Parsi-Style Scrambled Eggs

This is one of many styles of akuri, as this dish is called in India, served at the Royal Bombay Yacht Club in Mumbai.

How to Make Parsi-Style Scrambled Eggs

  • Serves

    serves 4

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 1 small white onion, finely chopped
  • 2 serrano chiles, stemmed, seeded, and finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 2 plum tomatoes, cored and chopped
  • 8 eggs, beaten
  • 12 cup chopped cilantro leaves
  • 14 cup heavy cream
  • Kosher salt, to taste

Instructions

Step 1

Melt 3 tbsp. butter in a 12" nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes. Add chiles and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until they begin to soften and brown lightly, about 3 minutes. Add remaining butter and tomatoes; cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes release their juices, about 6 minutes. Add eggs, 1⁄4 cup of the cilantro, cream, and kosher salt. Reduce heat to medium and slowly cook the eggs, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until soft curds form and the eggs just set, about 6 minutes.

Step 2

Transfer eggs to a platter. Sprinkle remaining cilantro over eggs and serve hot, with toast.
  1. Melt 3 tbsp. butter in a 12" nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes. Add chiles and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until they begin to soften and brown lightly, about 3 minutes. Add remaining butter and tomatoes; cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes release their juices, about 6 minutes. Add eggs, 1⁄4 cup of the cilantro, cream, and kosher salt. Reduce heat to medium and slowly cook the eggs, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until soft curds form and the eggs just set, about 6 minutes.
  2. Transfer eggs to a platter. Sprinkle remaining cilantro over eggs and serve hot, with toast.
Recipes

Parsi-Style Scrambled Eggs

  • Serves

    serves 4

Parsi Style Scrambled Eggs
MATT TAYLOR-GROSS

This is one of many styles of akuri, as this dish is called in India, served at the Royal Bombay Yacht Club in Mumbai.

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 1 small white onion, finely chopped
  • 2 serrano chiles, stemmed, seeded, and finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 2 plum tomatoes, cored and chopped
  • 8 eggs, beaten
  • 12 cup chopped cilantro leaves
  • 14 cup heavy cream
  • Kosher salt, to taste

Instructions

Step 1

Melt 3 tbsp. butter in a 12" nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes. Add chiles and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until they begin to soften and brown lightly, about 3 minutes. Add remaining butter and tomatoes; cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes release their juices, about 6 minutes. Add eggs, 1⁄4 cup of the cilantro, cream, and kosher salt. Reduce heat to medium and slowly cook the eggs, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until soft curds form and the eggs just set, about 6 minutes.

Step 2

Transfer eggs to a platter. Sprinkle remaining cilantro over eggs and serve hot, with toast.
  1. Melt 3 tbsp. butter in a 12" nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes. Add chiles and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until they begin to soften and brown lightly, about 3 minutes. Add remaining butter and tomatoes; cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes release their juices, about 6 minutes. Add eggs, 1⁄4 cup of the cilantro, cream, and kosher salt. Reduce heat to medium and slowly cook the eggs, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, until soft curds form and the eggs just set, about 6 minutes.
  2. Transfer eggs to a platter. Sprinkle remaining cilantro over eggs and serve hot, with toast.

How to Make Parsi-Style Scrambled Eggs

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