Poricha Pathiri With Egg Fry
Embark on a gastronomic adventure through the flavors of Kerala with the delectable Poricha Pathiri With Egg Fry.
Ingredients
For Preparing Ney Pathiri:
- 2 Cups Parboiled rice (Ponni ari, white kuruva etc.)
- 1/2 Cup Rice flour
- 3/4 Cup Grated coconut
- 1 Tsp Cumin seeds
- 1 Tsp Fennel seeds Perumjeerakam
- 6 Nos. Shallots
- Salt as reqd
- Water as reqd
- Oil for frying
For Preparing Egg Fry:
- 6 Nos Eggs
- 1 Tbsp Kashmiri Chilli powder
- 1/2 Tsp Turmeric powder
- Salt as reqd
- 3 Tbsp Coconut oil
- Few curry leaves
Instructions
For Preparing Ney Pathiri:
- Wash and soak the rice overnight.
- Take a blender add drained rice, grated coconut, shallots, cumin seeds and fennel seeds.
- Pour ½ to ¾ cup of water and grind it to make a coarse paste.
- In a wide-mouthed pan add the ground rice mixture.
- Add salt as required and little by little rice flour and knead well until it comes together and there are no lumps.
- Just make the dough firm enough so that you can make a softball and fry it in oil. The dough should not be too hard.
- Take a banana leaf or plastic sheet and apply some oil. Then smear the fingers and palm with oil or with rice flour to avoid the dough sticking to the hand and make small lemon sized balls of the dough.
- Using the pressure of the palms flatten slightly.
- Place a kadai on high-medium flame. When it is hot, slide the pressed pathiri into the hot oil. You can see bubbles on top of the pathiri and after sometime if properly done it will float on top and puff up. If it doesn't puff up, just slowly tap the pathiri at the edges with the spoon until it puffs up.
- As soon as it puffs up, flip it over and fry both sides until light golden color and crispy. Keep aside.
For Preparing Egg Fry:
- Cook eggs in boiling water for exactly 14 mins. Switch off and add it to chilled water. Set aside for few minutes. Then peel the shell of the eggs. Eggs are peeled and ready.
- Place it on a chopping board and slice into half as shown.
- Take a bowl add kashmiri chilli powder, turmeric powder, salt and little water. Mix well to make a smooth paste.
- Marinate the egg pieces in it.
- Heat oil in a pan add add few curry leaves. Stir in the sliced eggs with egg yolk part down.
- Cook for a minute then flip over to other side. Cook for another 1 more minute.
- Take one fried puff ney pathiri, make a slit on its top and place a piece of fried egg into it.
- Neypathiri with fried eggs are ready to serve. Serve hot with a cup of tea.
Notes
You can visit this link Malabar Enna Pathiri. You can also visit this link Malabar Kannu Pathiri.
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