Eggs are vital and complete nutritious foods and contain protein essential for the body’s growth and development. When you think about healthy foods, eggs are an excellent selection for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or even snacks.
What To Make With Eggs??
Eggs can be baked, boiled, scrambled, fried, and poached. You can also serve eggs along with sandwiches, salads, and could be eaten alone. Additionally, eggs provide the various food options to pick with the meal.
Besides providing the essential protein, eggs also fill your stomach enough for two to four hours. One whole raw egg provides about 704 Kilocalories and 14g of protein per the Indian Food Composition Table.
Ingredients
Before starting to cook eggs, you must prepare and make ready some of the main ingredients you will need in different recipes.
Take 2 cups of chopped spinach
Two whole eggs
One full onion chopped
Chopped green chili according to your taste
Salt as required
One tablespoon olive oil
Two pinches of Black pepper
Two chopped tomatoes
½ tablespoon of both turmeric
Ten curry leaves and 1 cup chopped Coriander leaves
What To Cook With Eggs For A Healthy Lunch?
Here there are various recipes with eggs for lunch
Spinach Omelette/ Palak Omelette
Spinach is rich in iron and calcium. Hence it creates a nutrient-dense combo with eggs.
The process to make:
Wash and clean all the chopped material
Break the eggs in a bowl and add these chopped vegetables
Beat well the mixture
Heat a pan and add oil.
When the pan is hot enough, pour the mixture and spread evenly.
Cook on medium heat for up to five minutes
Flip it and cook until it ultimately cooks.
Sprinkle a pinch of pepper and serve it hot.
Egg bhurji/ Indian scrambled egg.
Egg bhurji is a popular recipe and a lunch or dinner recipe. Tomatoes, onions, and other Indian flavors change the raw egg into a delicious recipe that can be made quickly.
The process to make:
First, heat the pan and add olive oil.
When the pan gets hot, add chopped onion, chili, and cook on low flame until the onion softens.
Then add tomatoes and sauté for 2 mins.
Beat the eggs and add them to the pan. Then scramble it gently till the eggs for 5 minutes
Sprinkle pepper powder and garnish it with coriander leaves.
Egg gravy
Egg gravy is a simple recipe that can be prepared in 20 minutes. It is a recipe for five servings
The Process to make:
Heat a pan and add oil.
Add chopped onion and Sauté for 3 mins until it softens
Then add tomatoes, turmeric powder, coriander powder, chili powder, and pepper powder and mix well.
Add some water and bring it to boil. Simmer till the gravy becomes thicker.
Add the boiled eggs and adjust the seasoning and consistency.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot
Conclusion
The egg is a nutrient-dense food and hence always tries to include it in your meal. The inclusion of eggs balances our diet by providing adequate protein and nutrients essential for growth and development. Lunch can be made more delicious with eggs.
