East Indian

Dim Bhurji (Bengali Spiced Scrambled Egg)

Name: Dim Bhurji (Bengali Spiced Scrambled Egg)
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: East Indian
Ingredients: 6 eggs; 3 tbsp mustard oil; 1 onion; 3 green chilies; 1 tomato; 1/2 tsp turmeric; 1/2 tsp red chili powder; 2 tbsp chopped cilantro; 3/4 tsp salt

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Dim Bhurji (Bengali Spiced Scrambled Egg) is East Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

15 min Easy Heart healthy Low sodium Low carb Halal Gluten free Dairy free Pescatarian Eggetarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

6 eggs
3 tbsp mustard oil
1 onion
3 green chilies
1 tomato
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp red chili powder
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
3/4 tsp salt

How to cook it

Crack the eggs into a bowl with a pinch of salt and turmeric and whisk lightly.
Heat the mustard oil in a pan until it shimmers, then add the onion and green chilies and fry until softened, about 4 minutes.
Add the tomato and chili powder and cook until the tomato breaks down, about 3 minutes.
Pour in the eggs and let them set for a few seconds before scrambling gently with a spatula.
Cook, stirring, until the eggs are just set into soft curds, about 3 minutes.
Scatter with cilantro and serve hot with roti or rice.

Watch how to cook Dim Bhurji (Bengali Spiced Scrambled Egg)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

ডিম ভুজিয়া এভাবে বানালে রুটির সাথে সবাই কাড়াকাড়ি করে খাবে | dim bhujia bengali recipe | Egg Bhurji Play the video

Serve it with

A East Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Dim Bhurji (Bengali Spiced Scrambled Egg), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Aloo Bhaja (Bengali Fried Potato Strips)
  
  20 min
The protein alongside
- Arhar Dal (Bihari-Style Toor Dal)
  
  30 min
What it is eaten with
- Bajra Bhakri (Pearl Millet Flatbread)
  
  35 min

A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Dim Bhurji (Bengali Spiced Scrambled Egg) carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Dim Bhurji (Bengali Spiced Scrambled Egg)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Aloo Posto (Potato in Poppy Seed Paste)
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 160 kcal
Protein: 8 g
Carbs: 6 g
Fat: 12 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 3 g
Sodium: 320 mg
Saturated fat: 3 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Dim Bhurji (Bengali Spiced Scrambled Egg) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.