Description
Indian-style scrambled eggs vigorously mixing cracked eggs with onions, tomatoes, green chilies fried on a giant griddle. Eaten with butter-baked bread (Pav).
Restaurants serving Anda Bhurji (Spicy Scrambled Eggs, Street Style)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Egg
- Onion
- Tomato
- Green chili
- Butter
- Pav(Bread)
- Cilantro
- Pav Bhaji Masala
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients]
- eggs, 30g butter,
- tbsp oil, 1/
- minced onion, 1/
- minced tomato,
- minced green chilies,
- tsp Pav Bhaji Masala, 1/
- tsp turmeric, salt to taste, cilantro,
- Pavs (bread).
- On Mumbai streets, melt oil/butter on a gleaming giant griddle (Tawa), frying minced onions/green chilies on high heat almost burning them.
- Add tomatoes, Pav Bhaji Masala, turmeric, making gooey red paste while hitting griddle 'Clang!' with spatula.
- Boldly crack
- raw eggs there, frying while stirring at furious speed until spice paste and eggs completely integrate.
- When eggs become crumbly scrambled and butter fat oozes juicily, scatter fresh cilantro. Serve alongside fluffy bread (Pav) baked golden absorbing butter at griddle edge. Sandwiching piping hot spice eggs in bread, stuffing mouth with intense garlic/chili aroma—king of late-night snacks.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Sliced bread (bake golden with butter as Pav sub)
Pairing
Masala Chai、Cola
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Anda' means egg, 'Bhurji' means scrambled. Unlike fluffy Japanese scrambled eggs, Indian style fries thoroughly until moisture evaporates becoming crumbly. In vegetarian-heavy India, a precious protein source for egg-eating 'eggetarians', and the stall's ultimate fast food.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Split butter-soaked bread (Pav) middle, pack piping hot Anda Bhurji to the limit, biting wildly as an 'instant egg burger'!
Allergen
Egg, Dairy (Butter), Wheat