Egg Kothu (Minced) Paratha. A very famous south Indian street food / fast food usually served for dinner. Egg Kothu Paratha is a popular South Indian delicacy made with shredded chapatis or parathas. Muttai Parotta as it is called in Tamil Nadu is a dish based on a the Sri Lankan version, where it originated as Kothu Roti.

It is commonly known as Muttai Parotta or Muttai Kothu Parotta. This type of paratha is a very famous Street Food in Tamilnadu, India. This recipe is a very good option if you are craving for some simple & spicy parotta dish. You can have Egg Kothu (Minced) Paratha using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Egg Kothu (Minced) Paratha

You need 4 of parathas shredded.
Prepare 2-3 of eggs.
It's 1 of onion finely chopped.
You need 1/2 of capsicum finely chopped.
You need 1 of tomato finely chopped.
You need 2 of green chillies chopped.
It's 1 tsp of ginger garlic paste.
You need 1/4 tsp of turmeric powder.
You need 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
You need 1/2 tsp of cumin powder.
You need 1 tsp of coriander powder.
Prepare To taste of salt.
You need 2 tbsp of oil.
Prepare 1 pinch of garam masala powder.
It's 1 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves.

Kothu parotta (minced parotta) is made using parotta, egg, meat, and chicken gravy. Other variants of kothu parotta are Muttai kothu parotta, chili parotta. Of course, we do have veg kothu parotta too. The ingredients are thrown on a hot cast-iron griddle lubricated with oil.

Egg Kothu (Minced) Paratha instructions

Assemble all the ingredients..
Heat oil in a pan on medium flame. Add chopped onions, green chillies, chopped capsicums and saute for 3-4 minutes. Add ginger garlic paste and saute for 2-3 minutes or till the raw smell disappears. Add chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, coriander powder and mix well. Add chopped tomatoes, salt and cook till tomatoes turn soft and mushy..
Next, make a well in the centre and beat eggs into it. Scramble the eggs till almost cooked. Mix the contents of the pan so that the scrambled eggs mix well with the mixture..
Now add the shredded parathas, chopped coriander leaves and mix well. The contents should be minced with a pounding action using the end of a flat spatula. Cook on a medium flame for 4 minutes tossing the contents well..
Sprinkle garam masala powder, mix well and turn off the flame..
Remove to a serving plate and serve hot..

It is an Indian layered bread. You get readymade parotta these days in freezer section. You can use that as well. I had chilli kothu parotta only when I did my bachelors. 😀 stupid me! I never felt like tasting it.