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Silverbeet - Egg / Mutta thoran
Published on April 17, 2025
Kerala Cuisine

Ingredients:
1 bunch silverbeet
3 green chillies, chopped
3/4 cup grated coconut
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
2 garlic cloves
2 eggs
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
2 dry red chillies
1 sprig curry leaves
salt to taste
1 1/2 tbsp coconut oil
Preparation:
- Wash and finely chop the silverbeet leaves and keep it aside.
- Crush together grated coconut, cumin seeds, garlic, green chillies and turmeric powder and keep it aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan over medium flame and splutter mustard seeds and add dry red chillies.
- Add chopped silverbeet, crushed coconut mixture, curry leaves and salt and mix well.
- Sprinkle little water and cook covered at low flame for about 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Then move everything to side of the pan and add 1 tsp oil. Add the beaten eggs and scramble/ stir continuously till the eggs are well cooked and dry.
- Mix everything well and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Adjust the salt and remove from flame…Serve hot with rice..
Silverbeet - Egg / Mutta thoran
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Shabbu's Tasty Kitchen
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Kerala
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Ingredients
- 1 bunch silverbeet
- 3 green chillies, chopped
- 3/4 cup grated coconut
- 1/4 tsp cumin seeds
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 dry red chillies
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- salt to taste
- 1 1/2 tbsp coconut oil
Instructions
- 1Wash and finely chop the silverbeet leaves and keep it aside.
- 2Crush together grated coconut, cumin seeds, garlic, green chillies and turmeric powder and keep it aside.
- 3Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan over medium flame and splutter mustard seeds and add dry red chillies.
- 4Add chopped silverbeet, crushed coconut mixture, curry leaves and salt and mix well.
- 5Sprinkle little water and cook covered at low flame for about 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- 6Then move everything to side of the pan and add 1 tsp oil.
- 7Add the beaten eggs and scramble/ stir continuously till the eggs are well cooked and dry.
- 8Mix everything well and cook for another 1-2 minutes. Adjust the salt and remove from flame…Serve hot with rice..
Description
A nutritious dry stir-fry with silverbeet and scrambled eggs, spiced with coconut and curry leaves.