Egg and Potato Curry/ Mutta Palu Curry

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This is one of the traditional ways of cooking eggs among Kerala Christians and is known as ‘Mutta Palu Curry’.  My grandmother and my mother used to make it more often than the usual ‘Egg Masala’.  For me, this recipe comes handy when my freezer is empty :) )  I mean, when there is no meat and fish available!  It can be made for breakfast, lunch and dinner since it goes well with appam, puttu, idiyappam, bread, rice or rotis!

Ingredients

Eggs – 6

Potatoes – 4 medium

Onion – 1 sliced

Ginger – 1″ piece chopped

Garlic – 2 chopped

Green chillies – 4 slit

Curry leaves – 2 sprig

Thin coconut milk – 2 cups

Thick coconut milk – 1/2 cup

Coriander powder – 3 tsp

Turmeric powder -1 tsp

Pepper powder – 1 1/2 tsp

Garam masala – 1 tsp

Mustard seeds – 1 tsp

Vinegar – 2 tbsp

Salt – to taste

Oil – 2 tbsp

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Method

In a pressure cooker, cook the eggs and potatoes with 2 cups of water for 5 minutes.  Let it cool.  Peel and quarter the potatoes.  Remove the shell and cut the eggs into halves.  Heat oil ( coconut oil is preferred) in a pan and add onions, ginger, garlic, green chillies and curry leaves.  Fry till the onions turn light brown.  Add all the spice powders and fry for a minute.  Now add the thin coconut milk, vinegar and salt.  When it boils, add the potatoes and simmer for 5 minutes.  Finally add the thick coconut milk, mix well and switch off the fire.  Place the eggs in a serving dish and pour the curry on top and serve.

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21 Responses to “Egg and Potato Curry/ Mutta Palu Curry”

  1. vicky Xavier UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 Says:

    Eggs in coconut milk looks delicious. My favorite too. Bookmarking it.

  2. Jeena UNITED KINGDOM Windows Vista Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 Says:

    This is delicous Lissie, I adore potato curries so I just drooling over yours! :razz:

  3. Ramya Vijaykumar UNITED STATES Windows Vista Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    I have used potatoes with Egg!!! looks very creamy and a nice color!!!

  4. lissie INDIA Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 Says:

    Vicky, make the curry and let me know… I am sure you are going to love it! :wink:

  5. lissie INDIA Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 Says:

    Thanks a lot Jeena and Ramya! I am happy that you both loved it. :grin:

  6. Happy Cook BELGIUM Windows Vista Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    I love this muta curry, something mom used to make quiet often as it was delicous with appom, rice or chapathies.

  7. lissie INDIA Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 Says:

    yes Happy, it makes one nostalgic! :roll:

  8. Cynthia UNITED STATES Mac OS X Safari 525.27.1 Says:

    Though this is one of my favourite dishes, I don’t know why I don’t make it often. Go figure!

  9. SuperChef UNITED STATES Windows Vista Internet Explorer 8.0 Says:

    this looks delicious. And did you say cook the eggs with the potatoes in pressure cooker?? won’t it get over cooked?

  10. Priti SINGAPORE Windows Vista Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 Says:

    Yummy..I like this much but never get rite!

  11. Nags UNITED STATES Windows XP Google Chrome 2.0.172.31 Says:

    yum this looks! i love potato and egg combo!

  12. lissie INDIA Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 Says:

    superchef, i cook it only for 5 minutes in the pressure cooker. it will be perfect! :wink:

  13. lissie INDIA Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.10 Says:

    Thank you Cynthia, Priti and Nags! make the curry and let me know… :smile:

  14. pavithra UNITED STATES Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 Says:

    WOw the egg curry with coconut milk awesome combo i always love…yummy looking and mouthwatering. Love to have with rice and parotta, or roti

  15. Nancy INDIA Windows XP Internet Explorer 7.0 Says:

    Thanks for the reciepe ! My mom used to make the same. Being a beginner in kitchen, i dont know how to take thin milk and thik milk from coconut. How much of grated coconut is need to get 2+1 cup of milk? Could u please advise?

  16. lissie INDIA Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 Says:

    Hi Nancy, thanks a lot for visiting my blog! I appreciate your interest in traditional cooking! To get 1/2 cup of thick coconut milk, take 2 cups of grated coconut and add a little warm water to it. Mix it thoroughly with your hand and squeeze it through a sieve. Keep aside this thick milk. Again repeat the process 2 or 3 times to collect the thin coconut milk. But nowadays even I don’t make coconut milk this way. Instead, I use the store-bought coconut milk. You can also use coconut milk powder or coconut cream. Dilute it to get the right consistency.

  17. lissie INDIA Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 Says:

    Thank you Pavithra, for your love and support! ;-)

  18. Nancy INDIA Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0 Says:

    Thank You Lissie. I prepared this curry and i liked it alot. I was very satisfied when i had it, it tasted exactly as my mom cooked. My hubby also liked it. Thanks again.

  19. lissie INDIA Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 Says:

    Nancy, glad to hear that you liked the curry a lot! why don’t you try my other recipes too and let me know about the result? Thank you!

  20. Sarah UNITED STATES Windows Vista Google Chrome 2.0.172.39 Says:

    Hi Lissie,
    I was searching for this recipe for quite a long time.. and seeing this yday night i was so happy.. so today as soon as i got back from office i am making it.. thanks for sharing.. this dish really gives me a nostalgic feeling since my grand mom used to make this most of the time during my child hood.. thank u…
    Regards,
    Sarah

  21. lissie INDIA Windows XP Mozilla Firefox 3.0.13 Says:

    Thank you Sarah for visiting my blog! Hope you made the curry and liked it as well :) plz do try my other recipes too…

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