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Mutte Thoran

Mutte thoran is a scrambled egg dish from Kerala. Eggs cooked with spices that are commonly used in South Indian cuisine is a dish that is so flavourful that will appease any palate. So why wait, just make it and enjoy the taste.

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Mutte Thoran - YT
Main ingredients Eggs, Coconut oil, Mustard seeds, Onions, Green chillies,  Tomato, Crushed black peppercorns, Coriander powder, Fennel powder, Curry leaves, Scraped fresh coconut
Cuisine Kerala
Course Main course eggs
Prep time 5-10 minutes
Cook time 10-15 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Savoury
Level of cooking Easy
Others Non vegetarian

Ingredients

6 eggs (mutte)    
2 tablespoons coconut oil
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1½ crushed ginger-garlic 
2 large onions, thinly sliced
Salt to taste
2-3 green chillies, slit
1 medium tomato, thinly sliced
Crushed black peppercorns to taste
1 teaspoon coriander powder
½ teaspoon fennel (saunf) powder
½ teaspoon turmeric powder
10-15 curry leaves
2-3 tablespoons scraped fresh coconut

Method

Heat coconut oil in an iron kadai, add mustard seeds and let them splutter. 
Add crushed ginger-garlic, mix and sauté for a few seconds. Add onions, mix well and saute for 1-2 minutes. 
Add salt, mix well and saute till the onions turn translucent. Add green chillies and mix.
Add tomato, mix and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Sprinkle crushed black peppercorns, coriander powder, fennel powder and turmeric powder and mix well. Cook for 1-2 minutes. 
Add curry leaves and cook for a few seconds. Break the eggs into the kadai and mix till  the eggs scramble and further cook for 3-4 minutes. 
Add coconut and mix well. Switch the heat off and transfer on to a serving plate. Serve hot. 

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