Tamil Nadu

Egg dosa

Name: Egg dosa
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Tamil
Ingredients: 4 cups idli dosa batter; 8 eggs egg; 1 medium finely chopped onion; 1 or 2 finely chopped green chilli; 1 tsp crushed black pepper; a handful chopped coriander leaves (cilantro); a few chopped curry leaves; Cooking oil (vegetable oil), about 2 1/2 tbsp; Salt, for the eggs

A dosa with an omelette welded on top. Tamil roadside genius.

30 minTime

21 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Egg dosa, as tradition has it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Idli dosa batter4 cups

Egg8 eggs

Onion1 medium, finely chopped

Green chilli1 or 2, finely chopped

Black pepper1 tsp, crushed

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful, chopped

Curry leavesa few, chopped

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)about 2 1/2 tbsp

Saltfor the eggs

Method

5 steps

1Spread a ladle of batter on a hot tawa into a medium thick dosa.
2Crack 2 eggs straight onto the dosa, or beat them first with salt and pepper, and spread them over the top.
3Scatter onion, chilli, curry leaves, coriander and a pinch of pepper. Drizzle oil around the edges.
4Flip and cook the egg side till lightly browned, then flip back.
5Fold and serve with chicken or mutton salna, or plain tomato chutney.

Serve it like this

Serve straight off the tawa, folded, with chutney and sambar in small bowls on the side.

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Egg dosa

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Ingredients

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