Egg Salna/Muttai Salna

Muttai salna is a South Indian stew like gravy which is served along with the Parottas especially in the road side shops and parotta stalls.
The salna is a slightly watery,flavorful gravy can be made with egg,chicken and veggies or can be made plain gravy.
Egg salna is made in two ways in which the beaten egg is add to the boiling gravy and the second version is adding the hard boiled eggs to thegravy.
As my family likes the second method I prefer to make that version,this salna tastes goes very well with idiyappam and dosa too.Now off to the recipe.....................................

Ingredients

Egg(boiled)	6
Onion(finely chopped)	1
Ginger&garlic paste	2tsp
Green chilly	2
Coconut(grated)	1/4cup
Fennel seeds/sombu	1tsp
Poppy seeds/kasakasa	1/2tsp
Coriander leaves	for garnishing
Salt	11/2tsp
Oil	21/2tbs

To saute and grind 

Onion(roughly chopped)	2(medium size)
Tomato	2(large size)
Mint/pudina leaves	1handful
Coriander leaves	1handful
Green chilly	5
Chilly powder/milagai podi	1tsp
Coriander powder/dhania podi	2 tsp
Garam masala powder	1/4tsp
Turmeric powder/manjal podi	1/8tsp

For the seasoning

Cloves/lavangam	5
Cinnamon/pattai	1inch piece
Star anise	2petals
Bay leaves	1
Fennel seeds/sombu	1/4tsp

Method 

• Heat the pan with 1/2 tbs of oil and saute the onion,green chilly till transparent.Then add the mint leaves,coriander leaves,tomato and cook it till mushy. Add all the powders and saute it for a minute,put off the fire.Grind it to a fine paste after cooling,keep it aside.

• Now grind the coconut,fennel and poppy seeds to a fine paste.

• Heat the pan with the remaining oil,crackle the fennel seeds,then add the wholegaram masala.

• Saute the chopped onion and green chilly,then add the ginger garlic paste,fry it till the raw smell disappears.

• Now add the ground paste and fry it for a minute,add around 2 cups of water and allow to boil in a medium flame for 6-7 mins.

• At this stage add the ground coconut paste and one more cup of water,let it boil for another 4-5 minutes or till the raw smell goes away.

• Add the boiled eggs to it and cook it for a minute and add the chopped coriander leaves.Put off the fire.

• Egg salna is ready.

• Serve it with parotta or idiyappam

Enjoy...........................................................................................

• Do not add use coconut more than 1/4 cup otherwise it will change the consistency. 
• The given amount of chilly powder is for medium spice level,it can be increased or decreased according to personal preference.
• Add a tsp of lemon juice after put off the fire to the salna if the sourness is not enough.
• I made slits on the egg  and added to the gravy.