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EGG CURRY/GRAVY IN BENGALI AND SOUTH INDIAN STYLE

Jayanthy Asokan
Egg Curry is one of my family’s favourite recipes. Best curry made with available ingredients in your pantry. All you need is egg, tomato, onions, and regular masala powders.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Servings 4
Calories 187.5 kcal

Equipment

Kadhai or Wok
electric mixer grinder

Ingredients
  

  • 4 eggs
  • ½ onion ( finely chopped )
  • ½ onion ( for grinding )
  • 2 tomato
  • 1" inch ginger
  • 3 clove garlic
  • teaspoon cumin
  • ¼ cup coconut pieces
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seed
  • 3 tablespoon oil
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
  • 2 teaspoon HomemadeSambhar Powder/Podi/ South Indian Style ( heaps )
  • mint leaves ( for garnish )
  • ¼ teaspoon salt ( to taste )

Instructions
 

FOR GRINDING MASALA

  • Grind onion, garlic, ginger and cumin in an electric mixer grinder with little water.
  • In a heavy bottomed kadhai add oil on a medium heat. Add boiled eggs and turmeric powder and fry for few minutes until egg white turns golden brown. Transfer the fried eggs on to a plate and let it rest.
  • In the same kadhai with the leftover oil,add ½ finely chopped onion and saute well on a low medium heat until translucent.
  • Now add the ground onion paste and saute well for few minutes until raw smell disappear. Add chopped tomatoes to the onion paste mixture and saute well till tomatoes turns mushy. Now add sambhar powder and salt to taste and mix well until it combines well.
  • Add the fried eggs to the onion tomato masala mixture and gently stir without breaking eggs. Add 1 cup of water to the egg mixture and gently stir . Cover and cook for few minutes until the gravy started to boil evenly. The gravy is well cooked and oil starts to float above. Now add coconut fennel paste to the mixture and gently mix until it is well combined.
  • Let it boil for two to three minutes and switch off the flame. Garnish with mint leaves before serving. This egg curry goes well with steamed rice, pulao and any type of Indian flat breads.

Nutrition

Serving: 1personCalories: 187.5kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 6.8gFat: 15.1gSaturated Fat: 2.2gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 163.7mgSodium: 214.4mgPotassium: 288mgFiber: 1.6gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 760.8IUVitamin C: 11.4mgCalcium: 54.8mgIron: 1.7mg
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