Mutta/Egg Pollichathu

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Ingredients

20 mins
3-serving
  1. 3 Egg - boiled and deshelled
  2. 2 / Onion - slicedchopped big
  3. 1 Ginger small - piece crushed
  4. 5 Garlic - podes crushed
  5. 1 or 2 Green chilli - sliced
  6. 1 Tomato big - chopped
  7. 1 1/2 tspns Red chilli powder -
  8. 1/2 to / 34 tspn Pepper powder - ( as per your taste )
  9. Oil
  10. 3 Banana leaf - pieces

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat oil in a pan.Add onion slices,ginger,garlic and green chillies.Now Saute them till they turn golden brown.

  2. 2

    Add tomato and let them become soft and mushy.Now add the spice powders.Saute well till you get a nice roasted smell.

  3. 3

    Now add curry leaves and enough salt.Add 1/4 cup water.Cook till the water dry up and you get a dry gravy.Switch off the flame.

  4. 4

    Then take one piece of banana leaf and place it over fire(flame).Move it slowly and let the banana leaf is gets heated

  5. 5

    All over(leaf will get pale now).This will avoid breaking of banana leaf while wrapping.

  6. 6

    Then put some masala on one piece of banana leaf. Cut one egg into two halfs and place both the halves on top of the masala.

  7. 7

    Then cover the egg with some more masala.Sprinkle curry leaves on top.Then wrap the banana leaf and make a packet.You can tie it with

  8. 8

    Banana fibers also.Repeat the same with all the masala and egg

  9. 9

    Sprinkle little oil in a heavy bottom pan with tight lid.Then place the egg packets in the pan.Cover with tight

  10. 10

    Lid.Keep in low flame.After some time flip over and cover again.Keep them like this till greenish colour of

  11. 11

    Banana leaves starts to change.remove from fire.Unwrap the banana leaves and enjoy the yummy egg/mutta pollichathu.

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