Rude Food by Vir Sanghvi: An egg is all it’s cracked up to be

Indians don’t really bother with the mechanics of the inside of the egg. It’s a pity, because good eggs have much to offer, even to vegetarians

For most of us Indians, eggs are no big deal. We have grown up with them in some form or the other: as ande ki bhurji, as masala omelettes, even as the boiled eggs in mutton curries and biryanis.

Industrial eggs have watery whites, pale yolks and very little flavour. Free-range eggs cost more but they are well worth it. (SHUTTERSTOCK)

Are eggs vegetarian? Most of the ones we eat are unfertilised, which means they would never have hatched. Even Gandhiji said that eggs were not what he called “flesh food”. So go ahead and order the omelette, or the croissant with poached egg. (Shutterstock)

The eggs you eat are almost always unfertilised which means they would never hatch. So you are not taking a life when you eat an egg. (Shutterstock)

Most Indians grow up eating eggs in some form or the other, such as boiled in the versatile biryani. (Shutterstock)