Instant Pot Kerala Egg Roast- Hard Boiled Egg Roast- Instant Pot Eggs
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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
Turn on the Instant Pot.
Add ½ cup water to the stainless steel pot.
Place the trivet into the stainless steel pot.
Place 6 eggs on the trivet.
Close the pot with its lid.
Select Steam or pressure cook setting: Set Time to 5 minutes, at High pressure.
After 5 minutes of steam or pressure cooking, do a quick pressure release.
Open the lid.
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.
Keep aside for 5 minutes.
Peel off the shells, rinse the hard-boiled eggs under running water to ensure minute shells are not clinging to the eggs.
Keep aside the hard-boiled eggs.
Making Egg roast
Select Saute Mode- at MediumTemperature.
Let Hot sign appear on the display.
Add coconut oil.
Add sliced onions, season with ½ tsp salt. Saute for 2 minutes.
Add chopped ginger, garlic, green chilies, and curry leaves. Combine well.
Cook till onions turn light golden in color: for 5 minutes, stirring continuously.
Add tomatoes, cook till they are mashed up.
If the bottom of the stainless steel pot is turning brown, add ¼ cup water and combine well and cook.
Ensure to stir the onion-tomato mixture continuously to prevent from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
Let the onion & tomatoes cook well, this will take a few minutes.
Add chili powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, garam masala and 1 tsp salt. Combine well.
Cook for 2 minutes until well incorporated.
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.
Cover the eggs with the masala. Let cook for 2 minutes.
Remove the stainless steel pot from the main pot, keep covered for a few minutes.
Serve along with appam, idiyappam, poori or chapati.
Enjoy!
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Smart Cooking, Smart Living at https://thasneen.com/cooking/instant-pot-kerala-egg-roast-hard-boiled-egg-roast-instant-pot-eggs/