Egg chilli – a sweet and spicy affair of flavours in your mouth. This egg chilli recipe is simple and tasty. A perfect starter dish for your parties or can be enjoyed as a snack as well.
The recipe is similar to Aloo Manchurian posted years back. In here, I have used bell peppers with the eggs – It adds to the crunch and gives flavour to the dish. Also this recipe can be replicated with paneer or soya too. Wow, now isn’t that a great recipe that can be versatile yet tasty. Do try and enjoy the dish.
In bowl mix together cornstarch, pepper powder, salt, ginger garlic paste, into a semi thick paste, adding water little by little. Cut eggs into 4 quarter.In a frying pan, heat oil on medium flame. When the oil is sufficiently hot, gently dip the eggs in the batter and fry in oil till light brown.
In a pan, heat 1 tbsp oil on low flame. Fry chopped ginger, garlic, curry leaves and green chillies for 1 minute .Add diced onions and bell peppers and mix well. Toss the veggies on high flame.
Add tomato ketchup, soya sauce, salt and mix well. Add eggs and toss well.
Serve Hot.
Ingredients
- Hard boiled eggs 3
- Bell peppers (red,yellow,green) half each
- Onion 1 small
- Green chilli 2 small
- Curry Leaves
- Ginger 1 tsp chopped finely
- Garlic 1 tsp chopped finely
- Soya sauce 2 tsp
- Tomato ketchup 2-4 tsp
- Salt to taste
- Oil
- Cornstarch 3 tbsp
- Salt 1 tsp
Method:
- In bowl mix together cornstarch, pepper powder, salt, ginger garlic paste, into a semi thick paste, adding water little by little.
- Cut eggs into 4 quarter. Yolk/yellow can be omitted if you dislike.
- Dice the capsicum and onions.
- In a frying pan, heat oil on medium flame.
- When the oil is sufficiently hot, gently dip the eggs in the batter and fry in oil till light brown.
- Remove from oil, strain the excess oil and keep aside.
- In a pan, heat 1 tbsp oil on low flame.
- Fry chopped ginger, garlic, curry leaves and green chillies for 1 minute
- Add diced onions and bell peppers and mix well.
- Toss the veggies on high flame.
- Add tomato ketchup, soya sauce, salt and mix well.
- Add eggs and toss well.
Note
1. The corn flour batter can be semi thick or thin. Semi thick batter will coat the eggs nicely.
2. Be careful while frying the eggs as there are chances of spluttering of eggs.
