Instant Pot Kerala Egg Roast- Hard Boiled Egg Roast- Instant Pot Eggs

Kerala style delicious egg roast made in the Instant Pot…

I have been making hard-boiled eggs in the Instant pot, turns out perfect every single time. Hard-boiled eggs combined with onion-tomato masala is a popular breakfast dish in Kerala, India. Egg roast is served with appam, idiyappam, chapati, poori etc.

I used Instant pot to make the egg roast and it turned out delicious.

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Instant Pot Kerala Egg Roast- Hard Boiled Egg Roast- Instant Pot Eggs

 

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Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

40 mins

Total time

45 mins

 

Author: Thasneen

Recipe type: Breakfast

Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

For making Hard Boiled Eggs

• Eggs- 6
• Water- ½ cup

For making egg roast

• Coconut Oil- 1 tbsp
• Onions, sliced thin- 3 (Red or Yellow onions)
• Ginger, chopped- 1 tbsp
• Garlic, chopped- 1 tbsp
• Green chilies, chopped- 2
• Curry leaves- 1 sprig
• Tomatoes, chopped- 2, big sized
• Chili powder- ¾ tsp to 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp
• Coriander powder- 2 tsp
• Garam Masala- ½ tsp
• Salt- 1½ tsp

Instructions

Making Hard-Boiled Eggs in the Instant Pot

1. Turn on the Instant Pot.
2. Add ½ cup water to the stainless steel pot.
3. Place the trivet into the stainless steel pot.
4. Place 6 eggs on the trivet.
5. Close the pot with its lid.
6. Select Steam or pressure cook setting: Set Time to 5 minutes, at High pressure.
7. After 5 minutes of steam or pressure cooking, do a quick pressure release.
8. Open the lid.
9. Using a tong remove the eggs from the trivet. Immediately immerse the eggs in a bowl filled with ice cold water. This is to stop the cooking and will help to peel off the shells easily.
10. Keep aside for 5 minutes.
11. Peel off the shells, rinse the hard-boiled eggs under running water to ensure minute shells are not clinging to the eggs.
12. Keep aside the hard-boiled eggs.

Making Egg roast

1. Select Saute Mode- at MediumTemperature.
2. Let Hot sign appear on the display.
3. Add coconut oil.
4. Add sliced onions, season with ½ tsp salt. Saute for 2 minutes.
5. Add chopped ginger, garlic, green chilies, and curry leaves. Combine well.
6. Cook till onions turn light golden in color: for 5 minutes, stirring continuously.
7. Add tomatoes, cook till they are mashed up.
8. If the bottom of the stainless steel pot is turning brown, add ¼ cup water and combine well and cook.
9. Ensure to stir the onion-tomato mixture continuously to prevent from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
10. Let the onion & tomatoes cook well, this will take a few minutes.
11. Add chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala and 1 tsp salt. Combine well.
12. Cook for 2 minutes until well incorporated.
13. Using a sharp knife, put a few lines on the hard-boiled eggs so that the masala will get into the eggs, add the eggs to the cooked onion-tomato mixture.
14. Cover the eggs with the masala. Let cook for 2 minutes.
15. Remove the stainless steel pot from the main pot, keep covered for a few minutes.
16. Serve along with appam, idiyappam, poori or chapati.
17. Enjoy!

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