Scrambled Eggs with Chaya | Mexican Food
Chaya mansa is a very popular green leafy shrub from Mexico. This shrub is medicinal and it is considered as the best leafy vegetable.Chaya is also a great source of calcium, magnesium, iron, proteins, and antioxidants.Since it has a certain amount of toxicity when raw, it is preferred to be consumed cooked.
Ingredients
- 4 nos. Chaya mansa leaf
- 2 nos. Egg
- 2 tbsp Onion chopped
- 1 tbsp Tomato chopped
- 1 tbsp oil
- Salt as required
Instructions
- Pluck the leaf and wash thoroughly under running water.Then pour boiling water into the leaves and keep it for 10 minutes.Drain the leaves and chop it.
- Beat two eggs by adding a pinch of salt.keep it aside.
- Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion and saute for 2 minutes.Then add chopped tomato and chaya mansa leaves.saute for 6-7 minutes in low to medium flame.
- Now pour the egg mixture.
- Scrambled egg with the help of a spoon.saute for 1-2 minutes and remove it from the flame.
- Scrambled egg with chaya is ready now.
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