Ceylon Egg Parotta

You will need:

• 2 cups All purpose flour/ maida
• ½ cup water
• 2 tbsp oil
• ¼ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp sugar

½ oil for kneading, flattening and toasting.

For egg Mixture:

• 4 eggs . (You can reduce to 2 eggs also)
  
• 1 red onion(chopped finely)
• 3 green chillies(chopped finely). You can use pepper powder also)
• 5 curry leaves(chopped finely)
• few coriander leaves/cilantro(chopped finely)
• salt for taste

Procedure for making egg mixture:

Mix together all the ingredients under egg mixture and have it ready.


Procedure for making Parotta dough:

Step 1:

Take a bowl and add flour, salt, baking powder, sugar and 2 tbsp oil. Start kneading by adding water little by little.

I used my hand mixer to do the work for me. You can use atta kneader, stand mixer, or hands to do kneading. Using hand mixer, mix it for 10 mins with medium speed.

Step 2:

After kneading the dough, make it as a ball shape and apply 2 tbsp oil and knead it nicely with hands. Then cover it with a wet cloth or wet paper towel and keep it aside for 2 hours.

Hint: Wet cloth/ wet paper towel(tissue) means soak the cloth/tissue in the water and the squeeze out all the water from it. Then cover the dough with this cloth.

Step 3:

Now make a big working surface to work with these parotta. Granite table or mica works perfect for this.

Step 4:

Divide the balls into 5 equal portions. Each balls need minimum 1 tbsp oil to flatten and toast. Apply oil on top and start rolling using rolling pin till you get paper thin texture. In the mean time heat the tawa on medium high heat.

I used electric griddle. Temp is 350 F.

Rolled dough:


Step 5:

After rolling the dough thinly, lift it carefully and spread it on the tawa . Apply oil on top and after 30 seconds flip it carefully. Now its time to add egg mixture.

Step 6:

Add 2 tbsp to 3 tbsp egg mixture in the center as shown in the picture.


Step 7:

Fold it from sides to form square shape. Pic is shown below



Step 8:

Now take approximately 1 tsp egg mixture and apply it on top to give more shine and colorful look.

Heat till it get golden brown color on both the sides by applying some oil. You can serve it by cutting it into 2 pieces also. Serve it with any spicy side dishes like chicken masala, mushroom masala, crab masala or even with simple sambhar.