Egg Fry - A simple dish for a busy day

Ingredients:

• Eggs: 2
• Onion(large) : 1
• Salt as required
• Red chilli powder: 1/2 tsp

Seasoning:

• Oil: 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds: 1/2tsp
• Cumin seeds: 1/2tsp
• Red chillies(broken): 2
• Turmeric: 1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves: 4
• Asoefetida: a pinch

Procedure:

1. Boil the eggs in water. Peel them and set them aside.
2. To a pan add oil and all the seasoning ingredients in the order mentioned.
3. When the seeds start spluttering, add onions and fry them until they become soft.
4. Now add the hardboiled eggs to the onions and fry for few minutes.
5. Add salt and chilli powder.
6. Serve with rice or roti.

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Egg fried rice

Ingredients:

Eggs	3
Basmati Rice	1 cup
Mint leaves	10-15
Onions	1/2 Large - sized
Cloves	3
Salt	as required.
Oil	2 tbsp
Cinnamon	small piece
Cardamom/Elachi	1
Ginger Garlic Paste	1 tsp
lemon juice	1/2 tbsp
Pepper	1/2 tsp
Garam masala powder	1/2 tsp
Green Chillies	3

Procedure:

Cook the rice with 1.5 cups of water and let it cool.

Cut the onions length wise.

Remove stems from green chillies and cut them length wise.

Finely chop the mint leaves.

Add oil to the pan and saute the onions  until they are golden brown in color. Add little salt while sautéing onions.

Now add ginger garlic paste, green chillies, mint leaves, cloves, cardamom and cinnamon stick and fry for 2 minutes.

Now break the eggs and add them to the onion mixture. Mix the mixture thoroughly and cook until the egg mixture becomes like scrambled egg.

Now add the cooked rice to the egg mixture and mix well adding more salt, garam masala powder and pepper.

Add the lemon juice and mix well.

Serve with raita.

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