Muttai Kothu Parotta - Egg kothu parotta

Layered parotta , shredded to small pieces , fried till crisp , enhanced with
scrambled eggs , topped with a spicy gravy ...
Sounds yummy doesnt it
My 50th post . Boy am i excited ...

This serves 3 people who are not thatt hungry
or 2 people really hungry :-)

Gravy preparation:

Small red onion - 7-10
Tomato - 1/2 diced ( 3 tsp if using puree )
Red Chilly Pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Corriander Pwdr - 1 tsp
Turmeric Pwdr - 1/2 tsp
Pepper poswer - 1/2 tsp ( use indian pepper pwdr )
Curry Leaves - 1 spring
Vinegar - 1/2 tsp ( i used rice vinegar )
garlic paste - 1/2 tsp
yellow onion - 1 finely chopped.
aniseed - 1/4 tsp
Oil for cooking

Dry roast the following for a minute
Dont let any of the ingredients burn.
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon - 1/2 inch stick
Channa dal - 1/2 tsp
Split Black Gram dal - 1/2 tsp
Sesame seeds - 1/4 tsp
Fenugreek - 1/4 tsp
Jeera - 1/4 tsp
Aniseed - 1/4 tsp
Poppy Seeds - 1/4 tsp

Method:

1) Grind the dry roasted ingredients to a powder.
2) Grind the spice powder with red onions , tomato , chilly pwdr , corriander pwdr, garlic paste , vinegar to a smooth paste.
3) Add some curry leaves to the above paste . Mix well and set aside for 5 minutes.
4) Heat oil , add turmeric pwdr , curry leaves and onions.
5) When onions turn brown add pepper powder and paste. Reduce to simmer and cook covered for 10 minutes.
6) When the oil comes on top half cup water , curry leaves , aniseed.
7) Cook covered for 5 minutes.

Kothu parota preparation:

Ingredients:

Layered Parotta - 5 ( shredded to small pieces )

Egg - 3 beaten

Curry leaves - a spring chopped

Onion - a small one finely chopped

oil

Method:

1) Take a larges skillet , heat little oil , Maintain the heat on high. fry curry leaves.

2) Add 1/3 rd of the parotta and fry till crisp.

3) Add the remaining parotta , fry for few seconds.

4) Clear the center of the skillet and pour the beaten eggs. When the eggs are nearly

Cooked mix it well with the fried parotta pieces.

5) Add onions. Add the prepared gravy little by little and keep stirring.

6) Kothu parotta is ready.