Wednesday 25 February 2015

Red Egg Curry





A bright egg curry which attracts both your eyes and palate. This curry can be made under 15 minutes with minimum ingredients and in maximum flavor! 


Ingredients
  • Eggs                                 - 4
  • Oil                                   - 3 tbsp
  • Onions                             - 3 medium sliced
  • Tomato                            - 1 big sliced
  • Ginger and garlic              - 1 tsp each chopped
  • Kashmiri chilli powder      - 1tsp
  • Turmeric powder             -  1/4 tsp
  • Green chilly                     - 1 chopped
  • Tomato sauce                   - 3/4 tsp
  • Fennel seeds(Perumjeerakam)- 1 tsp crushed
  • Coconut milk                   -  1 cup
  • Salt
  • Curry leaves   

Boil eggs for 9 minutes. After they cool, peel off the shells. Heat a pan. Add oil, onion, ginger green chilli and garlic. Once the  onion is soft and transparent add tomato, chili powder, turmeric powder and salt. Saute  this for 5 minutes until the tomato is cooked properly. Cut the eggs in half and add this along with coconut milk and let it simmer in med flame for 2-3 minutes. Finally add crushed fennel seeds and tomato sauce. Switch off the flame, and garnish with curry leaves.




Do Note: 
The fiery red color of the dish comes from the Kashmiri chilli powder. Coconut milk can be used fresh or from coconut milk powder.

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