Egg Bhurji (Anda Bhurji) | Indian Spiced Scrambled Eggs

This Egg Bhurji recipe is

• Simple and easy to make quick recipe that is ready in about 15 mins, yet packed with flavors
• Can be served for pretty much any time of the day
• Is packed with protein
• Great to make as a meal when you are short on time and ingredients

Here are some of the health benefits of eggs:

• Good source of high quality protein - One large egg contains 6g of protein. Eggs are a complete protein source, meaning they contain all the essential amino acids required for optimal growth, repair and maintenance of body tissues. Protein is essential for building and maintaining muscle mass. 
• Eggs are a good source of vitamins A, D, and E. These vitamins are important for vision, skin, and immune function.
• Eggs are a good source of choline. Choline is important for brain health and development.
• Eggs are a good source of lutein and zeaxanthin. These nutrients are important for eye health.
• Eggs can help you feel full and satisfied after eating. This can help you eat fewer calories throughout the day.

Ingredients to make egg bhurji recipe

Eggs - Obviously, it goes without saying that eggs are the main ingredient to make this Indian scrambled eggs recipe. I usually use large eggs that are organic. White or brown eggs can be used.

Oil - I use regular neutral oil like avocado oil. You can use a combo of ghee or butter and avocado oil as well. 

Onion and tomato - I use red onion in most Indian recipes. Roma tomatoes are my tomatoes of choice for cooking it down like in this recipe, but any other tomatoes would do as well.

Spices - spice powders like turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, garam masala powder and red chili powder are used in this recipe. Thai green chillies are also used to add another dimension of flavor and heat to the egg bhurji.

Salt - salt to taste and some finely chopped cilantro as garnish.

To a pan over medium-high heat, add the oil. Heat oil and mustard seeds and cumin seeds. 

Once the mustard seeds crackle, add the chopped onions and green chilies and saute. The onions need to soften but not brown.

Add the chopped tomatoes to this and saute till the tomatoes soften and become almost jammy and oil starts coming out around the sides of the tomato mixture.

Now add all the spice powders and salt to this and mix well.

Turn the heat down to medium heat.

To this onion tomato masala, add the eggs. You can beat the eggs and add the beaten eggs to the masala or add the eggs as a whole. Always crack the eggs in a different bowl and then add them to the pan, to prevent any pieces of shell from getting mixed in.

Mix the eggs to the onion tomato masala. Stir the eggs using the ladle until they get mixed with the masala and get scrambled.

Just as the eggs start to set together, turn off the heat. This will make soft bhurji as the eggs will continue to cook some more from the residual heat of the pan. If you are looking for a dry bhurji, then cook for a minute or two more.

I personally prefer a soft egg bhurji.

Variations

• Some like to use pav bhaji masala in place of garam masala to give it a little bit more of a street style egg bhurji flavor. 
• The simplest of Anda bhurji recipes will just have salt, red chilli powder or green chillies beaten into eggs and scrambled.
• You can add some veggies to this like bell peppers, mushrooms, spinach, green peas etc to add some more nutrition to it.
• You can skip the egg yolk and make it a full egg white bhurji, if you want.
• Another variation to this is to replace eggs with crumbled paneer to make paneer bhurji or with crumbled to make tofu bhurji, which is also completely vegan.

Breakfast - egg bhurji can be served with toasted bread for breakfast, just as you would serve scrambled eggs. I like to top my avocado toast with egg bhurji. I also sometimes make an egg bhurji dosa, adding some egg bhurji inside the dosa, just like a masala dosa. It makes for such a nutritious breakfast.

Bhurji Pav where egg bhurji is served alongside buttered toasted pav (soft bread roll / dinner rolls like hawaiian roll) can be served for breakfast as well and is a popular street food in India.