Bengali · Lunch, Dinner, Snack
Kolkata egg roll
Egg-layered paratha roll with fresh onion and cucumber
- Total time35 minstart to table
- Hands on30 minactual work
- EffortModerate
- Serves4as written
- Per serving~480 kcalapprox.
A hot flaky paratha cooked onto a fully set egg layer, then rolled around fresh onion, cucumber, green chilli and lemon; it is distinct from a bread toast or a meat-filled roll.
Method
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On the clean board, combine onion, thinly sliced, cucumber, cut into thin batons, green chilli, finely chopped, lemon juice and half the fine salt; hold on a clean plate. Read the packaged frozen lachha paratha pack for wheat, milk, egg, soy and other allergens and follow its frozen-storage instruction.
Done when: Fresh filling is evenly seasoned on a clean plate and the paratha label is acceptable.
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Wash hands; crack each shell eggs separately into a cup, discarding cracked or abnormal eggs, then transfer to the egg bowl with the remaining fine salt. Whisk and wash hands; sanitize shell-contact surfaces before cooking.
Done when: Four eggs are evenly whisked with no shell fragments and the work surface is cleaned.
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Cook one packaged frozen lachha paratha at a time on the tawa according to its pack, using one eighth of groundnut oil, until both sides show browned flaky patches. Move it briefly to a clean plate; repeat only when ready to attach its egg.
Done when: Each paratha is cooked through, flexible and browned without a cold or doughy centre.
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For each roll, add one eighth of groundnut oil to the tawa, pour one quarter of the whisked shell eggs into a paratha-sized circle, and immediately press one cooked paratha onto it. Cook 2-3 minutes on medium-low, flip once, then cook until no liquid egg remains.
Done when: Egg is bonded to the paratha in a fully set, evenly cooked layer with no wet patches.
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Probe the thickest egg layer of every roll: it must hold at least 75 C for 30 seconds. Place egg-side up on a clean board, add one quarter of the fresh filling, roll tightly and serve immediately.
Done when: All four egg layers hold at least 75 C for 30 seconds and each roll contains one quarter of the fresh filling.
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In the app these same steps are read aloud one at a time, hands-free, with the timers running — and the cook guide speaks eleven Indian languages, so whoever is at the stove can follow along without reading English.
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Good to know
- Diet
- Vegetarian plus egg
- Contains
- egg, wheat / gluten
- Eaten at
- Lunch, Dinner, Snack
- Nutrition, per serving
- ~480 kcal · 15 g protein · 60 g carbs · 21 g fat (approx.)