These eggs chops, Goan style make for an impressive hors-d’oeuvre or a great snack that can be enjoyed along with your cuppa. In these egg chops, half an egg is topped with a spicy green chutney and encompassed in a smooth mashed potato shell which is then coated with breadcrumbs and pan-fried.
Okay folks, would you believe if I told you these pics have been sitting in my laptop for over a year now! My Mum in law prepared these Goan egg chops during her stay with us. I don’t know how, but I completely forgot to share it here and it got lost in the barrage of folders of millions of food pics.
Okay, I’m exaggerating, but you get the point of the pics 😀 We click hundreds only to select 3-4 perhaps! The life of a food blogger!
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HOW TO MAKE EGG CHOPS?
To make these Goan egg chops, you will need 3 elements,
- Egg, but of course, right!
- Mashed potatoes
- Spicy, green chutney made with cilantro (coriander leaves), green chillies, ginger, and garlic.
If you are making it for kids, omit the green chillies. You can in-fact top it with your go-to green chutney.
That reminds me I have to also share my Mom’s green chutney with you guys! It is the best I’ve ever had, and no I’m not being boastful! I will definitely share that in my coming posts, so stay tuned.
These egg chops make for a delicious evening snack or an after-school snack. My son loves eggs in all form, so he happily enjoys these 🙂 And I’m sure you guys will enjoy these simple yet delicious egg chops as much!
I’ve used whole wheat panko breadcrumbs for coating the chops, I love how crispy the end product turns out. However, you may use semolina too if you can’t find panko breadcrumbs. Shallow frying makes this a rather healthy egg snack, you may choose to deep fry if you wish to.
So I’ll wind up this post with the recipe below, which frankly isn’t really much. Hope you give it a try!
p.s. if you dislike cilantro, substitute with parsley or any condiment you’d fancy! Or skip this chutney all together and use your favorite chutney or relish and enjoy it further by dipping it in your favorite sauce or the trusty ‘ol ketchup 😀
SOME MORE SIMILAR GOAN SNACKS YOU MAY ALSO ENJOY
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO MAKE POTATO EGG CHOPS, GOAN STYLE
1.Add cilantro, ginger, garlic, green chillies & sugar to a blender, add about a tablespoon of water, make a smooth and thick paste. Transfer to a bowl, add salt to taste, mix well.
2.Make a smooth dough of the mashed/shredded boiled potatoes, divide it into 8 equal portions.
3.Take a potato ball, make a cavity, place one-half egg in the cavity. Top it with some green chutney.
4.Seal the edges of the potato dough to enclose the egg well. Roll it in semolina/breadcrumbs. Prepare all the chops in the same way. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, so that they firm a bit, which makes for easier frying without breaking apart.
5.Heat oil in a skillet, shallow fry on medium heat until the chops are golden brown from all sides. Serve hot with cilantro chutney or ketchup.
HOW TO MAKE POTATO EGG CHOPS, GOAN STYLE?
Egg Chops (Egg snacks) - Goan style | Goan Egg Chops
Ingredients
Measuring cup used, 1 Cup = 250 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml
- 1 lb potatoes, boiled, cooled, peeled, and shredded/mashed
- 4 large eggs, boiled and skinned, cut into halves
- Breadcrumbs/Semolina, as required
- Oil, as required
For the green chutney
- 1 cup loosely packed cilantro leaves
- 2 green chillies
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1/4 inch ginger
- Pinch of sugar
- Salt, to taste
Instructions
- Add cilantro, ginger, garlic, green chillies & sugar to a blender, add about a tablespoon of water, make a smooth and thick paste. Transfer to a bowl, add salt to taste, mix well.
- Make a smooth dough of the mashed/shredded boiled potatoes, divide it into 8 equal portions.
- Take a potato ball, make a cavity, place one-half egg in the cavity. Top it with some green chutney.
- Seal the edges of the potato dough to enclose the egg well. Roll it in semolina/breadcrumbs. Prepare all the chops in the same way. Refrigerate for 30 minutes, so that they firm a bit, which makes for easier frying without breaking apart.
- Heat oil in a skillet, shallow fry on medium heat until the chops are golden brown from all sides. Serve hot with cilantro chutney or ketchup.
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Thanks freda for this recipe,i have tried it for one of my breakfast items in my buffet and the clients appreciated it,am a chef in Nairobi,Kenya
Hi Malcolm! Wow! That’s great! So glad to hear that! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Great recipe, easy to follow and step by step instructions. These egg chops bring out childhood memories and look and taste absolutely Yummmmm!
Thanks, Leo! Glad you enjoyed it!
The egg chops looks absolutely irresistible and a pure bliss for egg lovers. Seeing them I wish would eat eggs.
Egg and potato is always a winning combination, then add to it the herbilicious green chutney – I’m in love! 😊
Love the presentation and clicks. Looks beautiful
So finally, this golden beauty was retrieved from the much forgotten folder of pictures! I agree, too many pictures at one go makes it slightly difficult to keep track and then finalise recipes etc but when the dish / outcome is so yum, who would care right? We work for passion at the end of the day. All that matters. Great share.
Very rightly said, Vidya 🙂 Thanks so much dear!
What a perfectly made egg chops, I think this would go so well as starter too. Lovely pics !
Goan style egg chops looks fantastic, Freda.This looks so delicious .. Beautiful presentation, lovely clicks.
Omg, am in love with this egg chops, so tempting and delicious its looks. Am sure my eggetarians will enjoy this chops to the core.
This one is a yummy and great option for tea-time snack or to pack for lunch box. Lovely clicks 🙂
Wow Freda your egg chop reminds me of Kolkata street food dimer chop or egg devil. But recipe is a little different. I am drooling. These egg chop sounds equally lip-smacking.
Brilliant way to hide an egg for the kids. I am sure they love it as snacks.
Such a delicious snack.. we have been relishing it since we were kids. Mom always made it when we had some guests at home.
Freda, these egg chops look so delish. I remember having them as lunch from a nearby canteen when I was in college. Yours definitely looks much better as they would deep fry them and sometimes the crumbs would burn.
Cannot agree more on the life of a blogger..this reminds me of my posts lying in the drafts..coming to the dish..the Goan egg chops look very inviting and I am sure they taste great
You pic is so inviting, before I started reading the recipe, I bookmarked it as always on the lookout for egg recipes. Thank You.
These egg chops are so sinfully tempting, loved the detailed recipe have to try soon , thank sfor sharing.
This sounds like a vegetarian cousin of the Nargisi kofta, isn’t it? Whatever said, this is easier and would be totally yummier too… Drooling at the clicks…
very yummy and beautiful presentation.
This looks and sound so delicious and inviting !
Thanks, Soniya 🙂
these sound really good
Thanks so much 🙂