Good Morning Friends, I just got back from my vacation & I am glad to share with you this lipsmacking recipe “ Kothu Parotta” today..! Kothu Parotta ( literally, minced parotta ), is a high energy, famous street food of Tamil Nadu, South India. Seeing this being made in roadside hotels is awesome...:) We can enjoy this tasty appetizing dish for breakfast, brunch or just a snack. So yummy for the tongue as well as the soul ! In this recipe, fresh parottas prepared at home or parottas available at Indian stores can also be used. ( You can also prepare Vegetarian Kothu Parotta, with the addition of Paneer & vegetables, instead of adding egg. ) Here is the awesome Egg Kothu Parotta recipe, which can be prepared in a jiffy !!!
Ingredients
Parottas - 2 or 3
Eggs - 3
Oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard - ¼ tsp
Cumin seeds - ½ tsp
Curry leaves - a few
Onion - 2
Minced garlic, ginger - 1 tbsp
Green chilly - 1
Red bell pepper cubed - ½ cup
Mashed tomato - ½ cups
Chaat masala pwd - ½ tsp
Red chilly flakes - 1 tsp
Garam masala pwd - ½ tsp
Salt to taste
Fresh coriander leaves
Instructions
1.
Heat oil in medium flame in a wide pan.
2.
Add mustard, cumin seeds and curry leaves.
3.
Sauté till it pops.
4.
Add finely chopped onions and cook until transculent.
5.
Add minced garlic, ginger, green chillies and cook for 1 minute.
6.
Chop Red Bell Pepper, green chilly and fresh coriander leaves to fine slices.
7.
Add cubed red bell pepper and finely chopped fresh coriander leaves.
8.
Sauté well for few seconds.
9.
Add mashed tomato and cook for few minutes until oil separates.
10.
Add chaat masala pwd, red chilly flakes, garam masala pwd and salt.
11.
Combine well.
12.
Tear and break Parotta to fine bite sized pieces.
13.
Add chopped Parotta and stir fry the Parotta pieces, until the curry and onion mixture well blended with Parotta.
14.
Once the Parotta absorbs all the spice masala to it, break the eggs and add into the pan directly.
15.
Increase the heat and mix continuously until the eggs are scrambled.
16.
Now bring the flame to low medium, and cook the eggs together with minced parotta, until the masala turns dry.
17.
Remove from flame.
18.
Garnish with freshly chopped coriander leaves.
19.
Serve hot with onion raitha & any sauce.
20.
Yummy Kothu Parotta is ready to relish.