Muttai bonda, battered hard-boiled eggs
An Indian sweet from Kerala: half-hard-boiled eggs immersed in a thick batter of spiced besan (chickpea flour) with chili peppers, then deep-fried to a go…
Muttai bonda is an Indian snack that is typically eaten with tea. Hard-boiled eggs are coated in a spiced besan (chickpea flour) batter, and then deep-fried in hot oil.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time20 min
- Cook time15 min
- Resting30 min
- Total1 hr 5 min
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodfrying
- Estimated cost$3.35 $0.67 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
Ingredients
people
- $0.90
- $0.21
- $0.04
- $2.00
- $0.20
Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 5 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Combine the chickpea flour, bicarbonate of soda, chili powder, and salt, then gradually add water until you have a thick paste, but not too watery. ≈ 4 min
- Cut the hard-boiled eggs in half. ≈ 8 min
- Dip each half-egg into the batter.
- Heat the oil and fry the fish until they are golden brown.
The bill
Muttai bonda, battered hard-boiled eggs
- 200 g of chickpea flour$0.90
- 2 teaspoons of hot pepper powder (1 teaspoon of locally sourced hot pepper and 1 teaspoon of Kashmiri hot pepper)$0.21
- salt$0.04
- 5 hard-boiled eggs$2.00
- oil, for deep frying$0.20
Total$3.35
that's $0.67 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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