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Kolkata Egg Roll Recipe

Kolkata Egg Roll Wrap is a simple but yummy Indian flaky flatbread, coated with egg and bursting with a filling of veggies and spices
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Bengali
Servings: 2
Calories: 354kcal
Author: Shil

Ingredients

  • All purpose flour/Maida – 1 cup
  • Eggs - 4, lightly beaten
  • Onions – 2 large, thinly sliced
  • Cucumber - 1, chopped
  • Green chillies – 1, finely chopped
  • Capsicum – 1, chopped finely
  • Chaat masala – ½ tsp
  • Tomato ketchup
  • Coriander leaves – ¼ cup
  • Lemon juice – 1-2 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil for cooking

Instructions

  • Take flour in a bowl. Add 1 tsp of oil, ¼ tsp of salt and knead into a soft dough, adding water a little at a time. Cover and keep for 10 minutes.
  • Divide the dough into golf-sized balls and roll out into thin discs.
  • Heat a non-stick pan, place a Roti on it and cook till slightly brown on medium heat, flip and let the other side cook. Smear a little oil on the surface of the Roti and remove. Repeat likewise with the remaining Rotis
  • Meanwhile in a bowl, whisk an egg with salt. Pour 1 tsp of oil in the pan and tip in the beaten egg, swirl the pan slightly to evenly spread the egg.
  • After a couple of seconds, place a pre-cooked Roti on top of the egg and lightly press down with a spatula so that the Roti sticks to the omelette.
  • Cook for a couple of minutes and then gently flip over the omelette.
  • Let the underside of the Roti cook for a minute or two and then remove.
  • Repeat the same procedure for the remaining Rotis.
  • Assembling the Egg Kati Roll:
  • Take a flat plate and place the Roti wrap with the omelette side up.
  • Line up sliced onions, cucumber, green chillies, bell pepper and chopped coriander leaves in the centre.
  • Drizzle some ketchup, add a dash of lime juice, sprinkle some chaat masala and roll the Roti.
  • Wrap the bottom half of the Egg Roll with a paper napkin to hold it nicely together.
  • Serve Kolkata Egg Roll hot !!!