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Easy homemade egg rolls, Kolkata-style
By Debjani Chatterjee
July 24, 2015 15:56 IST
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Here's how to whip up a batch of crispy, delicious egg rolls.
Ingredients
- 250 gm maida (refined wheat flour)
- 5 eggs
- 1 cucumber, julienned
- 2 onions, julienned
- 2-3 green chillies, chopped
- 3 tbsp tomato sauce
- 1 tbsp green chilli sauce
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 6 tbsp refined vegetable oil
Method
- Knead a soft dough using maida, 1 tbsp oil, sugar, 1/2 tsp salt and water.
- Cover with a wet cloth and leave it for 30 minutes.
- Add lemon juice to cucumber and onion. Mix well and keep aside for five minutes.
- Add green chillies.
- Make five even balls of the dough.
- Roll each ball to make round parathas.
- Heat oil on a tava. Cook paratha on both sides and keep aside.
- Beat one egg and add salt.
- In a tawa, add oil and make an omelette on low flame.
- Place the paratha over the semi-cooked egg. Flip it.
- Place the cucumber and onion filling over the egg.
- Add tomato and green chilli sauce.
- Roll the paratha with the filling. Wrap with a paper towel.
- Serve hot.
Photo Courtesy: kitchenofdebjani.com
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