perfectly boiled eggs check out my post on Think you know how to boil an egg.

For those who love eating eggs, here are several options to enjoy this nutrient dense food for breakfast or even as lunch or dinner.

  1. Egg Frittata with potato and sausages
  2. Egg Omlette with Cherry Tomatoes
  3. Eggs Benedict
  4. Egg Roll
  5. Mughalai Egg Paratha
  6. Omlette Pao
  7. Toad in a Hole
  8. Low Carb Toad in a Hole
  9. English Breakfast
  10. Egg Bhurji
  11. Egg Mayonnaise Sandwich
  12. Bacon & Eggs
  13. Egg Dosa

Egg Frittata with potato and sausages


Egg Frittata with potato and sausages

A spin-off on the famous Parsi “Papeta par Eedu”, with the additon of sausages, this is a really simple and quick breakfast bake, albeit in a frying pan! For more Egg-based options check out ‘Eggciting breakfasts’!

Slice the sausages thinly and fry 2 minutes till the edges turn crisp.

Fry the chopped onions & green chilli adding 1/2 tsp. salt. Add the tomatoes and fry for a minute and top with the sliced potatoes. Sprinkle over with salt and pepper. Cover and cook ten minutes.

Spread the fried sausages over the potatoes and break the eggs one by one over the sausages. Cover and cook till done. Garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Egg Frittata with Potato & Sausages

  • Servings: 3
  • Difficulty: Easy
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Ingredients

  • 3 eggs
  • 2 medium onions, chopped
  • 1 Potato, thinly sliced
  • 1 Tomato, chopped
  • 2 green chillies, chopped
  • ¼ tsp turmeric powder (optional)
  • 3 Beef or Chicken Sausages (Frankfurters), thinly sliced
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tbsp. coriander leaves, chopped
  • 1 tbs. ghee

Method

  1. On a frying pan or skillet, heat ghee and fry the sliced sausages for two minutes or till crisp at the edges. Remove and set aside. 
  2. To the same pan add chopped onion and green chillie and saute till onion is light brown,  add a spoon of ghee if required. Add turmeric and mix.
  3. Add tomatoes and sauté for a minute, add ½ tsp salt and mix. 
  4. Spread the potato slices evenly over the onion tomato mixture.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover the pan and let cook 10 minutes on low flame, till potatoes are almost cooked.
  5. Spread the sausage slices over the potatoes and then break the eggs one at a time over the sausages.  Cover and cook ten minutes or until the top is opaque and the eggs are cooked.  
  6. If you like the eggs runny, remove as soon as the whites are set. 
  7. Sprinkle with coriander leaves and serve immediately.

My Breakfast Diaries


Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and with some time-management it’s not difficult to cook-up a deliciously satisfying and healthy breakfast. On several occasions I have been asked, what are the various foods you prepare for breakfast.  I have also heard many times ‘I don’t know what to make for breakfast’ or ‘what can you make for breakfast?’ This post is for all you lovely people and there should be no excuse for ‘I don’t know what to make for breakfast’! Stay tuned…

I spend almost an hour and a half to two hours in the kitchen each morning before I leave for work (that’s because I am an early riser!). But you’ll don’t need to do that.  With a little bit of planning, most of the recipes Continue reading →

Mais Recipes


I will be posting here recipes from the book ‘Mais Recipes’ so as to share them with as many people as possible.  Hope you’ll enjoy them.

Starting with a dessert…as they say in our country “muh meetha karo” which means “sweeten ones mouth” before embarking on an auspicious journey/event.

Bread Pudding

Bread Pudding

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