Kadamutta Kilikkoodu (Quails Egg Nest)

I tried this recipe because of the visual impact it had on me. Yes, it really looks like the small birds nest that I used to find on the giant trees of my native place. My little boy was especially happy to see the dish and he liked it a lot. Everybody was all praises for the dish. A kilikkoodu is usually done as a vegetarian dish with potato stuffing and it is also made with Chicken. Here I am using a variety nonveg recipe of a Quails egg kilikkoodu. Try it out please. It is a very healthy and tasty dish for children.

Ingredients

1/2 cup quails egg, boiled and sliced.
1 cup potato, cooked
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2 green chillies, chopped
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp ginger- garlic paste
2 tbsp curry leaves, finely chopped
1 tbsp coriander leaves, chopped
1 egg
1/2 tsp pepper powder
1/2 tsp lemon juice
a pinch of garam masala
salt
oil
Vermicelli for coating

Preparation

Cook quails egg. Shred it and keep it aside.
Cook potatoes ,mash it and keep it aside.
Heat oil in a pan, add onions and saute till soft. Add green chillies, ginger- garlic paste, 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, curry leaves and coriander leaves and saute well.
Add shredded quails egg, saute well and make small balls out of this mixture. If it us difficult to form balls, you can add some mashed potato to soften it.
Mix mashed potato with 1/2 tsp pepper powder, lemon juice ,garam masala and salt.
Cover each egg balls with mashed potato mix.
Beat egg in a bowl and dip each of the above prepared balls into this and roll it in vermicelli .
Heat oil in a pan, fry it till both sides turn golden brown...serve hot...