Eggs Kejriwal

Eggs Kejriwal is fried egg (sunny side up) served with some mushroom sauce and cheese on top of a garlic toast. This is my version of Eggs Kejriwal. I found this on the menu of Soda Bottle Opener Wala in Bangalore. I tweaked the recipe to suit our family. This dish is filling, healthy, simple to make and has wholesome nutrition. It is packed with nutrients in the form of mushrooms cheese and eggs. Like most classic dishes that have a cult following, the Eggs Kejriwal is as brilliant as its simple. How more simple can it get than eggs, cheese and bread?

Yet, here’s the real story behind the name Eggs Kejriwal…

Arvind Kejriwal might be Delhi’s most famous Kejriwal and he might’ve had a few eggs thrown at him early on in his political career. But that’s not the Eggs Kejriwal we’re talking about here. India, rather Bombay’s most famous Kejriwal was the Eggs Kejriwal. This dish was invented and most likely perfected at the Willingdon Sports Club at Tardeo in Mumbai. The story of the Eggs Kejriwal is as peculiar as the name. A certain Mr. Devi Prasad Kejriwal was a very regular visitor to the Willingdon Sports Club. Aggarwals-Kejriwals are a strictly vegetarian community and non-vegetarian dishes of all kinds including eggs are frowned upon. But Mr. DP Kejriwal was a bit of a rebel and went against norms of his community. His favorite dish at Willingdon Club was Eggs on toast with cheese thrown in between and a healthy sprinkling of chopped green chilies on top. But how well its wonderfully put together and the healthy dose of green chilies makes this both, very Indian and brilliant.

Mr. Kejriwal is rumored to have this dish on a daily basis. And soon enough, its popularity grew first among his friends and then later to the other club members. And at some point, got added to the Club’s menu as Eggs Kejriwal. A fitting tribute to the rebel and his favorite snack. I believe this is also on the menu at the Cricket Club of India (CCI) and The Bombay Yacht Club, and now also on the menu of Soda Bottle Opener Wala.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Serves: 2 people

Ingredients	Quantity
Bread	4 slices
Eggs	4 large
Butter	2-3 tbsps.
Garlic Bread Seasoning	to taste
Salt	to taste
Cheese	4 slices
Pepper Powder	to taste
For the Sauce
Button Mushrooms	8 medium
Milk	1 tbsp.
Corn Flour	1 tsp
Salt	to taste
Pepper Powder	to taste

Method

Mushroom Sauce:

Wash the mushrooms well and pat dry with a towel. Chop them into thin slices. In a pan heat some butter, add the mushrooms fry till they start cooking add a pinch of salt. Add corn flour to milk, mix well, add it to the mushrooms. Keep stirring till the sauce thickens and mushrooms are cooked. Season with pepper powder and garlic bread seasoning. The sauce should be slightly less on saltiness or the whole dish will be more salty as we add cheese to the dish.

Apply butter on the bread and toast them to your liking. I like my toast to be crispy on the edges and soft in the center.

When the toast is hot, add a slice of cheese on it. Add the mushroom sauce. Add fried egg (sunny side up) on top and garnish with garlic bread seasoning. If you don’t like fried egg (sunny side up) you can add fully cooked fried egg, poached egg or even egg omlette.

Points to remember:

• It is better to use a non-stick pan to cook fried eggs (sunny side up). It will be easier to transfer the egg on top of the toast without breaking the yolk.
• I use Multigrain Bread for this dish as it gives some nuttiness to the toast.
• I use Britannia Cheese slices in this dish. I like the flavour better than other cheese slices. 
  
• Instead of plain butter, I use Amul Garlic butter. It gives more flavour to my toast and mushroom sauce. But you need to watch out on the salt as the garlic butter is pretty salty.