egg butter masala

Egg Butter Masala (Egg Makhani)

By Swasthi on July 20, 2022, Comments, Jump to Recipe

Egg Mutter Masala Recipe – Makhani recipe or butter masala is usually made with paneer or chicken. Making it with egg is uncommon, but surely a great one for those who love eggs or want to avoid paneer or chicken. The gravy tastes amazingly delicious with the flavors of butter roasted eggs.

egg butter masala

Egg butter masala goes very well as a side with almost anything like plain rice, roti, pulao, jeera rice, butter naan and even with biryani. This is one of my most preferred dishes to go with variety rice and even with biryani when I have guests home.

It is easy, quick to prepare, tastes delicious and makes a meal delightful. Though made in the same way as the paneer butter masala, this gravy tastes very different due to the addition of butter roasted eggs.

Egg butter masala goes well with any of the following along with some onion, carrot, cucumber wedges
Plain paratha
Ajwain paratha
Jeera rice
Biryani

egg butter masala

How to Make Egg Butter Masala (Stepwise Photos)

1. Heat 1 tablespoons butter in a pan. I suggest not to substitute butter with oil. Eggs roasted in butter taste and smell very good.

melting butter for egg butter masala

2. Prick boiled eggs with fork few times. Roast them until golden. Set these aside

frying eggs for egg butter masala

3. To the same pan, add onions, tomatoes, cashews and salt. Saute on a high to medium flame until tomatoes turn soft and mushy. If needed cover and cook. Do not saute on a low flame.

sauteing onions tomatoes for egg butter masala

4. Add chili powder and turmeric.

Add chili powder

5. Fry until the raw smell of the chili powder goes away.

Fry

6. Cool and add to a blender jar with ¾ cup water.

blending puree for egg butter masala

7. Blend to a smooth puree.

onion tomato puree for egg makhani recipe

8. Add another 1 tbsp butter. Fry a small cinnamon stick, cloves and cardamom. I have not used ginger garlic paste at this stage but added ginger at step 13. If you like to use ginger garlic, you can add it now and saute until the raw smell goes off.

saute spices for egg butter masala

9. Pour the onion tomato puree. Add more water as needed to bring it to a consistency. I used ¼ cup water.

cooking tomato puree

10. Cover and cook.

Cover and cook

11. After a while the gravy thickens. Add garam masala and coriander powder. Cook further for a while.

addition of spice powder for egg butter masala

12. You can see the fat from butter visible lightly on the gravy. Sprinkle kasuri methi.

kasuri methi for egg butter masala

13. Add eggs, juliennes of ginger and lower the flame. Cook covered for about 2 to 3 mins.

ginger cream for egg makhani

If you like you can also add cream. Garnish with coriander leaves.

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Egg Butter Masala

Boiled eggs simmered in a delicious and flavorsome butter masala gravy aka Makhani gravy. Serve this with rice, roti, paratha or flavored rice dishes
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Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Servings3
AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )

  • 3 to 4 hard boiled eggs
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • ¾ cup onions , cubed
  • 1 cup tomatoes , ripe , deseeded
  • 10 cashew nuts
  • salt as needed
  • ¾ tsp red chili powder
  • turmeric as needed
  • 2 cloves
  • 2 cardamoms / elaichi
  • 1 stick cinnamon small
  • ½ to ¾ tsp garam masala
  • ½ tsp coriander powder (optional)
  • ¼ tsp kasuri methi
  • ginger juilennes or ginger garlic paste


Instructions

How to Make Egg Butter Masala

  • Prick the boiled eggs with a fork and saute them in 1 tbsp hot butter until golden. Set these aside.
  • In the same pan, saute onions, cashews, tomatoes and salt on a medium to high flame.
  • When the tomatoes turn mushy, add chili powder and turmeric.
  • Fry until the raw smell goes away.
  • Cool this and blend with 3/4 cup water.
  • Heat 1 tbsp butter and add cinnamon, cardamoms and cloves. If using ginger garlic paste, saute it now until the raw smell goes off.
  • Pour the puree to the pan and add little more water to bring the gravy to a consistency.
  • Cook until the gravy thickens. Add garam masala and coriander powder, cook until you see the fats separated. Add kasuri methi and cook for 1 to 2 mins.
  • Add eggs, ginger juliennes and stir.
  • Cover and cook for 2 to 3 mins. If you want you may add some cream
  • Garnish with coriander leaves.


Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.

For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.

NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)

Nutrition Facts
Egg Butter Masala
Amount Per Serving
Calories 213 Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Fat 16g25%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Trans Fat 0.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 5g
Cholesterol 207mg69%
Sodium 140mg6%
Potassium 374mg11%
Carbohydrates 11g4%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 9g18%
Vitamin A 1316IU26%
Vitamin C 14mg17%
Calcium 54mg5%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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5 stars
Thank you for this different and yummy recipe for egg curry. Made this today for potluck and it got over in no time and I got praises.

Your recipes are always top notch, amazingly simple and deliciously flavourful.The added tips,step by step pictures helps immensely!Your recipes have been my go- to for all my cravings..Thank you loads 😀

Too good.. Could you please post recipe for egg Pepper gravy.. Iv tried in restraunts. It’s a rich gravy with lots of pepper

Awesome recipe.. My husband asks me every other day to make this now..ur egg dum biryani has become a regular dinner for us in the LOCKDOWN. Thankyou for the simple and effective tips.

Hello Ma’am,
I’m gonna try this for Dinner tonight, with what can I replace the cashews.
Please guide.

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This is SO good! I normally can’t help but tweak recipes but apart from scaling up I followed your recipe exactly and it was perfect. The whole family loved it.
Greetings from Western Australia 😉

Can I softboil them? or do I have to hardboil? When I fry them will softboiled cook? I like my eggs runny. Do you have any suggestions?

Is there any way to prevent boiled egg from sticking to pan? Was it not boiled enough, then? Or does it need more butter.

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Hi, the egg butter masala was really quick and simple to do. And it tastes very good. Thank you. Jazaak allahu khairan.

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Excellent descriptions,,,,,,Thanking you.

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Made this today. Such wonderful flavours and exactly like you’d get at a restaurant. And i didn’t even use cashews!
Awesome!

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can I use regular oil without butter?? because I don’t have butter

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It is very much helpfull to read the instructions which you have given and now I can easily cook what ever I wish to be.

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Love your vegetarian receipes. So flavoursome and quite easy.

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Wow! Just prepared this recipe and it has turned out amazing. It tastes exactly like the gravy made in the restaurant. Thank you ?.

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Yummy egg curry.. I can still smell the butter on my hands.. Thank you for sharing tis wonderful recipe.

Your recipe is easy, simple and tasty ?. Also do not need any special ingredients everything is available in every kitchen. Thank you for sharing.

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Just one word ‘Awesom’

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