Egg pepper fry / muttai milagu varuval – a simple and delicious South Indian style boiled eggs stir fry recipe. Its one of the recipes that I rely on when I want to make a quick side dish for rice or pulao. When I have fresh spinach I end up making a healthy palak egg curry or when I want to prepare a side dish in a few minutes I make a simple egg poriyal. This muttai milagu varuval too is equally easy to make. Black pepper along with some spices lend a nice flavor and texture to this stir fry. I love the simplicity of this dish as well as how delicious it tastes inspite of having just a few ingredients.
In this egg pepper masala, black pepper is freshly ground with a few spices. This ground masala makes this dish spicy as well as flavorful. Once you have the boiled eggs ready, its a breeze to make this recipe without much preparation. Do try this simple and easy egg pepper fry recipe to go with pulao or steamed rice with dal / rasam / sambar.
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Apart from enhancing the flavor of any dish, kali mirch or black pepper has many health benefits. It is a good source of iron and calcium. It also improves digestion. Eggs are a good source of protein as well as vitamn D. Lets move on to the recipe for easy egg pepper fry.
how to make egg pepper fry step by step
- Boil the eggs and remove the shells. Slice each of the boiled eggs into two halves and set this aside. Also grind the cumin seeds, fennel seeds and black peppercorns together slightly coarsely using a mortar and pestle and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan. Add asafoetida. Then add chopped onions and curry leaves.
- Saute till the onions turn brown on the edges and add the finely chopped garlic and saute for a minute.
- Then add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and garam masala powder along with salt.
- Also add the freshly ground black pepper-fennel-cumin seeds mixture. Stir well.
- Add 4 tbsp water and mix. Now gently add the sliced eggs, keeping the sliced side of the eggs turned down.
- Let this cook on low heat till all the water dries up. Stir gently and remove from heat.
- Muttai milagu varuval or egg pepper masala is now ready to be served.
Egg Pepper Fry | Muttai Milagu Varuval Recipe
- 1 onion medium-sized
- 3 eggs / anda / muttai
- 1 tsp finely chopped garlic
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- A pinch of asafoetida / hing
- 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp garam masala powder
- A few curry leaves
- 1 tbsp oil
- Salt to taste
- 3/4 tsp cumin seeds / jeera
- 1 1/2 tsp black peppercorns / milagu / kali mirch
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds / saunf / sombu
- Boil the eggs and remove the shells.
- Slice each of the boiled eggs into two halves and set this aside.
- Meanwhile finely chop the peeled onion. Also finely chop the peeled garlic.
- Grind the cumin seeds, fennel seeds and black peppercorns together slightly coarsely using a mortar and pestle. Set this aside in a small bowl.
- Now heat oil in a kadai or pan.
- Add asafoetida and finely chopped onions. Also add curry leaves.
- Saute till the onions turn brown on the edges.
- Now add the finely chopped garlic and saute for a minute.
- Then add turmeric powder, red chilli powder and garam masala powder along with salt.
- Also add the freshly ground black pepper-fennel-cumin seeds mixture. Stir well.
- Add 4 tbsp water and mix.
- Now gently add the sliced eggs, keeping the sliced side of the eggs turned down.
- Let this cook on low heat till all the water dries up.
- Mix gently and remove from heat.
- Egg pepper fry is now ready to be served.
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