Egg Thokku | Muttai Thokku | Spicy Egg Masala

Egg Thokku | Muttai Thokku | Spicy Egg Masala recipe with step by step pictures and instructions. Egg thokku is simple egg side dish where hard-boiled eggs are cooked in onion tomato paste. It goes well with rice, chapati and roti. This is one of the most common side dish I make in home. We can make this yummy egg masala within 30 minutes.
There are so many variations we can make to this base recipe. We can add pepper powder instead of red chilli powder to make pepper masala. You can increase or skip the green chillies. You need to sauté the onion tomato masala nicely for good taste. Enjoy this with hot steamed rice or roti.
Do try and let me know your feedback. You can also try the below recipes
Serves 3
Egg thokku is simple egg side dish where hard boiled eggs are cooked in onion tomato paste.
5 minPrep Time
20 minCook Time
25 minTotal Time

Ingredients
- Egg 3
- Onions 3
- Tomato 1
- Ginger garlic paste 2 tsp
- Green chillies 1
- Salt 1/2 tsp or as required
- Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp
- Red chilli powder 1 tsp
- Garam masala 1 tsp
- Cumin powder 1/2 tsp
- Coriander leaves to garnish
- Oil 2 tbsp
- Mustard 1/2 tsp
- Urad dal 1/2 tsp
Instructions
- Take three eggs in pressure cooker along with water. Add a pinch of salt.
- Pressure cook for one whistle.
- Peel the skin of eggs and make slits and keep it ready.
- Finely chop onions, tomatoes and slit green chillies
- Heat oil and temper with mustard and urad dal.
- Once it browns add the finely chopped onions and slit green chillies and saute for 1 minute.
- Then add the ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes.
- Add the tomatoes and saute till mushy
- Then add all masalas along with salt.
- Add little water and allow it to boil till raw smell of masalas goes and all water is absorbed
- Add the slit eggs and mix with masala.
- Switch off and garnish with coriander leaves
- Delicious and yummy egg masala is ready.
Notes
Adjust the spices according to your taste.
You can even cut the boiled eggs and add to masala
You can boil the eggs in pan for 15 minutes instead of doing in pressure cooker
How to make Egg Thokku with step by step pictures
Take three eggs in pressure cooker along with water. Add a pinch of salt.
Pressure cook for one whistle.
Peel the skin of eggs and make slits and keep it ready.
Finely chop onions, tomatoes and slit green chillies
Heat oil and temper with mustard and urad dal.
Once it browns add the finely chopped onions and slit green chillies and saute for 1 minute.
Then add the ginger garlic paste and saute till raw smell goes.
Add the tomatoes and saute till mushy
Then add all masala along with salt.
Add little water and allow it to boil till raw smell of masalas goes and all water is absorbed
Add the slit eggs and mix with masala.
Switch off and garnish with coriander leaves
Delicious and yummy egg masala is ready.