Egg & Tomato Stir Fry / Egg Recipes

Egg & Tomato stir fry is one of the easiest dish which can be prepared in 10 minutes. All you need for this “Egg & Tomato stir fry” recipe is Egg, tomato, garlic or garlic powder and chives. The same recipe can be prepared without garlic and chives but I have included those to give some extra flavour to the dish. This recipe is adapted from Chinese cooking and made few changes according to our taste bud. The selection of tomato is very important for this recipe. It should not be too ripe and sour. And while cooking tomato, make sure to not over cook it.

Me and my friend Sujitha Ruban who blogs at Sujithaeasycooking decided to re-start our theme cooking after 4 years. In 2016, we started posting series of soup recipes but couldn't continue later because of few personal commitments.

Sharing few soup recipes which we posted long back...

Chow chow soup / Chayote soup 
Sausage Coconut milk Soup 
Vetrillai Kozhi Soup / Betel leaves chicken soup 
Chicken and Mushroom soup 
Mushroom soup 
Veggies and Dal soup 
Tangy lemongrass noodles soup 
Carrot and beetroot soup 

And few soup recipes from Sujitha Easy cooking..

Vegetable Soup 
Roasted Zucchini Sweetcorn soup 
Prawn Zucchini creamy soup 
Drumstick Soup 
Tomato Soup 

And again now to bring back the energy on blogging and to motivate ourself, we started with an Egg theme as it will be an easy ingredient to buy during this lockdown period. I am truly excited to join my hands with my friend Suji after a long back and I hope this continues..

And coming to the recipe, this Egg & Tomato stir fry goes perfect with a steamed rice or fried rice. The addition of sesame oil gives a lovely Chinese cuisine flavour and aroma. The addition of sugar is just to balance the flavour of the dish. This is such an easy to prepare dish and also, many variations can be made according to our taste bud. Here comes the recipe for this delicious tangy stir fry...

Ingredients :

3 Eggs
1/3 Tsp Sesame oil
1 Tbsp White pepper powder
2 Tbsp Oil
1 Tsp Finely chopped Garlic pods or 1/2 Tsp Garlic powder 
1 Tomato, Sliced
1/2 Tsp Sugar
3/4 Tbsp Water
2 Tbsp Finely chopped Chives

Method :

Break eggs in a bowl and beat well using fork.

Add the required quantity of salt followed by sesame oil and white pepper.

Heat up a wok or pan and add 1 tbsp of oil.

Now add the eggs and scramble them.

Once done, remove from the flame and keep aside.

Now add the remaining oil to the same pan and add the finely chopped garlic if you are using the fresh ones.

Fry it for half a minute and add the sliced tomato. ( if you are using garlic powder, add at this stage )

Stir fry them quickly and add sugar followed by water.

Cover and let it cook for a minute. ( Do not over cook the tomato )

Now add the scrambled eggs to the tomato mixture and toss well.

Garnish with finely chopped chives and remove from the flame.

Serve hot.

Serving Options :

Serve with Rice or Fried rice.

Few egg recipes which I had posted earlier...

Egg Drop Ginger Soup 

Egg Appe Salna 

Egg Appe Masala Bhat 

Egg omelette Pulao 

Uddinahittu / Udupi Recipes

  
Uddinahittu is one of the traditional Udupi recipe which is prepared using urad dal flour and curd. As we all know that urad dal is one of the healthiest and popular ingredient in South India, including it in our regular diet gives a lot of health benefits. Urad dal is rich in protein, fat and carbohydrates. Importantly, it is beneficial for women as it contains iron, calcium and folic acid. Apart from all these, urad dal helps in digestion because of their fibre content, boost immunity and also helps in maintaining bone health.

Idly, Dosa and Vada are the popular recipes which flashes on my mind when it comes to Urad dal. Apart from these recipes, I use urad dal in chutneys and as seasoning in my kitchen. And in today’s recipe, I have used urad dal in a different way which I learnt recently for the shhh secretly cooking challenge group as our theme of the month was Udupi cuisine. When I got to know that Udupi cuisine is for this month challenge, I thought of trying Udupi sambhar which was on my list for so long. But while doing some research on Udupi cuisine, this recipe “Uddinahittu” sounded interesting and after reading about this dish, I was so curious to try as I have never used raw urad dal in my recipes.

Though few websites have mentioned about the option of using roasted urad dal flour, I tried this dish using raw flour as its a traditional method. To be honest, I was so confused about the taste but to my surprise, the dish tasted delicious and the taste of raw flour was not over powering. The highlight of the recipe is the addition of coconut oil. I can say that this addition elavated the flavour. The original recipe called for curry leaves but I did not use it since it is not available near my place. But I am sure that the addition of curry leaves roasted in coconut oil gives a lovely aroma. Anyways, I am planning to go to an Indian store this weekend so that I can try this dish once again by using curry leaves :)

Actually I have to thank shh secretly cooking challenge group and Jayashree who suggested this theme for this month and also, my partner Renu Agarwal Dongre who gave me a lovely ingredients to try this recipe. Jayashree has a wonderful blog in the name of Evergreen dishes. Don't miss her blog to check out for many delicious recipes.  By now, I am sure you would have guessed at least one of the secret ingredients.. Yes ! It’s coconut oil and hing. And yeah, don’t forget to check out my partner Renu's page "cookwithrenu.com " who prepared a delicious Mangalore buns using the secret ingredients given by me. And also, her page has loads of yummilicious recipes, so don't miss it!

In this Uddinahittu recipe, the raw urad dal flour is grounded into a fine powder and then mixed with a curd is finally seasoned with mustard, ginger and green chillies. The addition of coconut oil for the seasoning gives an aromatic flavour to the dish. This dish goes perfect with hot steamed rice and also can be served with any pulao as it tasted similar to raita. 

Here comes the recipe for Uddinahittu...

Ingredients :

3 Tbsp Urad dal Flour
1 Cup Curd
Salt to taste
2 Tsp Coconut Oil

A pinch of Hing powder
1 Tsp Mustard seeds
1 Tbsp Ginger, finely chopped
1 - 2Green chillies, finely chopped ( add chillies according to taste bud )
Coriander leaves, chopped or Fresh curry leaves

Method :

Mix urad dal flour and curd in a bowl without any lump.

If you don’t have urad dal flour, just grind the urad dal and sieve it to get a fine powder.

Heat coconut oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds.

Once it starts spluttering, add hing powder followed by ginger, green chillies and curry leaves ( I did not add curry leaves in this recipe ).

Now add the seasoning to the urad dal - curd mixture along with the required quantity of salt.

Mix well and add the chopped coriander leaves.

Serving Options :

Serve with hot steamed rice.

Coconut and Almond flour Ladoo

Hello my friends, I am back to my blogging world after a long time. Though the situation is so scary around the world, I am happy in a way and that this this quarantine period brought all my cooking passion back which I have been missing all these days because of my job and personal commitments. Today I am going to share one of my favourite and easy peasy sweet recipe "Coconut and Almond flour Ladoo" which is prepared using just three ingredients. Yes ! you heard it right ! Just 3 !! All you need for this recipe are grated coconut, almond flour and condensed milk.

This recipe is prepared using a store bought Almond flour. Don't worry if it is not available, just soak the whole Almonds overnight, remove the skin, dry them completely and grind it into a fine powder using blender.

So here comes the recipe for Coconut and Almond flour Ladoo..

Ingredients :

1 Cup Grated Coconut
2 Cups Almond flour
1/2 Cup Condensed Milk ( adjust according to taste bud )
Raisins for garnishing
Grated Coconut for garnishing ( optional )


Method :

Dry roast the grated coconut for couple of minutes in a medium flame (Make sure not to change the colour of the coconut).

Add almond flour and mix well.

Saute it for another couple of minutes and add the condensed milk.

Reduce the flame and stir well to get a dough consistency.

Once done, remove from the flame and make small balls out of the prepared Almond - Coconut dough.

Roll the balls on grated coconut or garnish with raisins or almonds.

Wahan Mosdeng / Pork Chutney / Pork Bharta / Tripura Cuisine

Wahan Mosdeng is a popular Tripura cuisine in which pork is the key ingredient and apart from that, only minimal ingredients required to prepare this delicious salad. Wahan is nothing but pork and interestingly, this recipe is prepared without using a drop of oil. Yes! you read it right... this is zero oil recipe. This Wahan Mosdeng is also called as Pork Bharta and Pork chutney. Traditionally this recipe is prepared using pork but people who do not eat pork, substitute it with chicken.  The fresh ginger and roasted chilli gave a perfect flavour to the dish and personally, I loved it with rice.

Prepared this recipe for a blogger event "shhh cooking secretly challenge" which is happening among food bloggers every month. For this month, I got a first time chance to get paired with a lovely blogger Narmadha who blogs at namscorner.com. Don't forget to check out her page to view loads of  delicious recipes. She gave me coriander leaves and chilli as my secret ingredients which helped me to create this authentic Tripura recipe. Likewise, check out her page to know the secret ingredients given by me. She made an interesting, simple yet delicious recipe out of it.

Ingredients :

250 gms Pork, Cut into pieces

1 Big Onion, thinly sliced 

5-6 Green chillies ( Adjust according to taste bud ) 

1 1/2 Tbsp Ginger, finely chopped 

1/4 Cup Coriander leaves, finely chopped 

Salt to taste

Method :

Wash the pork pieces and pressure cook it for 3 whistles by adding little water. 

Open the lid and cook it for another 2 minutes or until the water gets absorbed. This helps to keep the flavour in pork. 

Once done, cut in small pieces and keep aside. 

Dry roast the green chillies and grind it without adding water. Keep aside. 

Take the chopped pork pieces in a bowl and add the ground chilli followed by thinly sliced onion, ginger, coriander leaves and salt. 

Mix well and serve. 

Serving Options :

Serve with Rice or Roti.

Kumbakonam Kadapa

I was wondering that how did I miss posting this famous and traditional dish "Kumbakonam Kadapa" on my page and that too being it as my native place delicacy. Kadapa is a delicious dish prepared using Moong dal, coconut and spices which pairs perfectly with Idly or Dosa. I must say that if you are visiting the temple city of Tamilnadu ( yeah! Kumbakonam is popularly known as Temple city of Tamilnadu ), this kadapa is a must try dish. Already the imagination of having hot, soft and fluffy idlis with this tasty kadapa is making me drool. Thanks to Shhh Secretly Challenge group for hosting Tamilnadu cuisine theme for this month challenge and Mayuri ji for giving me the lovely two ingredients , Moong dal and Bay leaf as my secret ingredients.

Shh secretly challenge is an interesting blogger event which is happening among few food bloggers. In this event, the bloggers are paired every month with the particular theme and the paired bloggers have to share their secret ingredients among each other. Using those ingredients, the dish has to be prepared and the secret ingredients are guessed by our co-bloggers. Interesting right!

So, if you are keen to know the secret ingredients given by me to my partner Mayuri ji, click HERE. She prepared a delicious and traditional sweet "Paal Kozhkattai" out of it. And also, her page is loaded with lots and lots of drool worthy recipes. So, don't miss to check out her page.

Here comes the recipe of the delicious Kumbakonam Kadapa....

Ingredients :

1 Tbsp Oil 
1 Bay leaf 
2 Cloves 
A small of Cinnamon 
1 Onion, finely chopped 
2 Green chillies, sliced 
3 Potatoes, boiled and mashed 
1/2 Cup Moong dal, cooked and mashed 
Less than 1/4 Tsp Turmeric powder 
Salt to taste 
Coriander leaves for garnishing 

To Grind :

1/4 Cup Coconut, grated 
2 Garlic pods, peeled 
3 Tbsp Roasted gram 
2 Green chillies 

Method :

Grind all the ingredients given in "To Grind" into a fine paste and keep aside.

Heat oil in a pan and add bay leaf followed by cloves and cinnamon.

Add the chopped onion followed by green chillies and sauce until the onion turns translucent.

Now add the cooked and mashed dal.

Mix well and cook it for a minute.

Add the ground paste followed by turmeric powder and the required quantity of salt.

Let it cook for 5 minutes and add water if kadapa is too thick.

Now add the potatoes to the kadapa and cook it for another couple of minutes.

Garnish with coriander leaves and remove from the flame.

Serve hot.

Serving Options :

Serve with Idly or Dosa.