Every time we think of buying kitchen utensils, especially frying pans for eggs we long to choose the best that is available in the market. Let us take a sneak peek and evaluate some frying pans available in the market to choose the best frying pan to cook eggs.
Frying pans are the daily used utensils that every household’s needs. Talking of eggs, they are part of our daily healthy diet. Though they can be made in any pan or any skillet adding some oil to it.
Sometimes we end up badly while cooking eggs or curries in pans. Now the question is how to choose the best frying pans for eggs?
It purely depends on many factors like the size of the family, purpose, compatibility, and most importantly the price factor.
Here in this blog, we have chosen the best frying pans for you to cook perfect egg recipes. We have categorized for various usages like non-stick pans, Kadhai, flat tawa, and deep frying pans. These types of pans will help you cook egg recipes like egg curry, egg rolls, omelets, and egg keema.
Continuously cooking for the past 10 years and buying utensils to make videos for our YouTube channel. We have just curated 10 frying pans to make perfect eggs for your breakfast, lunch or dinner.
You can make various egg recipes like an omelet, scrambled eggs, egg curries, egg and bread, fried eggs, egg stuffing, and egg bhurji.
6 Factors to Consider For Choosing Best Frying Pans For Eggs
These are the six factors that will help you to choose the best frying pans for various usages like at home, restaurant or studio.
1. Usage
- Restaurant use
- Home use
- Studio use (creating cooking videos)
2. Size
- One egg pan for a small family – 3-4 persons
- Three egg pan for a bigger family – 6-7 persons
3. Coating
These are the types of coating that will help you select the best frying pan for eggs.
- PTFE coating (Home and Studio use)
- Superhydrophobic coating (Home use)
- Silicone Non-stick coating (Home and Studio use)
- Ceramic coating (Home and Studio use)
- Enameled Iron coating (Restaurant use)
- Greblon coating (Home and Studio use)
- Granite coating (Home and Studio use)
- Teflon coating (Home and Studio use)
- 3 Layer Non-stick coating (Home and Studio use)
4. Thickness
- For restaurant: Extra Thick
- For home: Medium Thick
- For studio: Thick and Extra Thick
5. Price
- Restaurant use: Rs. 2000 -4000
- Home use: Rs. 1000-2000
- Studio use: Rs. 1500- 3000
6. Compatibility
- Gas stove base
- Induction base
- Microwave base
Important note: Apart from conduction mode, convention and radiation mode are not applicable according to the Indian industry. Indian pans and Kadhai cannot sustain the convention or radiation mode.
Best Frying Pans For Eggs
Keeping in mind the above factors and reviews about the usage from multiple customers, we have selected 10 best frying pans for eggs.
1. Pigeon By Stovekraft Non-Stick Aluminium Flat Tawa 280mm
Product Sizes: 27 cm
Product Description:
- 3 mm thick body with spiral bottom
- Gas Stovetop Compatible
- Triple-layered, scratch-proof greblon non-stick coating (Made in Germany)
- Strong and sturdy cool-to-touch handle
- Metal spoon friendly
- Perfluorooctanoic (PFOA) free
- Colour: Black
- Material: Anodised Aluminium
Pros and cons:
Pros:
- This is a perfect tawa for beginners.
- It is a versatile cooking vessel that lets you roast, simmer and sauté.
- It’s very durable as it is made of aluminum and coated with greblon.
- The tawa is scratch-resistant and non-stick.
- The non-stick coating ensures that you use minimal oil and also helps you cook without burning the food.
- The size is good to make large omelets.
- The base of the tawa is thick so it doesn’t get hot too fast. Therefore, it helps in slow cooking.
- Good finish and sturdy product
- It stands high temperature.
Cons:
- The tawa is not exactly flat so gets unbalanced when placed on gas.
- The coating gets off after a usage of a year.
- When pouring oil, it spreads on sides than the middle so if you are cooking an omelet, the middle part of omelet is half cooked.
- The handle is little heavier so sometimes it gets difficult to hold it properly.
Chef’s point of view:
- Usage: Home use
- Size: 27 cm
- Coating: Greblon coating
- Thickness: 3mm
- Price range: Rs. 550- 990
- Compatibility: Gas stove base
2. Prestige Omega Deluxe Granite Omni Tawa 240mm
Product size: 25 cm
Product description:
- Nonstick aluminum tawa with a durable granite-finish coating
- Metal spoon friendly
- Dishwasher safe
- Black color
- Aluminum material
- Package Contents: 1-piece Omega Deluxe Granite Omni Tawa (250mm)
- 2 Years warranty
- Made with German technology
- Induction base
- Glass Lid
- 3 mm thickness
- 3 Layer non-stick coating last three times longer than ordinary non-stick cookware
- Spatter coated surface looks new for longer.
- Prepare healthy and tasty omelets, rotis and parathas in no time
- PFOA free
- Strong and Durable Non-Stick Tawa for everyday use
- Elegant design for aesthetic purposes
- Prestige Omega deluxe granite series comes with 5 layer coating: top Coat, reinforced spatter coat, reinforced spatter coat layer 2, intermediate coat, and base coat.
- The handle is heat resistant
Pros and cons:
Pros:
- The Granite coating is better in terms of hygiene and toxicity.
- Tawa heats up fast.
- Comes with 5 layers non-stick tawa
- good for healthy cooking
Cons:
- After a certain time usage, it gets bent from sides.
Chef’s point of view:
- Usage: Studio use and Home use
- Size: 25 cm
- Coating: Granite coating
- Thickness: 3mm
- Price range: Rs. 750- 1200
- Compatibility: Gas stove base and induction base
3. Prestige Omega Delux Fry Pan 240mm
Product Sizes: 20 cm
Product description:
- Net Quantity: 1 Unit
- Durable granite-finish coating
- Omega Delux 200 mm fry pan
- Dishwasher safe
- Superior non-stick
- 5 layer nonstick pan
- Durable handle
- Spatter coated surface
- Gas and induction cook-tops
- Surface cook and serve
- Black color
- Content: Prestige Omega Deluxe Granite Fry Pan 200 mm 1.1L
- Without Lid
- Made using German technology
- 3 mm thickness
Pros and cons:
Pros:
- Good for omelet of whole 2-3 eggs
- Pan cleaning is easy
- Perfect for bachelors cooking
- Good for omelet making as the pan size is small so omelet gets thick when made with 2 eggs
Cons:
- The handle gets loose. One has to keep it tight after usage.
- The pan is sticky.
- Scratch comes if used steel spoon
- You cannot cook rice or gravy because the diameter is quite small
- The edges get nicked easily
Chef’s point of view:
- Usage: Studio use and Home use
- Size: 20 cm
- Coating: Granite coating
- Thickness: 3mm
- Price range: Rs. 750- 990
- Compatibility: Gas stove base and induction base
4. Lifelong Non-stick 2 Litre Kadhai With Glass Lid 24 cm (Induction & Gas Compatible)
Product size: 24 cm
Product Description:
- 3 layer greblon coating – long lasting 3 layers greblon non-stick coating so that you can cook delicious food with minimal oil
- Thick aluminum body
- Durable cookware that heats up quickly and uniformly
- 3mm thick layer
- Works with gas stoves and induction cooktops
- Bakelite handles – cool-touch handles that do not become loose over time
- Glass lid for the kadhai makes it easier to check the food as the cooking progress
- Black/Grey color
- Material: Aluminium
- Heat Resistant and Transparent Glass-Lid
- Shape: Circle
- Package Contents: 1-Piece Non-Stick Kadai (2 Litres/24cm) with Lid
Pros and cons:
Pros:
- Prepare curries with ease and the user gets the benefit of great taste with a wide bottom.
- The superior coating prevents food from sticking to the surface of the cookware
- Riveted Handles Made of Bakelite
- Wide Base with Induction and Gas Compatible
- The base of this kadhai reduces the chances of overcooking and enabling one to cook on low to medium heat, without wasting gas each time.
- The pan is easy to clean
- Good for cooking for 2-3 people
- Longer life and healthy cooking
Cons:
- Glass over is not good quality. It can burst if put more than 30 minutes cooking
- The pan coating is poor
- The handles feel flimsy or wobbly
Chef’s point of view:
- Usage: Studio use and Home use
- Size: 24 cm
- Coating: 3 Layer Greblon coating
- Thickness: 3mm
- Price range: Rs. 700- 990
- Compatibility: Gas stove base and Induction base
5. Amazon Solimo Non-stick Tawa
Product size: 25 cm
Product description:
- Teflon (TM) Select 3 layer coating: Long-lasting, metal spoon friendly non-stick coating (does not require wooden spoon)
- 3mm Thick Aluminium Body: Durable Tawa that heats up quickly and uniformly
- Riveted handle made of Bakelite: Cool-touch handle that does not become loose over time
- Works only with gas stoves
- Colour: Black
- Material: Aluminium
- 1 Year Warranty against manufacturing defects
- Package Contents: 1-Piece Non-Stick Concave Tawa (25cm)
Pros and cons:
Pros:
- Good for tossing omelets and egg roll
- Borderless curved tawa
- Pan heats very fast
- Best for bachelorette cooking
Cons:
- Non-stick layers get vanished after a certain period of time
- The handle is a little heavier for easy lifting
- Not good for longer usage
Chef’s point of view:
- Usage: Studio use and Home use
- Size: 25 cm
- Coating: 3 Layer Teflon coating
- Thickness: 3mm
- Price range: Rs. 700- 990
- Compatibility: Gas stove base
6. Madhu Iron Tawa Round (Concave) 10 Inch
Product size: 26 cm
Product description:
- Heavy Iron tawa
- stainless steel stay-cool handle
- Anti-rust coated; Lond life span
- Easy to clean
- Stainless Steel Nylon molded handle
- Concave type tawa
- Black color
- Iron material
- 10 days replacement warranty only
Pros and cons:
Pros:
- The handle is quite strong
- Heavy and sturdy material
- Made from pure and thick HRC Iron sheet
- Antitrust coated for a long life
- Even heat distribution
- Value for money
- Excellent sturdiness
- Easy to clean
- Long-lasting durability
- Without any coating tawa, so it’s healthy too
Cons:
- The tawa is not thick to uniform even heat.
- The coating can go off if overheating
- Thickness is less so it can burn your omelet or chapati if overheating
- Heavyweight tawa and may not be good for household usage
- It gets rust on it if not washed applying oil
Chef’s point of view:
- Usage: Studio use and Restaurant use
- Size: 26 cm
- Coating: Enameled Iron coating
- Thickness: 3mm
- Price range: Rs. 700- 990
- Compatibility: Gas stove base and Induction base
7. Prestige Omega Die Cast Plus Non-Stick Tawa , 27cm
Product size: 27 cm
Product description:
- Content: Omega Diecast Plus Tawa 270 mm with Hi
- Induction base
- Die-cast aluminum body
- Unique handle design
- Extra thick base
- Heat Insulated
Pros and cons:
Pros:
- Durable material to last for years
- Scratch and Abrasion Resistance Technology
- Three Layer Non-stick Coating
- Being PFOA free, this tawa delivers food that is safe for consumption
- Perfect non-stick tawa for making egg recipes
- Handle quality is good
- Versatile cookware
- Also good for ceramic cook-tops and electric hotplates
- The unique handle indicator turns red when the cookware is hot and turns black while it cools down
- Die-cast aluminum body with a thickness of 2.5mm
- Extra thick base 5.5 mm helping you save energy and cook faster
Cons:
- Oversized tawa, not advisable for home cooking
- A bit heavy to handle the tawa
Chef’s point of view:
- Usage: Studio use and Home use
- Size: 27 cm
- Coating: 3 layers of Non-stick coating
- Thickness: 3mm
- Price range: Rs. 1200-1900
- Compatibility: Gas stove base and Induction base
8. Prestige Omega Select Plus Non-Stick Omni Tawa, 25cm
Product size: 25 cm
Product description:
- Content: Prestige Omega Select Plus Omni Tawa 250 mm
- Net Quantity: 1 Unit
- Scratch and abrasion resistant technology
- Gas Stovetop Compatible
- Metal spoon friendly
- Sturdy handles
- Residue-free cooking
Pros and cons:
Pros:
- Cleaning is very easy
- Light-weight
- Super quality metal
Cons:
- The coating is very delicate thus not good for longer usage
- Handle gets loose after a certain period of usage
- Gets little bent after a certain period of usage
Chef’s point of view:
- Usage: Studio use and Restaurant use
- Size: 25 cm
- Coating: Teflon coating
- Thickness: 250mm
- Price range: Rs. 600- 900
- Compatibility: Gas stove base
9. Hawkins Futura Non-stick Frying Pan,22cm
Product description:
- Made with a unique patented process
- Gas Stovetop Compatible
- High-quality non-stick coating
- Made in Germany
- Locked firmly into the tough hard anodized surface underneath
- Lasts longer than ordinary non-stick
- Conducts heat fast and evenly
- Color: Black, Material: Non-Stick
- Comes with special, cookbook and washing loaf as complimentary
Pros and cons:
Pros:
- All-purpose non-stick pan
- Deeper for sauteing, deep frying and stir-frying
- Long handle
- Best choice for making an omelet
- Convenient size
- Heats evenly
- Hawkins is a premium leader in market
- Size is perfect for making an omelet
- Good pan for bachelorette
Cons:
- Handle gets wobbly and moving
- Height of the pan is a little higher compared to other non-stick pans
- Law quality paint inside the pan
Chef’s point of view:
- Usage: Studio use and Restaurant use
- Size: 22 cm
- Coating: Non-stick coating
- Thickness: 3.25mm
- Price range: Rs. 600- 900
- Compatibility: Gas stove base
10. Hawkins Futura Non-stick Kadhai Deep Fry Pan, 4 litre
Product description:
- Made with a unique patented process.
- The thickness is 3.25 mm
- Gas Stovetop Compatible
- High-quality non-stick coating
- Made in Germany
- Locked firmly into the tough hard anodized surface underneath
- Lasts longer than ordinary non-stick
- Conducts heat fast and evenly
- Color: Black
- Material: Non-Stick
- Package Contents: 1-Piece Futura Non-Stick Round Bottom Deep-Fry Pan (30cm/4 Litres)
- 2 Years warranty
Pros and cons:
Pros:
- Idol for cooking delicious egg curries
- Coating is good
- The product comes with a wooden spatula
- Long-lasting durability
- Can perform a different type of cooking like shallow deep fry
- Comfortable rosewood handles
- Constructed with high-quality aluminum
Cons:
- The coating starts wearing off after certain months of use
Chef’s point of view:
- Usage: Studio use and Restaurant use
- Size: 30 cm
- Coating: Non-stick coating
- Thickness: 3.25mm
- Price range: Rs. 700- 1100
- Compatibility: Gas stove base
All the above frying pan has been evaluated thoroughly on many parameters. On each product image, the warranty provided by the seller/company is marked.
You can read the Chef’s point of view section at the end of each product. It will help you select that best frying pan that matches your use and requirement.
We have selected products of 6 companies; Prestige, Lifelong, Hawkins, Madhu, Amazon Solimo, and Pigeon.
Prestige and Hawkins are among the well-known utensil brands in India. Lifelong and Amazon Solimo are emerging brands and have very good after-sales service. Madhu and Pigeon are local brands of India and their products are good for short term use.
You can check some awesomely delicious egg recipes on our site.
If you have any queries write them in the comment section. We will be more than happy to assist you.
