You may wonder ‘Egg roast’? …now, what in the world is that? Well if you like your eggs spicy, you will just love this! This recipe is indigenous to Kerala where it is called ‘Mutta(egg) roast’. This is a dish often paired with Vella appams (rice hoppers or pancakes) or with Idiyappam (which are steamed rice noodles). This is an easy recipe …well for those of you who do know how to ‘hard boil’ eggs ! LOL 🙂 So you hard boil your eggs, saute them a little bit with some spices and then make a spicy and tangy onion masala and drop your eggs into that and serve! hmm…sounds mouthwatering, right? I love eggs because they are so versatile – you could half-fry or do a sunny side up,scramble them up or do an omelette.! Omelette reminds me of a lovely hearty omelette that Angie of the Novice Gardener recently made – do check that out!. And then continuing with the humble eggs’ multiple uses – you could make frittata or quiche adding a lot of veggies into those and make it really wholesome.! And then finally you can make this spicy egg roast!
While we are on the topic of eggs, until a few years ago, eggs had earned a bad reputation for raising cholesterol levels. But in 2000, the American Dietary Association gave the green light for healthy adults to enjoy eggs once again! 1. Of course as is the case with everything else, moderation is key everywhere. Hey! eggs are good..eggs are fun..eggs are good for everyone! 🙂
I normally make this egg roast as a side dish with rice. But sometimes I make it as an accompaniment to Idiyappams (steamed homemade rice noodles)! You could also just have it with some nice fresh bread. I will post the recipe for Idiyappam separately shortly! For now I am bringing the Mutta roast and Idiyappam to Angie’s for the Friday Fiesta! 🙂
What an interesting dish, Indu! It looks great, and I love all those spices you used!
thanks Ngan! yes this sure is a flavorful dish of eggs! 🙂
Eggs <3 and this version is tempting me to go into kitchen right away 😀 Egg roast is looking so……slurrp , drool 😀
thanks Andy! yes yummy isn’t it? 🙂
I’m getting hungry just looking at your dish Indu 🙂 It looks so tempting!
ha ha Linda I wish I could send u some. And this is sure filling so all ur hunger will go away! 🙂
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This sounds amazing Indu! Love eggs… love spicy masala… so I know I would love this! A brilliant addition to the Fiesta this week – thank you!
yes exactly right – eggs in spicy masala – you can’t go wrong with that right? thanks so much! 🙂
This looks delicious, I had a friend whose dear Mom would make a delicious egg curry, reminds me of it, now I finally have some type of recipe that will bring back that taste 🙂
hi yes please do try and let me know how you like it. ! 🙂
Yum, yum Indu! Love all variations of the Kerala roasts, this one looks like a winner 🙂
thanks Naina. Yes there are certainly regional variations of this – I would love to learn all the variations! 🙂
Yumm! Absolutely loved the recipe Indu.
thanks Sonal. 🙂
what a creative & delish meal! I love eggs but have never cooked them this way. I love curry leaves.
yes do try this. I am sure you will like it! 🙂
Mmm, I could almost smell this, Indu. I love eggs and this really sounds good to me. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. <3
yes if u love eggs, you will love this too! thanks and u too have a gr8 one! 🙂
How could I have missed this plate during my trip to India??? It looks delicious, I’ve never thought of doing egg curry, what a interesting way to eat eggs!
yes Margerhita, its really yummy and goes very well with any kind of bread or rice! I hope u get to try it! 🙂
Indu, this recipe looks delicious! It also reminds me of an egg curry I had in Burma, except the eggs were served in a light tomato curry sauce…. So I’m definitely going to give this a try and compare the two egg curries! Thank you for bringing this to Fiesta Friday, enjoy the party!! 🙂
I would love to try the Burmese Egg curry ! Let me know how this compares to that one! 🙂 thanks so much!
I showing terrible restraint at this moment because it is Shravana Maasam and egg roast is among my favourites.
Are you going to post the idiappam recipe as well? I notice you made that with red rice.
This was a fantastic start of my Sunday, Indu. Have a great one too. 🙂
thanks so much Aruna! I am sorry to tempt you during Shraavan! 🙁 Yes I will post the idiappam recipe soon. Yes I use brown rice flour /idiappam podi since it comes out great every time and is not sticky. Have a great day! 🙂