Kothu Parotta is a spicy, delicious dish made by shredding flatbreads / parotta & cooking them with masala gravy / curry. Egg Kothu Parotta also called Muttai Parotta is a famous street food delicacy that is craved by the families for its taste. Kothu Parotta uses leftover parotta, roti and gravies and variations include veg kothu, egg kothu or non-veg kothu parottas. How to make Kothu Parotta hygienically at home is explained in this post with step by step pictures.
If I can say the one thing that I can compromise on road side shops, it is with no doubt my favourite kothu parotta. I just love the taste in road side shops and it can noway be compared with the taste we get in restaurants. I tried to recreate the taste and it was close to it except for the addition of chalna they use.
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Kothu Parotta
Ingredients
- 2 nos parotta
- 1 or 2 eggs
- 1 onion chopped finely
- 1 tomato chopped finely
- a pinch turmeric powder
- 1 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/2 tsp pepper powder
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 tsp coriander leaves chopped finely
Instructions
- Chop the parottas into small pieces. Keep aside.
- Heat oil, first temper fennel seeds then add add curry leaves, green chillies let it splutter. Then add ginger garlic paste, allow it to brown slightly.
- Now add onions, once it turns golden brown, add tomatoes when it turns mushy add turmeric, chilli and pepper powder. Add required salt and mix well.
- Then add the eggs mix it to scramble well, once it turns nicely fried and blended with the masalas add the chopped parotta and give a stir so that parotta is blended well with the egg & masalas.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and switch off. Kothu Parotta ready!
Notes
- You can skip eggs and add any veggie of your choice.
- Usually in road side shops for 1 plate of kothu parotta they use 2 shredded parottas and 2 eggs with the above said ingredients with salna added at the end which gives a mushy and soft texture.
- Also for the road style kothu parotta they add salna (the kurma that comes with normal parottas) which gives a very nice taste.
- Amma usually sauté onion and tomato well and then add it to the other other ingredients. You can try this too as tomatoes give a nice flavor.
- Squeeze lemon juice while serving if you like the flavor.
How to make egg kothu parotta
- Chop the parottas into small pieces. Keep aside.
- Heat oil, first temper fennel seeds then add add curry leaves, green chillies let it splutter. Then add ginger garlic paste, allow it to brown slightly.
- Now add onions, once it turns golden brown, add tomatoes when it turns mushy add turmeric, chilli and pepper powder. Add required salt and mix well.
- Then add the eggs mix it to scramble well, once it turns nicely fried and blended with the masalas add the chopped parato and give a stir so that parotta is blended well with the egg and masalas. Garnish with coriander leaves and switch off.
My Notes
- You can skip eggs and add any veggie of your choice.
- Usually in road side shops for 1 plate of kothu parotta they use 2 shredded parotas and 2 eggs with the above said ingredients with chalna added at the end which gives a mushy and soft texture.
- Also for the road style kothu parotta they add chalna(the kurma that comes with normal parottas) which gives a very nice taste.
- Amma usually sautes onion and tomato well and then add it to the other other ingredients. You can try this too as tomatoes give a nice flavour.
- Squeeze lemon juice while serving if you like the flavour.
Ramya Bala
looks yummy :)I make it by adding salna to it…
The Mad Jammer
Nice 🙂 I love kothu parota. What would be the best choice of veggies – cabbage, capsicum okay?
Sharmilee! :)
@Mad Jammer : Yeah you can add in carrot and peas too along with cabbage and capsicum
Sobha Shyam
this is my fav, looks so delicious dear, simple and lovely clicks..
Divya Kudua
I love it too,but I have the veg version(without the egg).Looks delicious!!
Neetz
Superb!!!.. i love kothu porotta.. if thats with egg even more yummier 🙂
Balakrishna Saraswathy
Kothu parota is my hubby fav and I prepare the same with addition of eggs:) Looks yummyooo….
Nithya
This is yummm I say 🙂 Love it. I have never had the road side version but have tasted it from Hot chips.
Prathibha
I like dis,but an eggless version
Rekha shoban
wow!!my favourite….usually when i go to hotel i order for it….yum yum!!
Priti
Love this too …every time I go out order this but veg version ….looks so yum
Mahek
GREAT IDEA WITH THE EGGS IMPROVES NUTRITION TOO…
Umm Mymoonah
When it comes to street food, this is the one I love the best, looks very delicious.
Tina
Looks yummy yummy….
Chandrani
Perfect breakfast. Healthy tasty dish.
Gayathri Kumar
Great clicks. The plate makes me hungry..
An Open Book
my absolute fav
Lavi
this is my favourite sharmi! you can also add spring onions at end.
Priya
I can have this delicious kothu parotta anytime,yumm!
ChitraKrishna
Wow…. looks so delicious.
layaa
Excellent recipe dear,makes me mouthwatering.
Premalatha Aravindhan
My fav too Sharmi,missing these now a days:(
Luks super tempting and the recipe is too gud…
Vardhini
Nice presentation Sharmi. Never made it before though.
noodlehead
I usually make kothu parota with leftover sabzis 🙂 Instead of adding the various masala powders I dunk in any sabzi or dal and viola, it's done! I add a few eggs to make it more wholesome. It's a great way to use up leftover curry/vegetables. In fact, this is on the menu tonight!
aipi
It came out so perfect ~ very well recreated!
USMasala
Nalini's Kitchen
Looks delicious,nice clicks and presentation.
Vaidehi Satish
Sharmi…this looks really delicious….will try it…check out this award that I would like to present to you.
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Angie's Recipes
The kothu parota looks so tasty! Love the clicks, very tempting.
Cham
My fav food, I had few times in my last trip 🙂 Good one.
Prathima Rao
Totally loved your version of this kothu paratha!!! Looks so tasty!!!
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Nisa Homey
OMG Sharmi….these are my favorite….I wish these are my dinner 🙁
Valarmathi Sanjeev
Love this…looks tempting and yummy…..Nice clicks too.
arthi
very tempting kothu parottas!!nice clicks..
Laavanya
my favorite… so very delicious.
divya
Omg, mouthwatering here..wat a fabulous kothu paratha..
Torviewtoronto
we love this kothu looks delicious
Fahad Khan
A 'Parotta' is a parantha,am I right?
And I also wanted to know what is 'Chalna'.I Googled the term and I guess it is some curry?
priya ravi
i too luv this recipe.. but the ones i have tasted here never match the taste we get in India.
will try my luck at home 🙂
Sharmilee! :)
@Fahad Khan : Parotta is with fully maida(white flour) but paratha uses wheat flour as the main ingredient. And chalna is a kurma type of siddish they give in road side shops here with parotta 🙂
Yummy Team
Love kothu parotta. Your clicks are very tempting!
Aarthi
This is my favorite…Thanks for the recipe…love all your recipes..Do check out my blog too dear..
http://yummytummy-aarthi.blogspot.com/
Nupur
First time visiting ur blog.. Awesome pics and lovely recipes..
Some awards are waiting for you at my space.. Please accept them
Pavithra
I think I missed few post.. really hectic 🙁 .. anyways kothu parotta my very fav one… feel like grabbing it and finish it off 🙂
recipeswap
wow this looks so nice and yummy.
Jo
Can we try this whith (wheat)rotis?? or parotta compulsory
Sharmilee! :)
@Jo : You can very well adapt this recipe for rotis too….Do try and let me know!
Navcat
I'm probably the only guy commenting here, and I have to say your recipe worked wonderfully. Wow! That kothu parotta made my day. My wife is at her mom's place after a fight and your recipe saved me. Big thumbs up to you. 🙂
Madhavi
we make this recipe from leftover chapatis…its too yummy with curd!
Meeeeee
First time here.. Your blog is awesome 🙂
I tried this recipe and it came out well.. 🙂 Missed chalna though 🙁
subha thraa
i like all your recipes and also i tried some of them….came out well. thanks a lot sharmi….
can you post the normal parotta for making chilli and kothu parotto….. and home
Jane Ire
Sharmilee..just before adding paratas, try adding our normal chicken gravy(along with the oil in the chicken gravy) to the recipe and then mix paratas …here after u will not compromise on the taste of ur kothu parotas made on road side…and we never add ginger garlic paste at all as we add our chicken gravy there…it tastes like road side kothu paratas…u and ur family members are welcome home and I will give this wonderful dish…
Mythili Pandian
yesterday i try this kothu parotta its very tasty my husband like it….thank you so much sharmis……
Sakthi
First Time Here.. Your blog is awesome and nice picture 🙂
Love reading it