Tamil Nadu

Madurai egg kalakki

Name: Madurai egg kalakki
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Madurai
Ingredients: 4 egg; 2 tbsp very finely chopped onion; 1 finely chopped green chilli; 1/2 tsp freshly crushed black pepper; a pinch red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); a generous pinch salt; 2 tbsp parotta salna or water water; 1 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); a few leaves coriander leaves (cilantro)

Madurai's late night egg: soft, folded, peppery and scooped straight off the tawa.

10 minTime

13 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

220kcal

13 gprotein

1 gfibre

10minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Egg4

Onion2 tbsp, very finely chopped

Green chilli1, finely chopped

Black pepper½ tsp, freshly crushed

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)a pinch

Salta generous pinch

Water2 tbsp parotta salna or water

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a few leaves

Method

4 steps

1Beat 2 eggs at a time in a cup with half the onion, chilli, pepper, chilli powder, salt and 1 tbsp salna or water.
2Heat the tawa on high and add half the oil. Pour in the egg and let the base set for a few seconds.
3With a flat spatula, push the set edges into the centre from all sides, folding the egg over itself into a soft mound.
4Slide onto a plate as soon as the folds are set, top with pepper and coriander and make the second one.

Serve it like this

Serve on a small steel plate with a spoon, next to hot parotta and a bowl of salna.

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Madurai egg kalakki

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