Spicy curry base that is finished with creamy coconut milk to balance out the spiciness is what makes this Kerala Style Egg Curry with Coconut Milk, so special. If you want to make it Vegan and skip the egg, you can just add a few other veggies like potatoes and carrots and it will still be just as good!
Spicy egg curry with those lacey and crispy palappams are all that you need for a weekend breakfast. Why just weekends? Breakfast any day with this on the menu is going to be a good day! I can promise you that.
Palappams or appams are made with a rice batter with coconut milk that is fermented with yeast. The batter needs to made the previous day and let to ferment and rise overnight to get the bubbly lacey quality to it. There is a special pan that is used to make these, but you can make them in a regular skillet too, just like pancakes. If you have had the Ethiopian Injeera bread, then this comes close to it.
I have to be honest here. I have never made appams from scratch. I make it from the appam mix, which is basically just rice flour. Even if it is a mix, there is still quite a bit of work that goes into the mixing of the rice flour with coconut milk and warm water and adding the yeast to it and letting it ferment and rise overnight and all that. But once you get a nice fermented batter, making appams is a breeze.
Some of the meat eaters out there might argue that a chicken or a mutton curry might be the best combination for appams. But I know a few on the egg curry side of the camp as well. This egg curry made with coconut milk can be made for dinner to be eaten with rotis or rice as well.
Kerala Style Egg Curry with Coconut Milk | Nadan Mutta Curry – The Recipe
Ingredients:
- 8 Eggs
- 1 tablespoon - Coconut Oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 8 – 10 curry leaves
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 2 Roma tomatoes, chopped
- 4 Thai green chillies (you can use less, if you want it less hot) – slit lenghtwise
- 1 teaspoon ginger – garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon crushed black pepper
- 1 can coconut milk
- salt, to taste
Method
Hard boil the eggs, peel and keep aside.
In a heavy bottomed pan, heat the oil and add the mustard seeds. Once they splutter, add the curry leaves.
Add the chopped onions, ginger garlic paste and the green chillies. Sauté well for a couple of minutes till the onions turn slightly golden brown in color.
Throw in the turmeric and garam masala powder and sauté well for a couple of minutes till the raw smell of turmeric disappears.
Now add the tomatoes and sauté till they become soft.
Add the salt and crushed black pepper and stir well.
Lower the heat and add coconut milk. Once it starts to simmer, add the eggs to the curry. If you want you can make small slits in the eggs or cut them in half before you add them.
Remove from heat and serve hot.
📖 Recipe
Kerala Style Egg Curry with Coconut Milk ~ Nadan Mutta Curry
Ingredients
- 8 Eggs
- 1 tablespoon Coconut Oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- 8 - 10 curry leaves
- 1 red onion , chopped
- 2 Roma tomatoes , chopped
- 4 Thai green chillies (you can use less, if you want it less hot) – slit lenghtwise
- 1 teaspoon ginger – garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon garam masala powder
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon crushed black pepper
- 1 can coconut milk
- salt , to taste
Don't forget to check out Step-by-step instructions with photos in the body of the post above
Instructions
- Hard boil the eggs, peel and keep aside.
- In a heavy bottomed pan, heat the oil and add the mustard seeds. Once they splutter, add the curry leaves.
- Add the chopped onions, ginger garlic paste and the green chillies. Sauté well for a couple of minutes till the onions turn slightly golden brown in color.
- Throw in the turmeric and garam masala powder and sauté well for a couple of minutes till the raw smell of turmeric disappears.
- Now add the tomatoes and sauté till they become soft.
- Add the salt and crushed black pepper and stir well.
- Lower the heat and add coconut milk. Once it starts to simmer, add the eggs to the curry. If you want you can make small slits in the eggs or cut them in half before you add them.
- Remove from heat and serve hot.
Nutrition
Candy says
Sounds really rich and full flavors
Manju says
Thanks Candy!
Bree Hogan says
Looks delicious! I love that you have described other options e.g. to make the curry vegan by omitting the egg and adding more veggies. Thanks!
Missy - Getting Fit to Find Myself says
The recipe looks very interesting. I love your photos they are wonderfully taken.
Jessica says
This sounds wonderful! I love curry!
Joy @ Joy Love Food says
I have never had an egg curry, this sounds wonderful, especially with those bubbly, lacey appams, yum!
Manju says
Thanks! ?
Cori says
I'm going to be sending this recipe to my Mother-In-Law, she knows how to cook good Indian for a Brit! Never herd of one like this.
Manju says
? it's a very regional dish not a mainstream one that you will find in restaurants
Michelle De La Cerda says
This meal looks so comforting and delicious. I love curry!
Manju says
Thank you!! You will love this, I hope you try it sometime!
christine says
Sounds like a great comfort meal. A totally new dish to me.
Manju says
It is very comforting! One four favorites!
Healing Tomato says
I have always heard good things about Kerala's curries. This is definitely very easy to make and your did a great job with the recipe.
Manju says
Thank you!! Some of the cleanest and simple but flavorful curries is what most of Kerala cuisine has - at least the vegetarian side of it!
leslie rossi says
my fiancé would love this!
Jennifer Corter says
This looks tasty and something I would really like to try!
Manju says
I'm sure you will love it. It's a favorite here!
Kristen from The Road to Domestication says
I think I would use less chilies, as I'm not a huge fan of anything spicy, but this looks delish!
Manju says
Sure! It will still keep the flavors intact!
Smrithi says
I always make this when we have folks over and I need something thats easy to make and also a crowd pleaser! Yours is my go to recipes of all the nadan curries I have googled up.
Manju says
Thank you so much Smrithi 🙂