Today's recipe is a typical and popular traditional Tamilnadu egg recipe called Karandi Omelette. It's a very tasty egg recipe and can be prepared this in no time. It's nothing but an omelette recipe, prepared in a traditional way and it is very famous street food in Tamilnadu. It's a favourite egg recipe among kids and even adults too.


We use tempering pan ( spatula or ladle ) / small tadka pan for making this recipe. In Tamil, we call this is as Thalipu Karandi, hence the name karandi omelette. Egg lovers... do try this.
Click the link below 👇 for the detailed Video Recipehttps://youtu.be/pFklYEYLzgM
Other Egg Recipes from Tamilnadu
- Street style Egg Bhurji
- Udaitha Muttai Kulambu ( Poached Egg Curry )
- Milagu Muttai Kulambu ( Pepper Egg Gravy )


Cuisine : Tamilnadu Cuisine
Preparation time : 2 minutes
Cooking time : 3 minutes
Serves : 1
Ingredients:
1 Egg
2 tbsp Onion, finely chopped
1 small Green Chilly, finely chopped
1/8th tsp Red Chilly powder
1/8th tsp Turmeric powder
1/8th tsp Pepper powder
Few Curry & Coriander Leaves, finely chopped
Salt as required
1 tbsp Oil
2 tbsp Onion, finely chopped
1 small Green Chilly, finely chopped
1/8th tsp Red Chilly powder
1/8th tsp Turmeric powder
1/8th tsp Pepper powder
Few Curry & Coriander Leaves, finely chopped
Salt as required
1 tbsp Oil
- In a bowl place all the ingredients except Egg ( onion, chillies, spice powders, leaves and salt ). Combine well the mixture.
- Crack one egg to the mixture and whisk/beat the egg mixture nicely.
- Heat oil in the tadka pan, make sure the oil coats the spatula/ pan completely.
- Now pour the egg mixture to the karandi / tempering spatula. Cook the omelette in low flame.
- Once it is slightly cooked on one side, gently flip the omelette to the other side with the help of a spoon and cook in low flame.
- Now the omelette is 3/4th cooked. Keep flipping the omelette till it is completely cooked and slightly brown on the outside. ( Check this step in the recipe video link provided )
- Transfer to a plate and serve hot with rice with sambar, rasam, curd.