Natham Mutta (Egg) Curry

Natham Mutta (Egg) Curry, this recipe I learnt from a television show. Natham is a place in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. Dindigul cuisine is vast - you can taste one of the fine biriyani from Dindigul. Our usual egg curry will be either boiled egg curry or break the egg in boiling curry. This recipe is entirely different, you need a lot of patience for making this wonderful recipe. 

This is recipe goes well with plain rice, dosai or idly.  Takes a lot of efforts from your side to make this recipe. If you really crazy about cooking unique recipes, put effort and spend some time. End result will be amazing.

Ingredients

For Paste 

• Small onion - 4 nos  
• Garlic - 2 nos 
• Red dry chilli - 4 nos 
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Fennel seeds - 1 tsp 
• Black pepper - 1/2 tsp 
• Toor dal - 1 tsp 
• Urad dal - 1 tsp 

For curry 

• Egg - 2 nos 
• Finely chopped tomato - 2 nos 
• Sliced green chilly - 3 nos 
• Sliced small onion - 3 nos 
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp 
• Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp 
• Coconut paste - 1 cup 
• Tamarind juice - 1/2 cup 
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp 
• Coriander powder - 1 tsp 
• Chilli powder - 1 tsp 
• Curry leaves - As required 
• Salt - For taste 
• Oil - 2 tsp 

To make egg cakes 

1. In a mixer, add all the ingredients given for paste grind into a fine paste (Add only a little water)
2. To the paste, break 2 eggs and salt, and mix well 
3. In an idly steamer, place a plate or a cake mold which is coated with oil
4. Pour in the egg mixture to the mold and steam 
5. It takes around 10-15 minutes for the egg mixture to cook
6. After the egg cake cools down, cut into small pieces

To make curry 

1. Heat a pan, pour oil, add cumin seeds, Fenugreek seeds, and curry leaves 
2. Add the slit chillies and small onions and fry till brown
3. Add the tomato and cook for 10 min in low flame 
   
4. While the  tomato is cooking, to the tamarind juice mix the coconut paste, Turmeric powder, Coriander powder  and Chilli powder. Mix this into a paste. 
5. After the tomato cooks nicely, add the tamarind mixture and mix well 
6. Add required salt.  (Add salt only for the curry) 
7. Add the egg pieces to the curry. 
8. Don't mix the curry after you drop the egg pieces, cook in low flame 

Serve hot with dosa or idly.