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Egg Chilli Fry Recipe By Chef Smit Sagar

Egg Chilli Fry Recipe

Smit Sagar

Smit Sagar

Egg Chilli Fry is a spicy street food snack. Chef Smit Sagar shares the recipe for this innovative egg preparation.

Preparation Time

Preparation Time

10-20 Min

Cooking Time

Cooking Time

10-15 Min

Meal Type

Meal Type

snack

Difficulty

Difficulty

MEDIUM

Ingredients For Egg Chilli Fry Recipe

  • For Masala

    • 2-3 tbsp oil

    • 1/2 cup sliced onion

    • 1 tbsp chopped garlic

    • 1 tbsp chopped ginger

    • 1 tsp chopped green chilli

    • 1 tbsp diced red bell pepper

    • 1 tbsp diced capsicum

    • 1 tbsp diced yellow bell pepper

  • For Batter

    • 1 tbsp all-purpose flour

    • 2 tbsp corn flour

    • water as required

    • salt to taste

    • 1/2 tsp Schezwan chutney

  • For Frying

    • 3 boiled eggs

    • oil for frying

  • For Egg Chilli Fry

    • 1 tbsp Schezwan sauce

    • 1 tsp soy sauce

    • 1 tsp white vinegar

    • 1 tbsp green chilli sauce

    • 1 tbsp red chilli sauce

    • 1 tbsp corn flour

    • water as required

    • 1 tbsp tomato ketchup

    • 1 tsp vegetable stock powder

    • salt to taste

  • For Garnish

    • spring onions

How to make Egg Chilli Fry Recipe?

  1. To make masala, heat oil in a pan and add onions, garlic, ginger, green chilli and toss. Now add, red bell pepper, capsicum, yellow bell pepper and toss again.
  2. Make a thick batter by mixing together all-purpose flour, corn flour and water in a bowl. Add salt and Schezwan chutney to it and mix well.
  3. Dice the boiled eggs, coat with the batter and deep-fry in a pan till golden brown and crispy.
  4. Toss the deep-fried eggs with the masala and mix well.
  5. Add Schezwan sauce, soy sauce, white vinegar, green chilli sauce, red chilli sauce and mix well.
  6. In a bowl, make a slurry with corn flour and water. Add this slurry to the egg chilli mixture.
  7. Now add tomato ketchup, vegetable stock, salt and mix well.
  8. Garnish with spring onion and serve hot.

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To make masala, heat oil in a pan and add onions, garlic, ginger, green chilli and toss. Now add, red bell pepper, capsicum, yellow bell pepper and toss again.

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Make a thick batter by mixing together all-purpose flour, corn flour and water in a bowl. Add salt and Schezwan chutney to it and mix well.

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Dice the boiled eggs, coat with the batter and deep-fry in a pan till golden brown and crispy.

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Toss the deep-fried eggs with the masala and mix well.

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Add Schezwan sauce, soy sauce, white vinegar, green chilli sauce, red chilli sauce and mix well.

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In a bowl, make a slurry with corn flour and water. Add this slurry to the egg chilli mixture.

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Now add tomato ketchup, vegetable stock, salt and mix well.

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Garnish with spring onion and serve hot.

Egg Chilli Fry is a spicy street food snack from the streets of Nagpur. It is in fact a combination of Indian and Chinese cuisines. Over the years, Chinese cuisine has gained popularity in India and has been extensively adapted or modified to suit the local palate. Egg Chilli Fry is one such recipe.

This recipe makes use of boiled eggs and ingredients such as green chilli sauce, red chilli sauce and vinegar that are mainstays of Chinese cuisine.

The spicy, fiery and tasty Egg Chilli Fry is simply irresistible.