Mutta Thilappichathu/Egg Curry and Awards!!!

Soon after marriage, I got an exposure to the darker sides of the deal - on one side were the hearts & teddy bears but on the other side was the challenge of cooking on your own!  Like the majority, I also started my culinary experiments with eggs.  A bit ridiculous in my case!!!  Mom had made me attend a cooking course as part of her 'marriage training' where I learned many delicacies like biriyani, fried rice, cakes, samossas etc that made me overconfident while stepping into my own kitchen only to realise with shock that I never learned to make normal plain matta(Kerala brown rice) or a dal curry or upma let alone cleaning and cutting fish.  As a result the dining table during our honeymoon days was a flop show ramp with sticky upma, overcooked rice, mashed cabbage mezhukkupuratti and the best of all, the show stopper - fried fish with the scales on!!! Poor A - my everfaithful guinea pig, was like 'A Husband in Horror-land'!!! How he would have regreted for not earning the basic kitchen survival techniques instead of washing vessels for his buddies who did all the cooking during his bachelorhood.

Coming to the topic, mutta thilappichathu is an easy preparation where the eggs are not preboiled.  Here we are adding them directly into the gravy, saving time that way and since they are getting cooked in the gravy more flavours get absorbed by the eggs making it more tastier.  

You will need...

Eggs - 6

Shallots(cheriya ulli) - 6-7 sliced

Green chillies - 3-4 slitted lengthwise

Curry leaves - few

Ginger - 1/2 inc piece crushed

Vinegar - 1 tbsp

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Chilly powder - 1 tsp

Salt - to taste

Water - 1 cup

Milk - 1/2 cup

Oil - as needed

Soak turmeric and chilly powders in little water to a paste and keep aside. In a heavy bottomed pan or curry chatti(terracotta cooking pan) heat oil, saute shallots, green chillies and ginger until onions are translucent.  Reduce heat and add the soaked turmeric and chilly paste and saute for 2 minutes.  Add water, vinegar and salt, let it boil in high heat.  Break eggs into the bubbling gravy.  Do not stir, cover and cook in medium heat for 12-15 minutes.  Turn the eggs and let it cook without cover until the gravy reduces to half(steps are shown in the picture). Reduce heat and add milk.  Do not let it boil.  Serve hot with rice or roti. 

Now Coming to the Awards!!! Yippeee got a handful!!!  Thanking all my blogger friends for all the encouragement, motivation and support!!!

Jisha of Jisha's Kitchen, Swapna of SwapnaSridhar and Aparna of Ladies Special Adukkala has passed this lovely Award. Thanks a ton dearies!!!

Saraswathy of Sara's Corner, Swapna of SwapnaSridhar, Aparna of Ladies Special Adukkala has awarded me with this one.  Thank you all!!! 

Sarah of Vazhayila and Aparna of Ladies Special Adukkala has passed the Blog Loving Award to me.  Thanks a lot Aparna and Sarah!!!

I would like to pass these three Awards to all my blogger friends!!!

Swapna of SwapnaSridhar passed the Kreative Blogger Award to me. Thanks Swapna!!! 

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Phew...that was quite long...Thanks again!!!