Egg Bhejo is a delicious egg appetizer full of tangy and spicy filling like fried onions, fried garlic, peanut powder & roasted chilli flakes. Egg Bhejo is very talked-about in Burmese fast food shops and frequently served by itself or with Atho. Learn learn how to make the Authentic Egg Bhejo with step-by-step pictures and video.
Egg Bhejo
Hard boiled eggs never tasted so good. This Burmese style egg bhejo has many delicious stuffings in them which makes it taste so good. One bite of an ideal stuffed egg bhejo, you’ll find it irresistible.
About Egg Bhejo
That is a preferred Burmese dish made with eggs. Burmese egg bhejo taste so good when served as an appetizer. Traditionally egg bhejo is served with atho or khow suey.
Atho is a spicy tangy noodles dish made by tossing noodles with all different style of ingredients like fried onions, garlic, pepper powder, tamarind juice, lemon juice and oil. It is often served with Egg Bhejo which also has the identical ingredients utilized in atho.
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Egg Bhejo Ingredients
Eggs – hard boiled eggs are utilized in this recipe. I prefer to boil my eggs for 10 minutes to attain perfect hard boiled eggs.
Onions & Garlic – sliced onions and chopped garlic is the foremost ingredients. Onions and garlic is fried in oil till crispy and added within the noodles. This adds a sweet taste to the dish.
Flavoured oil – Fry onions and garlic in flavourless refined oil. Once onions and garlic is fried, strain the oil and use in atho. The onion-garlic flavoured oil makes it super delicious.
Chilli Flakes – Dry red chillies is roasted in a dry pan till golden. Cool it completely and crush them fantastic.
Peanut Powder – roasted chana dal and peanuts is sauted in a dry pan till toasted. Powder them in a blender and use in atho.
Flavourings – as for the flavourings you want to use tamarind water, salt water, lemon juice & coriander leaves.
Methods to Make Egg Bhejo
Toppings for Egg Bhejo
Heat oil in a pan, add in onions and fry till golden. Strain and put aside. Now add in garlic in the identical oil and fry till crispy. Strain and put aside. Reserve the fried onions and garlic oil. Dry roast dry red chillies for jiffy. Cool them down and crush them coarsely. Dry roast peanuts and gram dal and crush them coarsely. Put aside.
Stuff the Eggs
Now take hard boiled egg, slit it open flippantly. Fill with fried onions, garlic, tamarind juice, lemon juice, salt water and the fried garlic oil. Add in red chilli powder, roasted gram dal and peanut powder. Add in coriander leaves and serve.
Methods to Make Egg Bhejo (Stepwise Pictures)
Fried Onions & Garlic
1)Heat 1 cup of flavourless oil like refined oil in a kadai. Add in sliced onions and fry till golden brown. Strain using a slotted spoon and place the fried onions onto some paper towel.
In the identical oil, add in chopped garlic and fry till crispy. Once garlic is fried, Strain using a slotted spoon and place the fried garlic onto some paper towel.
Once the onions and garlic are fried. Reserve the oil. You’ll use the oil to drizzle in egg bhejo.
Peanut powder
3)take peanuts, fried gram dal (pori kadalai, pottu kadalai) in a dry pan and roast till golden brown. Remove this to a plate and permit it to chill completely.
Take them in a blender and make them right into a coarse powder. Set this aside till use.
Roasted Chilli Flakes
4)For spice we shall be using red chilli flakes. For that dry roast red chillies in a pan till toasted. Cool and grind them to get coarse crushed chillies.
Stuffing Egg Bhejo
5)Take your hard boiled egg, slit them barely so it opens up.
6)Stuff them with fried onions, fried garlic, crushed peanut powder.
7)Drizzle them with some salt water, tamarind water, fried onion garlic oil, red chilli flakes.
8)Top them with coriander leaves.
9)Egg bhejo is able to serve.
Expert Suggestions
- Use hard boiled large sized eggs on this recipe.
- Don’t cut the eggs completely, just slit them and use.
- Fill them with all of the ingredients just before serving.
- This egg bhejo might be served as appetizers for any parties.
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Servings: 5 servings
Calories: 143kcal
Ingredients
For Roasted Red Chilli Flakes
Notes
- Use hard boiled large sized eggs on this recipe.
- Don’t cut the eggs completely, just slit them and use.
- Fill them with all of the ingredients just before serving.
- This egg bhejo might be served as appetizers for any parties.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servings | Calories: 143kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 187mg | Sodium: 69mg | Potassium: 315mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 690IU | Vitamin C: 70mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1mg
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