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Andamannicobar · Breakfast

Island Egg Scramble with Fish

Creamy scrambled eggs with flaked island fish, spices - quick protein breakfast.

🧺 Ingredients

• Eggs 4
• mackerel fish 100g (cooked, flaked)
• onions 60g (chopped)
• garlic 2 cloves (minced)
• ginger 0.5 tbsp (minced)
• green chillies 1 (chopped)
• turmeric powder 0.25 tsp
• red chilli powder 0.5 tsp
• curry leaves 10
• cilantro 2 tbsp (chopped)
• salt to taste
• oil 2 tbsp
• lemon juice 0.5 tbsp
• black pepper 0.25 tsp

👩‍🍳 How to make Island Egg Scramble with Fish

1. Pre-cook mackerel: boil salted water 8-10 min (cooked through, flakes easily).
2. Flake finely fork, remove all bones.
3. Beat eggs bowl fork 2 min until yolks incorporated (pale yellow, homogenous).
4. Heat oil non-stick pan medium (170°C).
5. Onions fry translucent (3-4 min, pale beginning edge caramel).
6. Garlic-ginger 1 min (sharp warm aroma).
7. Turmeric, chilli, curry leaves fry 30 sec (coat evenly, aroma intensifies).
8. Add flaked fish, stir gently (1 min heat through).
9. Pour beaten eggs, set undisturbed 15-20 sec (bottom layer firms).
10. Spatula push set egg edges toward center gentle strokes (every 20 sec, soft curds).
11. Cook 3-4 min total until eggs cooked through still creamy (soft curds not rubber, 65°C internal).
12. Green chillies, cilantro, black pepper, stir gently (30 sec).
13. Adjust salt lemon.
14. Transfer plate immediately (residual heat continues cooking).
15. Serve hot with toast or roti.

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