Egg Dosa or Mutta Dosa is a perfect dish to make for breakfast. This step by step and video recipe is perfect for a healthy breakfast option and is super easy to make. Pair it with a spicy chutney for a wholesome breakfast. Here is how to make it.
Dosa is a favourite South Indian breakfast option and it’s quite common to see people flock to the most famous dosa joints in the city.
The dosa has also gone on to achieve international acclaim, but sometimes we are bored with the regular dosa and want to try out some new dosa recipes.
Today I present to a rather delicious version of the dosa, will the addition of egg or mutta, which makes it a complete breakfast in itself with the goodness of proteins from the egg.
So the next time you have some dosa batter at home, whip up this delicious Egg Dosa Recipe for lunch or as an evening snack for the kiddos.
This mutta dosa can be eaten with a variety of chutneys and it’s delicious on its own as well.
As most of you know, eggs are a great source of inexpensive, high-quality protein along with essential vitamins and minerals.
We are always on the hunt for new ways to incorporate the humble egg in our breakfast recipes.
Some of the other dosa recipes you could try for breakfast are, Indo Chinese Schezwan Dosa and a light and fluffy Neer Dosa.
How to make Egg Dosa?
This Dosa is very simple to prepare and can be made with a few readily available ingredients in the kitchen.
The dosa batter has to be prepared in advance, nowadays ready to use dosa batters are available in stores that make our job a whole lot easier.
To make the egg dosa, first the steps of making a regular dosa are followed by heating the dosa pan, adding a ladle of dosa batter in the centre and spreading it to make a thin dosa, to this some oil is added on the sides.
Next, some gunpowder is added followed by the addition of an egg in the centre and it’s spread all over the dosa.
To this, some chopped onions, green chillies, fresh coriander and salt are sprinkled.
Once the dosa is browned, the dosa is flipped and allowed to cook on the other side as well.
Serving Suggestions
The Egg Dosa is to be served hot with freshly made coconut chutney or curry.
Some of the chutneys you could try with this dosa are, Onion Tomato Chutney, Maharashtrian Coconut Garlic Chutney, Raw Tomato Green Chilli Chutney and Peanut Coriander Chutney.
Variations
Some people add just egg over their dosa and no other ingredients like onion, coriander etc. You can try it too.
Add finely chopped veggies like carrot, capsicum along with the below-mentioned ingredients for a taste change.
You can slather the dosa with a spicy red coconut chutney before pouring the eggs.
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Step By Step Recipe
Heat a dosa tawa. Once the pan is hot, add a ladle full of dosa batter in the centre of the pan and spread to make a thin dosa.
Drizzle some oil on the sides of the dosa. Sprinkle gun powder on dosa.
Break an egg in the centre of the dosa and spread it using a using all over the dosa.
Sprinkle onion, green chilli and coriander on top. Sprinkle salt on top.
Once the dosa is nicely browned from the bottom, flip and cook on the other side for a minute.
Flip once again and fold into half. Serve hot with any dosa chutney or curry.
Egg Dosa Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 ladle Dosa Batter
- 1 tsp Gun Powder
- 1 Egg
- 2 tbsp Onion (Chopped)
- 1 tsp Green Chilli (Finely Chopped)
- 1 tbsp Fresh Coriander (Chopped)
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp Vegetable Oil
Instructions
- Heat a dosa tawa.
- Once the pan is hot, add a ladle full of dosa batter in the centre of the pan and spread to make a thin dosa.
- Drizzle some oil on the sides of the dosa.
- Sprinkle gun powder on dosa.
- Break an egg in the centre of the dosa and spread it using a using all over the dosa.
- Sprinkle onion, green chilli and coriander on top.
- Sprinkle salt on top.
- Once the dosa is nicely browned from the bottom, flip and cook on the other side for a minute.
- Flip once again and fold into half.
- Serve hot with any dosa chutney or curry.
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