Muttai Kothu Parotta - Road Side Food of Chennai
My name is Lakshmi, and I am a homemaker. I love cooking and experimenting with different recipes, especially those from my native India.
Cook Time
| Prep time | Cook time | Ready in | Yields |
|---|---|---|---|
10 min | 10 min | 20 min | 2 to 3 servings |
Kothu Parotta is a flavourful street-side recipe that has its origin in Sri-lanka and much-loved food of Tamilians. We can prepare this dish with the left-over parottas(multi-layered flatbread ), and we can bring multiple variations by adding eggs/chicken/vegetables along with the parotta. Another important ingredient to make this recipe is salna or any veg or non-veg curry/khorma, I will tell you how to make salna in another blog.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon mustard
- 3 Medium size onions, finely chopped
- 1 medium size tomato, finely chopped
- 3 eggs
- 2 tablespoons ginger-garlic pste
- Handful of curry leaves
- 2 teaspoons pepper powder
- 2 teaspoons garam masala powder
- salt, to taste
- 4 no.of Parottas, minced finely
- Half cup of Mutton/chicken/vegeatable Khorma
Instructions
- Heat oil in a pan and add the fennel seeds. Once they splutter, add the onions, curry leaves, and ginger-garlic paste. Saute for 5 minutes.
- Add the tomatoes and saute again, then add the masala powders, salt, cook for another two minutes.
- At this stage, add the eggs and mix well with the masala. When eggs are 50% cooked, add the minced parottas and blend well with the eggs and masalas. Stir fry them continuously for another 3 minutes.
- Finally, add the gravy/salna into it and mix it well. Now the tastiest kothu parotta is ready to eat with mutton/chicken curry/onion raita.
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Comments
Lakshmi (author) from Chennai on October 17, 2020:
Thank you Rajan Singh Jolly,you are welcome.
Rajan Singh Jolly from From Mumbai, presently in Jalandhar, INDIA. on October 17, 2020:
Very interesting variation with leftover parathas to create a new dish. Thanks for sharing
Lakshmi (author) from Chennai on October 11, 2020:
Thank you for your interest, Amy, Do try, and definitely you will like it.
Amy on October 11, 2020:
Thanks for this recipe, Lakshmi! I love kothuporottas and can't wait to try your recipe.
Lakshmi (author) from Chennai on October 09, 2020:
Hi danny,Thank you for your appreciation and yes chennai is famous and you enjoy it.
Danny from India on October 09, 2020:
Although I have never sampled any Chennai street food, by looking at the recipe I feel I should visit Chennai, especially for this dish.
Lakshmi (author) from Chennai on October 09, 2020:
Thank you for your appreciation Liz Westwood .
Liz Westwood from UK on October 09, 2020:
This is an interesting and well-presented recipe.
