Mutta/Egg Pollichathu
Ingredients
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3 Egg - boiled and deshelled
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2 / Onion - slicedchopped big
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1 Ginger small - piece crushed
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5 Garlic - podes crushed
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1 or 2 Green chilli - sliced
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1 Tomato big - chopped
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1 1/2 tspns Red chilli powder -
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1 tspn Coriander powder -
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1/4 tspn Turmeric powder -
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1/2 to / 34 tspn Pepper powder - ( as per your taste )
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3 Banana leaf - pieces
Cooking Instructions
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1
Heat oil in a pan.Add onion slices,ginger,garlic and green chillies.Now Saute them till they turn golden brown.
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Add tomato and let them become soft and mushy.Now add the spice powders.Saute well till you get a nice roasted smell.
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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.
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Then take one piece of banana leaf and place it over fire(flame).Move it slowly and let the banana leaf is gets heated
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All over(leaf will get pale now).This will avoid breaking of banana leaf while wrapping.
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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.
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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
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Banana fibers also.Repeat the same with all the masala and egg
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Sprinkle little oil in a heavy bottom pan with tight lid.Then place the egg packets in the pan.Cover with tight
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Lid.Keep in low flame.After some time flip over and cover again.Keep them like this till greenish colour of
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Banana leaves starts to change.remove from fire.Unwrap the banana leaves and enjoy the yummy egg/mutta pollichathu.
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