Though I really didn’t create an Akoori exactly at the end of it, I was quite intrigued by this simple scrambled egg recipe that I saw, that I had to share it.
Plain old Scrambled Eggs with Mushrooms and Masala. Doesn’t that have a nice ring to it?
More easy egg recipes – Kerala egg roast recipe, cheese omelet recipe, avocado egg sandwich, malabar egg curry.
Scrambled Eggs (Akoori) Recipe
Ingredients:
(Serves 2)
Eggs – 4
Onion – 1 small, chopped
Tomato – half of one, chopped
Mushrooms, any variety – 1/4 cup (remove hard stem and quarter the cap if using button mushrooms)
Capsicum – 1/4 of one, cubed
Curry masala / Garam masala – 1/2 tsp
Ground cumin / jeera / jeerakam – a pinch
Red chilli powder – a generous pinch (you can also use 1 sliced green chilli)
Curry leaves – a few
Oil – 2 tsp
Salt – to taste
Pepper powder – for sprinkling on top while serving
Instructions:
1. Break the eggs into a bowl and mix well with salt. If you want to separate a couple of yolks and use only the whites, that’s fine too.
2. Heat oil in a wide pan or wok and saute the onions until transparent. Throw in the mushrooms next, increase the heat and let them cook for a few seconds before tossing. Let them cook again for some time and then toss again. Do this cook-toss routine till the mushrooms start sweating and get softer. (Should take about 4 mins or so depending on the mushrooms you are using).
3. Now add the cumin powder, chilli power, and the curry masala and mix well for a minute.
4. The tomatoes go in next and you can tear the curry leaves and throw them in too. Mix around for some more time until the tomatoes get a little soft and give out the water. I chopped them fine so they pretty much broke into a mushy pulp at this stage (psst.. I don’t like chunky pieces of tomatoes in my egg, quite distracting!).
5. Now our stars make the entrance. Lower heat to just over sim and add the eggs. There are two ways to mix them at this stage. If you mix vigrously and continuously, you will be left with fine pieces of scrambled eggs and if you let it cook for a while and then break it up, cook-break, cook-break, then you will get slightly bigger, softer pieces of egg. I prefer the latter method so that’s what I did.
6. Once the eggs are cooked through, remove from fire, sprinkle some pepper powder on top and serve with toast, rice, or anything of your choice. I won’t tell anyone if you eat it as is, if that’s what you prefer to do 😉
GP says
January 19, 2012 at 6:33 amThanks for the recipe. Came out really good!
Shaista says
August 4, 2011 at 10:14 pmWell I'm Parsi, and I've never made Akoori with mushrooms, only with onions and tomatoes 🙂 But this was yum! Looking forward to your other recipes….
Kevin says
April 1, 2010 at 1:32 pmThis sounds like a tasty breakfast!
keerthi says
April 1, 2010 at 1:32 pmoooh yummest!!logged in to check out brinjal recipes but this one is too mouth watering to resist…fingers crossed hope it comes out as amazing as it looks and sounds! 🙂
Thanks!!
keerthi says
January 20, 2010 at 9:02 pmoooh yummest!!logged in to check out brinjal recipes but this one is too mouth watering to resist…fingers crossed hope it comes out as amazing as it looks and sounds! 🙂
Thanks!!
Kevin says
March 5, 2009 at 3:53 amThis sounds like a tasty breakfast!
mathew says
February 25, 2009 at 6:42 amam not a big fan of mushroom..period…but looks like from the pic it blends perfectly with scrambled eggs which happens to be one of my favs..
Namratha says
February 23, 2009 at 6:16 pmNice pics Nags, and the scrambled eggs look great too! 🙂
Swapna Pravin says
February 22, 2009 at 7:12 pmPictures & omelet is looking delicious.
Malli says
February 22, 2009 at 4:05 amscrambled eggs just the way i like it…i usually make something similar but never added the mushrooms…this look really good…ur pics are really stunning…makes me wanna make it right now..thanks.
Preety says
February 21, 2009 at 8:43 pmnice click..this is my fav breakfast item to make..healthy to quick to prepare and tastes awesome..i love eggs
Ann says
February 21, 2009 at 5:52 pmWhat a click again Nags!! I love your pictures than anything..Its a pleasure coming here..never regrets..
both egg and mushrooms are my hotties..looks yummy
Siri says
February 21, 2009 at 2:26 pmI love scrambled eggs and this looks so yummy. :))
Siri
Divz says
February 21, 2009 at 7:20 amtht looks yum….must taste good for sure with all that flavorful masala..
Madhumathi says
February 21, 2009 at 6:00 amThe pictures are great..I love this dish..Will try it for sure
Nags says
February 21, 2009 at 1:15 amThanks you guys! Its a super simple dish of course but I decided to post some of those too, for the beginners especially, for whom I started this blog in the first place when I was one back in the days 😀
Nandu – Hahaha, that’s so funny!
Madhu Taneja, Ameeta Atul & Ashima Taneja says
February 21, 2009 at 12:56 amlooks great Nag ……. I have been looking for good breakfast recipes and this would be a savior …… thanks 🙂
-Ashima
priar's, says
February 20, 2009 at 9:27 pmHi nag,
yes you r right ground cumin really increase the aroma…i really admire the way u narrate the process:)
Superchef says
February 20, 2009 at 8:57 pmgr8 for breakfast, nags! looks mouthwateringly delicious!
Muneeba says
February 20, 2009 at 7:40 pmOooooooo nummy … this’ll make for a good weekend breakfast with the hubbs 🙂
TBC says
February 20, 2009 at 3:06 pmI’d made scrambled eggs too last night as a quick side dish to go with what we were having for dinner. 😀
Poornima Nair says
February 20, 2009 at 3:06 pmWow Nags…this is the first thing I see in the morning…now I’m tempted to forgo cereals for breakfast :)…love the idea of eggs with mushroom and capsicum…
Nandini Vishwanath says
February 20, 2009 at 2:43 pmScatterbrain reads your blog!! 🙂 She is a nutcase, btw 😀
Ranjani says
February 20, 2009 at 1:29 pmThat looks really good, I’ve never put bell peppers in my eggs. Bookmarked.
Asha says
February 20, 2009 at 12:22 pmMakes a great breakfast with toast Nagu, looks mouthwatering! 🙂
Happy cook says
February 20, 2009 at 12:05 pmI love scrambled eggs especially if they are with spices and now they you have added mushrooms to it, then it is my super favourite.
The Scatterbrain says
February 20, 2009 at 10:35 amooh!! looks yummy! I love mushrooms but the husband hates it! I made your chettinad mushroom fry and ended up eating it all on my own. (not that I had a problem doing that!)
Am going to try this one out now. keeping my fingers crossed!
RAKS KITCHEN says
February 20, 2009 at 10:12 amBoth Pictures are having a great lighting :)!!