Friday, November 16, 2012

Simply Awesome: Egg Recipes

Egg is my favorite. Is it yours also? I always use to experiment new, different recipes with eggs.
When i use to get up late in the morning, and i need to prepare something fast for breakfast, i rely on eggs.
Here are some simply delicious egg recipes that you can make easily when you don't have much time to spare.

Vegetable Omelette


You might be already knowing lot of recipes for Omelettes but here is my recipe for a tasty, spicy vegetable omelette.
I use to prepare this for lunch with rice when there is no side dish/subji to eat with rice. Easy to prepare in 10 minutes.

Ingredients:

2 Eggs
1 Onion
1/2 Tomato
3 small green chillies
2 tspn pepper powder
1 tbspn coconut grated
1 tbspn Milk
Curry leaves chopped
Salt to taste
 


Preparation:

In a bowl, add all the ingredients and eggs.
Mix it nicely.
When the pan is hot, add oil and pour the egg mixture to it.
Fry the omelette till it turns brown on both sides.



Boiled Egg Sandwich

A breakfast egg recipe. Easy to prepare.

Ingredients:

Bread slices
2 hard-boiled Eggs
2 tsp mayonnaise/butter
1 tbspn pepper powder
Salt to taste
 


Preparation:

Mix the eggs, pepper and mayonnaise/butter into a paste.
Take two bread slices and add the egg mixture into the first slice and cover it with one more slice.
Prepare the egg sandwich in a sandwich toaster.



Spicy Cabbage with Egg

This is an easy and tasty cabbage side dish with any meal.

Ingredients:

250 gms Cabbage chopped
1 medium Onion chopped
4 green chillies
1 tspn turmeric powder
1 tspn coriander powder
2 tspn garlic-ginger chopped
2 tspn coconut grinded
1 egg
1 tspn pepper powder
Curry leaves
Coriander leaves 

Preparation:

Heat oil in a pan and add Onion, green chillies, ginger-garlic mixture and curry leaves.
Cook it for 2 minutes until onion turns brown. 
Add turmeric and coriander powder to the onion mixture in the pan.
Add the chopped cabbage and salt.
Add required water and let the dish cook till the cabbage is cooked nicely.
Now, in a small bowl, add egg and pepper and mix it smoothly.
Once the cabbage is almost cooked, add the egg mixture, grinded coconut and cook the dish for few more minutes.
Sprinkle chopped coriander leaves when it is done.
Spicy cabbage with egg is ready. Serve it hot with rice.

Hope everyone enjoy the above dish. I use to prepare this dish mainly when there is leftover cabbage dish from lunch and i want to spice it up for dinner, i just add the egg mixture as mentioned above to the already prepared cabbage dish and make the new version- spicy cabbage with egg.

Deviled Eggs

This is one of my favorite egg recipe. This tasty dish can be made as a quick appetizer for lunch/dinner. These eggs are little bit tangy and spicy in taste. Actually not only for appetizers, they will be great as snacks also.
Here is the recipe for my version of deviled eggs:

Ingredients:

5 hard-boiled Eggs
2 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tspn pepper powder
1 tspn dry red chilly (grinded)
1 tspn Oregano (optional)
Salt to taste

Preparation:

Cut eggs in half.
Arrange egg whites cut side up on a serving plate and put the yolks in a small mixing bowl. Mash yolks with fork then add in mayonnaise. Mash and stir all other ingredients to the egg yolk mixture. Add salt as desired. 
Spoon a little bit of the mixture into each egg white half, dividing mixture as evenly as possible between the eggs. 
Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.


Spicy Fried Egg Gravy

This is a dish that will be awesome to have with chappathi/Aappam. I usually prepare this egg dish for dinner when i need a side dish with gravy for chappathi or aappam. Also, this is an easy one to prepare.

Ingredients:

2 hard-boiled Eggs
1 Onion
1 Tomato
1 tbspn Ginger-garlic paste
2 tspn red chilly powder
1 tspn black pepper powder
1 tspn garam masala
1 tspn coriander powder
1 tspn turmeric powder
2 tbspn Oil
Salt to taste

Preparation:

In a pan, add a small amount of oil and fry chopped onion and tomato in a low flame till it is soft and ready. Blend onion-tomato mixture and keep it aside.
In the remaining oil, add all the spice ingredients except eggs, little water and let it cook for 2 mins.
Now,  Add the boiled eggs to the spice mixture in the pan and fry the eggs till they are uniformly coated with the mixture.
Once the egg mixture is done, add the onion-tomato mixture to it and let it cook for 10 minutes. Add salt as required.
Spicy Fried Egg Gravy is ready. Serve hot.

Okay, so that was some awesome egg recipes that you can prepare easily at home. Please post your favorite egg recipes if you have any.
Enjoy the recipes and let me know comments/suggestions.


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