Egg Curry

By Tanyadesigan

A spicy southindian gravy made with spices and eggs

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Basic Chicken Curry

Ingredients

boiled eggs - 4
onion - 1 large
coconut - 1/4 cup ground paste
mustard seeds - 1/4 tea spoon
ural dal -1/4 tea spoon
Fennel seeds - 1/4 tea spoon
bay leaf -1
anistar - 1
Oil -4 tea spoons
To grind:
ginger - 1 inch piece
garlic - 3-4 gloves (The one I used are little big in size)
Tomato -2 medium
To roast and grind:
channa dal - 1 table spoon
coriander seeds - 1 table spoon
Red Chilies - 3 (It was medium spicy, you can increase the numbers to your personal taste)
Pepper - 4-5
cumin seeds - 1 tea spoon
Fennel seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
cinnamon - 1 small piece
clove- 3-4

Details

Servings 4
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 30mins
Cost Budget Friendly

Preparation

Step 1

1. Boil the eggs, remove the shell and make slight cuts to the eggs and keep away.
2. In a kadai or sauce pan, heat 3 tea spoons of oil and add mustard seeds, urad dal, fennel seeds, anistar and bay leaves and let them fry for a minute.
3. then add the chopped onions and saute it until they become golden brown. (Took almost 5-6 mins for me)

Step 2

4. Add the ground paste of tomato, ginger and garlic.
5. mix them well and saute untill the raw smell of ginger, garlic and tomato leaves.(too about 8 mins in medium flame)
6. Then add the powdered mix of roasted ingredients and mix them well...

Step 3

7. Now it will get thickened, then add 1.5 to 2 cups of water.
8. Let it boil well and cook the onions and tomato gravy...
9. When you get the required consistency add the ground coconut paste to it. Mix well
10. Add the Eggs and simmer the flame for 5 minutes then switch off.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with steamed rice.