Best Of Singapore Hawkers & Casual Dining: Egg Masala

Best Of Singapore Hawkers & Casual Dining: Egg Masala

Egg Masala

Nothing was sponsored, we visited as regular paying customers. Photos in this post were taken between 2000 and 2022 (across 22 years!), as such, the quality of photos varies drastically due to advances in camera technology. Mobile smartphones were in their infancy and had yet to become widespread.


Also Known As:
Egg Masala, Anda Masala, Egg Sambal, Egg Curry


Average Price Per Serving:
SGD $2 - $10

List in alphabetical order - click the links to jump to entry

• 1. Awadh
• 2. Bar Bar Black Sheep Salaam Bombay
• 3. Indian Tandoor North Indian Restaurant
• 4. Karu's Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant
• 5. Sankranti Restaurant
• Allauddin's Biryani
• Kamala Restaurant / Sri Kamala Vilas Restaurant
• The Masala Hut

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Description:
The Egg Masala is a Singaporean Indian non-vegetarian dish, a popular curry that differs quite widely from family to family, and stall to stall. It can range from a wet curry gravy, to a dry curry paste; from a chunky curry, to a smooth curry. Also known as Anda Masala, Egg Sambal, or Egg Curry, the Egg Masala dish is usually priced around SGD $2 to $10 per serving. It's commonly eaten as a side dish for lunch, dinner, or supper.

The key spices used in Egg Masala include garlic paste, ginger paste, salt, white sugar, cinnamon, cardamom seeds, powdered turmeric, and powdered chili. Other spices used vary from stall to stall, but may include curry leaves, bay leaves, cloves, cashew nut milk, cream, yoghurt, fermented shrimp paste, or powdered garam masala. The spices are cooked together with water, tomato puree, diced fresh tomatoes, and diced red onions, with the resulting texture of chunky or smooth dependent on how large or small the vegetables are.

Then, the mixture is cooked together with whole chicken eggs, and reduced. The Egg Masala will then have either a chunky or smooth texture, with bold eggy sweet sour savoury spice flavour. The style of Egg Masala varies by stall, some have it oily with the use of mustard oil, some have it spicy with sambal belachan and anchovies, some have it rich with buttery ghee / clarified butter and cream.

An Egg Masala side dish usually accompanies a meal with other curries, along with bread or rice. Egg Masala originated from the highway roadside casual eateries known as "Dhaba", a rest and refuelling stop for truck drivers and travellers across the South Asia subcontinent, as part of an affordable and filling meal.


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1. Awadh
@ The Centrepoint, 176 Orchard Road #01-33H
Opening Hours: Sun - Thu 11:30am – 9:30pm, Fri - Sat 11:30am – 11:30pm

Taken in 2021

Taken in 2021

Egg Masala (SGD $17) @ Awadh.

Full-bodied, hard-boiled eggs, bouncy soft in texture, simmered in a rich tomato and saffron curry, along with 14 other spices.

Luxurious with bright eggy spice sweet savoury flavour, derived from an age-old recipe of the royal Nawabs.

A great dish for cold days.




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2. Bar Bar Black Sheep Salaam Bombay
@ 86 Robertson Quay #01-04
Opening Hours: Daily 12pm – 11pm

Taken in 2022

Taken in 2022

Egg Masala (SGD $12.90) @ Bar Bar Black Sheep Salaam Bombay.

A mild spiced tomato and onion curry, buttery creamy smooth with robust eggy spice savoury sweet flavour.

The hard-boiled eggs are bouncy and soft, pairing well with rice or bread.

Slight tangy vegetal sour sweet undercurrent from the tomato puree.




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3. Indian Tandoor North Indian Restaurant
@ East Village, 430 Upper Changi Road #01-65
Opening Hours: Daily 11am – 2:30pm, 5:30pm – 10:30pm

Taken in 2022

Taken in 2022

Egg Masala (SGD $13.90) @ Indian Tandoor North Indian Restaurant.

Since May 2019, this quiet stall has been serving consistently delicious North Indian cuisine and communal meals at reasonable prices.

Dishes are made to order, using fresh market-sourced ingredients every time.

Their rendition has a thick, almost-chunky rich curry gravy, robust with savoury spice salty sweet flavour. Has a pronounced fiery bite that fades relatively quickly.

The hard-boiled eggs are bouncy and tender in texture, the eggy sweet flavour at the fore, then you get the taste of the curry on the tail.




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4. Karu's Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant
@ 808 Upper Bukit Timah Road
Opening Hours: Tue - Sun 10:30am – 10pm, Closed Mon

Taken in 2022

Taken in 2022

Taken in 2022

Egg Masala (SGD $1.10) @ Karu's Indian Banana Leaf Restaurant.

The South Indian style here has this rendition coated in a thick chili paste, juicy and oily with sharp spicy salty savoury flavour.

The hard-boiled egg has a springy soft chew to texture, with the natural eggy sweet flavour complemented by the fiery chili.

Goes well with rice. Yum.




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5. Sankranti Restaurant
@ 79 Syed Alwi Road
Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 11am – 4pm, 6pm – 12:30am, Sat - Sun 11am – 12:30am

@ Jewel Changi Airport, 78 Airport Boulevard #03-229
Opening Hours: Daily 12pm – 10pm

Taken in 2022

Taken in 2022

Egg Masala (SGD $15.10) @ Sankranti Restaurant.

Named for the Indian Harvest Festival (Sankranti or Pongal) which marks the end of winter and the coming of spring, this family-run brand has been serving tasty and authentic South Indian dishes since January 2008.

Their rendition has a creamy thick curry, almost like a stew, with mild but pleasant sweet savoury spice flavours, a touch towards the sweeter side as compared to elsewhere.

The hard-boiled eggs within are bouncy soft, with good eggy sweet flavour. Yum.




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- Allauddin's Biryani – Stall No Longer Sells This
@ Tekka Centre, 665 Buffalo Road #01-232

Taken in 2012

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- Kamala Restaurant / Sri Kamala Vilas Restaurant – Stall No Longer Sells This
@ Tekka Centre, 662 Buffalo Road #01-16

Taken in 2011

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- The Masala Hut – Permanently Closed
@ 37 Chander Road

Taken in 2012

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