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Chettinad Egg Gravy / Chettinadu Muttai Masala

Posted on Dec 4, 2013 · Last Updated on Mar 11, 2021 by Uma Ramanujam · 28 Comments

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Second recipe of this week is from Chettinadu Cuisine which I have tried it from Nalini’s Kitchen. Few weeks before, during my random browsing in facebook, her picture caught my attention through which I went to her blog to see the recipe. Found the ingredients involved in that recipe are similar to chettinad chicken gravy which I have already tried and guessed this gravy also taste in a similar way. so, I bookmarked the gravy at the moment I saw it and tried it couple of times. Got a nice feedback from the husband as I expected. If you are a spicy lover then, it is a very good recipe to try.

Basic Information:

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 30 minutes

Serves: 3

Ingredients:

For Gravy:

Onion – 2 nos., medium size, finely chopped

Tomato – 2 no., medium size

Garlic – 3 cloves

Ginger – 1 inch piece

Green chilli – 1 no

Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Salt – to taste

Coriander leaves – 2 spring, for garnishing

For Egg:

Eggs – 3 nos.

Oil – 1 teaspoon

Red chilli powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Salt – a pinch

For Roasting and Grinding:

Cloves – 5 no.

Cinnamon – 2 inch piece

Dry red chilli – 3 no.

Coriander seeds – 1 tablespoon

Black pepper – 1 teaspoon

Cumin seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Fennel seeds – 1 teaspoon

Poppy seeds – 1 teaspoon

Grated coconut – 1/4 cup

For Seasoning:

Oil – 2 tablespoons

Mustard seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Fennel seeds – 1/2 teaspoon

Bay leaves – 1 no.

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Method:

1) Hard boil egg for 7-10 minutes.

2) Meanwhile, roast all the
ingredients given under “For Roasting and Grinding” except poppy seeds
and coconut. Roast well till you smell nice aroma out of it. Towards the end of roasting, add poppy seeds and coconut.
Continue roasting for few seconds and turn the flame off. Allow it to
cool to room temperature. Make a smooth paste of it by adding 1/4 cup or enough water.

3)
Make a paste of ginger, garlic and green chilli. Roughly chop tomatoes
and make a paste of it using a blender. Keep both aside.

4) Take a pan and heat oil in it. Throw in mustard seeds, fennel seeds and bay leaves.

5) Add chopped onion with curry leaves once the seasoned ingredients splutter. Saute it till the onion becomes soft.

6) Add freshly ground ginger garlic green chilli paste and fry for 1 minute.

7) Add ground tomato and cook till the raw smell of tomato completely goes off.

8) Now, add the ground masala and turmeric powder. Mix well. Once the
masala gets cooked well, add 1-2 cups of water. Let it boil in medium
flame.

9) By now, the eggs would have boiled. Peel off the skin and prick using a fork.

10) In another pan, heat a teaspoon of oil. Add eggs followed by salt
and red chilli powder.

Roll the eggs well so that the red chilli powder
coats the eggs nicely. Fry for a minute.

11) When the gravy becomes thick and the oil oozes out from the gravy, add eggs and mix it well.

12) Continue cooking for few minutes and turn the flame off.

13) Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.

 Notes:

1) I adjusted the dry red chillies, Green chillies and red chilli
powder as per my taste buds. For the quantity mentioned here, it tasted too hot.
If you do not like spicy gravy, reduce the red chilli quantity and prepare the gravy.

2) Instead of onion, add shallots/ Chinna vengayam for additional taste.

3) It is slightly thick gravy with eggs. Adjust water quantity based on the consistency you need.

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Nalini's Kitchen
Nalini's Kitchen
11 years ago

Thanks for trying the recipe,your picture makes me hungry even after my lunch.The third click is awesome Uma….cannot take my eyes from the click.

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Sangeetha Priya
Sangeetha Priya
11 years ago

finger licking curry makes me drool!!!

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Akila
Akila
11 years ago

Very tempting

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Hamaree Rasoi
Hamaree Rasoi
11 years ago

Deliciously spicy looking gravy. Excellent preparation.
Deepa

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divyagcp
divyagcp
11 years ago

Egg curry looks so tempting and delicious. Beautiful clicks!

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nayana
nayana
11 years ago

curry looks so flavorful and spicy, yummm…..

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Menaga Sathia
Menaga Sathia
11 years ago

Egg cury looks spicy n flavourful….loved ur all clicks!!

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Unknown
Unknown
11 years ago

The muttai masala looks lip smacking. I learned this from my MIL's neighbour who is from karaikudi. My kids love it a lot.

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Rafeeda AR
Rafeeda AR
11 years ago

that is a very flavorful egg curry… yummy…

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Laxmipriya
Laxmipriya
11 years ago

so u r experimenting more in egg curries nowadays.. 🙂 lovely clicks.. love the fresh spices in the gravy..

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Sona
Sona
11 years ago

Curry looks very delicious and yummy.

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Sailaja Damodaran
Sailaja Damodaran
11 years ago

pl. check this out thebrowneyedbookie.blogspot.ae/search?updated-min=2012-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2012-12-27T10:18:00-08:00&max-results=50&start=10&by-date=false
thanks
sailajakitchen.org

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Lifewithspices
Lifewithspices
11 years ago

flavorful n yummy preperation.. lovely clicks as always..

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Unknown
Unknown
11 years ago

wow this is simply awesome Uma….

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Sona - quick picks/pick quicks
Sona - quick picks/pick quicks
11 years ago

wow!! Uma…the clicks are sooo soo deadly..beautiful..and a recipe soo welll explained. Nice !!

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Hari Chandana
Hari Chandana
11 years ago

Gorgeous photographs!!

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Nisa Homey
Nisa Homey
11 years ago

Chettinad cuisine is something which I have not experimented much… I guess I was waiting for the right recipe, this looks so easy to make and so well explained….your click is so tempting…bookmarked!!

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Unknown
Unknown
11 years ago

super n happy to follow you

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yohashri karthick
yohashri karthick
11 years ago

helo uma.. I tried tis n it came out wel… but i didnt got tis color…cud u plz tel me y?

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Unknown
Unknown
11 years ago

Hi Yohashri, The colour depends on the red chilli you use. The more number of chillies will give bright red colour. Try using less spice chilli variety so that you can use more number of red chillies to get correct spicy level and colour.

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Anonymous
Anonymous
10 years ago

Hi,
tried ur recipe n it turn out well……my husband likes it as well….it was delicious….most importantly ur steps are easy 2 follow….well,with pictures sumore…..thanx 4 sharing tis….i hope u can share recipe for sothi….tofu sothi….:)…thanx

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Anonymous
Anonymous
10 years ago

hmmmmmm yummy i tried this recipe its was so nice..my mom dad bro say so yummy..thanx for this recipe

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Saranya Krishnamurthy
Saranya Krishnamurthy
10 years ago

I just tried this recipe today… it was so good 🙂 thanks fr sharing this recipe

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Lakshmi
Lakshmi
10 years ago

I'm just not able to get my curry the red color that's soo beautiful in your pix…

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Unknown
Unknown
10 years ago

Hi Lakshmi, This colour depends on the red chilli what you use. Try using less spice chilli variety so that you can use more number of red chillies to get correct spicy level and colour. or simply use kashmiri red chilli.

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Unknown
Unknown
9 years ago

Very delicious Egg curry ever. Chettinad non-veg always wonder me.Why we add eggs boiled instead of boiled and fried in oil? I think its very very delicacy.I am tried that.Good job uma.

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Durga
Durga
9 years ago

Hi, I stumbled upon your blog today while searching for simple egg curry. I tried your recipe today for a quick dinner. It was great! I added shallots and didnt grind the tomatos. I just chopped them and added them in. I also didnt have coconut and made the gravy a bit thinner. It tastes great!. Your masala made the curry so tasty, my family said it tasted like crab curry! Hahaha so thank you for the recipe 🙂

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Unknown
Unknown
9 years ago

Hi Durga, Thanks for the feedback. You made my day. 🙂

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