South Indian
Nadan Egg Roast
Nadan Egg Roast is South Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 3 onions
- 1 tomato
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 15 curry leaves
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
- 1.5 tsp Kashmiri chili powder
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 3/4 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Hard boil the eggs, cool, peel, and halve them.
- Heat the coconut oil in a wide pan and let the curry leaves crackle, then add the onions and cook low and slow, stirring often, until deeply caramelized, about 15 minutes.
- Stir in the ginger garlic paste, turmeric, chili powder, and ground coriander, then add the chopped tomato and cook until it breaks down, about 5 minutes.
- Season with salt and black pepper, add a splash of water, and simmer until the masala is thick and glossy.
- Nestle the halved eggs into the masala, sprinkle with garam masala, and serve warm with rice or bread.
Serve it with
A South Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Nadan Egg Roast, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Nadan Egg Roast carries eggs and coconut. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Adai (Tamil Nadu Multi-Lentil Dosa) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Medium
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Egg and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Nadan Egg Roast takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on egg, onion, and tomato.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from South India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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