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Serves 4

Mutte thoran is a scrambled egg dish from Kerala. Eggs cooked with spices that are commonly used in South Indian cuisine is a dish that is so flavourful that will appease any palate. So why wait, just make it and enjoy the taste.

Recipe

Serves 4 · Prep 10m · Cook 15m

Ingredients

• 6 eggs (mutte)
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
• 1½ crushed ginger-garlic
• 2 large onions, thinly sliced
• Salt to taste
• 2-3 green chillies, slit
• 1 medium tomato, thinly sliced
• Crushed black peppercorns to taste
• 1 teaspoon coriander powder
• ½ teaspoon fennel (saunf) powder
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 10-15 curry leaves
• 2-3 tablespoons scraped fresh coconut

Method

1. Heat coconut oil in an iron kadai, add mustard seeds and let them splutter.
2. Add crushed ginger-garlic, mix and sauté for a few seconds. Add onions, mix well and saute for 1-2 minutes.
3. Add salt, mix well and saute till the onions turn translucent. Add green chillies and mix.
4. Add tomato, mix and cook for 1-2 minutes
5. Sprinkle crushed black peppercorns, coriander powder, fennel powder and turmeric powder and mix well. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
6. Add curry leaves and cook for a few seconds. Break the eggs into the kadai and mix till the eggs scramble and further cook for 3-4 minutes.
7. Add coconut and mix well. Switch the heat off and transfer on to a serving plate. Serve hot.