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Green Peas Egg Curry- Kerala Breakfast Recipe




Green Peas Egg Curry

Egg and peas taste delicious, and this simple, breezy curry is my best go-to curry for breakfast. In Kerala, egg curries are always made for breakfast and relished with soft spongy appam, idiyappam, chapathi, or bread. Every home has its easy egg curry, and it goes with almost anything. The recipe I am sharing today is mildly spicy curry flavored with coconut milk. It adds flavor and creaminess to the gravy. Kerala-style egg peas curry is made with dried green peas/ Pattani. The fresh tender green peas (garden peas/ English peas) are sweet and mild, but they are seasonal. The dried green peas are matured green peas pods with complex flavors. It is protein-rich, with a sweet nutty taste. Eggs are also protein-rich. So here you have a perfectly healthy breakfast that keeps you satisfied till lunchtime.

I often do meal preps for the week to help reduce cooking time, on busy mornings. Peeled hard-boiled eggs are super easy food you can prep each week. They are perfect for grab-n-go breakfast, or to add to salads, sandwiches, or curries. If you have frozen peas and boiled eggs in the refrigerator, this curry will be ready in less than 20 minutes.
What goes with Kerala egg curry? It tastes best with appam. Appam is soft, and spongy laced rice and coconut crepes are popular breakfast. Idiyappam/string hoppers are steamed rice noodles, and they taste delicious with egg curry. Flat bread-like chapathi, parotta (layered flatbread) or, orutti/pathiri (flatbread made with rice flour).
Variations of egg and peas curry
Egg pattani curry- For this recipe, I am using frozen peas. You can also use dried green peas or pattani/vatana. Dried green peas need to be soaked overnight. Check this pattani curry recipe.
The sauce is versatile and is good with any vegetable or beans of your choice. Some delicious variations are poached egg and peas curry, egg and potatoes curry, egg and chickpeas curry, and egg and mixed vegetable curry.

 
Green Peas Egg Curry Recipe

Ingredients
Frozen green peas- 2 cup
Hard boiled eggs- 4-5
Onion- 4 medium
Tomato chopped- 3
Ginger garlic paste- 2 tbs
Coconut milk thick- 1 cup
Coconut milk thin- 1 cup
Chilly powder- 3 tsp
Coriander powder- 2 tsp
Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
Garam masala- 1/2 tsp
Meat masala- 1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves and curry leaves
Coconut oil- 2-3 tbs
Salt to taste

Heat oil in a pan and saute thinly sliced onions till golden brown. Add ginger-garlic paste and turmeric powder and saute for a minute. Add the chopped tomatoes and salt and one cup of hot water. Cover and cook for 3-4 minutes till the onions and tomatoes are soft and mushy. At this stage, you will see the oil separating. Add chilly powder, coriander powder, garam masala, meat masala, and fry for a minute. Add one cup of thin coconut milk and frozen peas. Close the lid and cook for two minutes before adding the hard-boiled eggs. Allow simmering. Finally, add thick coconut milk, chopped coriander leaves, and curry leaves. Simmer for a minute and take off the heat. Serve warm with appam/ parottas or pathiri.

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Comments

  1. Looks bright and tempting....love it with appam..

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  2. What a superb lovely combo,just loved it!!

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  3. This curry looks so beautiful! Love the colour combination and the flavours too

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  4. looks super delicious..nice combo..

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  5. very colourful and temptg dear...love the pics

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  6. Mutta with peas looks delicious.

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  7. very colorful and tempt g dear...

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  8. very bright and wonderful curry !!

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  9. Looks delicious .... never thought of adding peas to egg curry. Will try this next time : )

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  10. Love that curry... great one...

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  11. I am not much of an egg eater, but this looks really yummy dear!

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  12. love the color looks so creay and rich..

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  13. Nice combo n looks so gud ...wow

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  14. what a superb looking egg gravy !! would love to have this with rice

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  15. I am yet to add peas to an egg curry.. looks good from what I see.

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  16. Wow! Beautiful curry! Looks tempting and awesome!

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  17. ah one of these days i'm going to try this out exactly and be back with the report!!

    thnx!

    i'm adding your recipe and image to my new recipe organizer! credit all yours!

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  18. delicious egg curry !!!great combo of eggs and peas.

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  19. awesome clicks Suja. Bookmarked.

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  20. Egg with green peas sounds like a very nice idea...delicious looking curry apt for rice and rotis

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  21. Delicious and tempting curry.

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  22. Lovely egg curry .. pictures are inviting.

    Vardhini
    VardhinisKitchen

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  23. Egg curry with peas is a lovely combo. Looks delicious and spicy.

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  24. Sounds very interesting ... nice combination! Delicious curry!!!

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  25. Wow!! never thought of making like this.. thanks for sharing.

    Sunanda's Kitchen

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  26. Simply inviting and delicious curry,mouthwatering here..

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  27. Loved the simplicity of the recipe..must have tasted grt... looks delicious!

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  28. O yea, this would taste brilliant with appam - YUM!!

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  29. Love it. I love this combo. I made Egg-peas curry once and it was a big hit. Looking delicious :)

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  30. wow..excellent combo dear but I never tried this combo...and the clicks are telling me that this curry is absolutely Delicious...

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  31. Innovative try. Yummy and inviting. Love it.

    Hamsamalini Chandrasekaran,
    http://indianyummykitchen.blogspot.com

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  32. Lovely egg and peas curry, suja! Must be a hit with roti!

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  33. I love this combo...Looks yummy!!!

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  34. tempting recipe.....grt vth appam......

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  35. Wow..the curry is rich and fabulous with peas.Perfect for appam & parotta.

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  36. Finger licking curry..Love the addition of eggs in there..

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  37. Egg curry looks spicy and creamy. Fingerlicking curry....

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  38. Hi, I read ur recipe, looks yum and easy to cook.
    I have a question, will this taste like the one served in the hotels in Kerala? I have never tasted this before, but my husband likes that peas and egg curry with appam. Just curious to know and make it sure whether this is that one. Please reply.. Thank U! Nasifa

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  39. Hi Nasifa,thanks for stopping by and so glad that you liked this recipe..This is a simple home style recipe which my mom taught me and it is delicious and perfect with appam.

    In hotels I think they use dry peas and soak it over night. This one I tried with frozen peas.

    There is also one more recipe which my mom makes with frozen peas and egg. If you have left over chicken curry gravy you can add a little of that too,all the rest is the same as the recipe above. It also tastes very yummy....if you like try that too some other time..

    Pls try the recipe,hope you will like it.
    Have a nice day :)

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    1. Hi Suja,
      Thank u so much for ur reply. I will try this recipe tonight, God willing.

      Thank u once again,
      May God bless you!

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