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Calcutta kathi rolls recipe
Photo: Ernest Porzi

Calcutta kathi rolls recipe

24 ingredients 10 min + 20 min 6 people openrecipes

Calcutta’s famous snack is concocted from a choice of spicy fillings topped with chutney and rolled inside a paratha coated with scrambled egg.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

330
Calories
12g
Protein
18g
Fat
34g
Carbs

Counts 12 of 16 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 12 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Red Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Turmeric 1 tsp ground (3g) 9
Cumin 1 tsp ground (2.1g) 8
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Coriander not in our table 0
Peppermint not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0
Paneer not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 6 paratha or chapatti
  • 4 medium free-range eggs, beaten
  • 1 coriander leaves
  • handful mint leaves
  • 1 green chilli, roughly chopped
  • handful dry-roasted cumin powder
  • 1 lemon juice
  • 1 salt
  • tsp sunflower oil
  • 3 medium onion, thinly sliced
  • tbsp cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 cm fresh ginger root, peeled and grated
  • pinch diced paneer
  • 3 ground cumin
  • tbsp ground coriander
  • 1 turmeric
  • 2 garam masala
  • 2.5 medium tomatoes, diced
  • 250 small knob of butter
  • g thinly sliced red onion
  • 1 thinly sliced lettuce
  • tsp finely chopped green chilli
  • 1 chaat masala
  • tsp squeeze lemon juice (per roll)

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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