Egg khagina is a breakfast dish popular in Pakistan. Its preparation and appearance are similar to scrambled eggs; however, it includes the addition of vegetables, herbs and spices and is traditionally accompanied by Pakistani flat breads such as roti

Roti

Roti is generally a South Asian bread made from stoneground wholemeal flour, traditionally known as atta flour, that originated and is consumed in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. It is also consumed in parts of the Southern Caribbean, particularly in Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and...

 (chapatti) or paratha

Paratha

A paratha/parantha/parauntha is an Indian flat-bread that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Paratha is an amalgamation of the words parat and atta which literally means layers of cooked dough...

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This dish is a weekend favourite amongst Pakistani families, and each household has its own method of preparation. Thus ingredients may differ, but a typical khagina will contain the following:

• eggs
  Egg (food)
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• onion
  Onion
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• tomato
  Tomato
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• salt
  Salt
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• crushed red chilli
  Chili pepper
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• green pepper
  Chili pepper
  Chili pepper is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The term in British English and in Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia and other Asian countries is just chilli without pepper.Chili peppers originated in the Americas...
  
  
• coriander
  Coriander
  Coriander is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. Coriander is native to southern Europe and North Africa to southwestern Asia. It is a soft, hairless plant growing to tall. The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender and feathery higher on the...
  
  

All vegetables added to a khagina are chopped rather than sliced. The cooking method may take the following form. Some cooking oil or ghee

Ghee

Ghee is a class of clarified butter that originated in South Asia and is commonly used in South Asian cuisine....

 is warmed in a frying pan and chopped onions are added and sauteed. Once the onions have softened chopped tomatoes, salt, coriander and the spices are added and cooked for further minute or two until the tomatoes become soft. Finally the eggs are cracked into the frying pan and scrambled along with the rest of ingredients until the eggs are fully cooked through. Roti or paratha is then used to scoop up the khagina.

Other ingredients may be added as per personal preferences; however, the ingredients listed above are widely believed to form the base for any khagina, much in the same way as margherita

Margherita

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 is a base for most pizza

Pizza

Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings.Originating in Italy, from the Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world. An establishment that makes and sells pizzas is called a "pizzeria"...

s. Other ingredients that can be added include potatoes, capsicum

Capsicum

Capsicum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Its species are native to the Americas where they have been cultivated for thousands of years, but they are now also cultivated worldwide, used as spices, vegetables, and medicines - and have become are a key element in...

, and mushroom

Mushroom

A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The standard for the name "mushroom" is the cultivated white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus; hence the word "mushroom" is most often applied to those fungi that...

s, though the latter is not considered traditional.

See also

• Cuisine of Pakistan
  Cuisine of Pakistan
  Pakistani cuisine can be described as a refined blend of various regional cooking traditions of the South Asian subcontinent. Pakistani cuisine is known for its richness and flavour....
  
  
• Egg bhurji
  Egg bhurji
  Egg Bhurji or Egg khagina , is a dish popular in north and western India. Its preparation and appearance are similar to scrambled eggs and the Parsi dish Akuri. The difference lies in the addition of sautéed chopped onions, chilies, and optional spices...
  
  - Indian version of the dish