Egg kurma is one such delicious,creamy and flavorful one which goes very well rice,rotis,appam,idiyappam and parottas.
This egg kurma appears in my kitchen either for lunch or dinner,most of the times when I ran out of veggies.
The same recipe can be followed for veggies such as potato or soya chunks and I noted this recipe long time back from a magazine.Try this simple and creamy egg kurma,now on to the recipe.....................
Basic Information
Preparation Time 10 minutes
Cooking Time 25 minutes
Serves 4
Ingredients
| Egg | 4-6 |
| Onion(finely sliced) | 1(large size) |
| Tomato | 3(medium size) |
| Red chilly powder/milagai podi | 1tsp |
| Coriander powder/dhaniya podi | 11/2tsp |
| Turmeric powder/manjal podi | 1/4tsp |
| Curry leaves/karivepillai | few leaves |
| Coriander leaves/kothamalli(chopped) | for garnishing |
| Salt | 11/4tsp |
| Oil | 21/2tbs |
Grind to a fine paste
| Garlic/poondu | 3 cloves |
| Ginger/inji | 1/2 inch piece |
| Green chilly | 2-3 |
| Coconut(grated) | 1/4cup |
| Fennel seeds/sombu | 1/2tsp |
| Poppy seeds/kasakasa | 1/2tsp |
| Cashews/mundiri | 3-4 |
| Cloves/lavangam | 5 |
| Cinnamon/pattai | 1inch piece |
| Star anise | 2petals |
| Fennel seeds/sombu | 1/4tsp |
Method
Boil the eggs and remove the shell and make slits on the top and bottom,keep it aside.Grind the given ingredients given to a very fine paste with water.
Heat a pan with oil and crackle the fennel seeds and add all the whole spices,add the sliced onion and curry leaves.Saute it till transparent.Add the chopped tomatoes and cook it until mushy.Now add the fine ground paste and saute it well till the raw smell goes off.
At this stage add the spice powders and mix it well and add around 2 cups of water.Let the mixture gets boil till the raw smell goes off.Now add in the boiled eggs and cook it for one boil.Sprinkle the coriander leaves and put off the flame.
Egg Kurma is ready.
Enjoy........................................
- Saute the coconut paste for atleast 4-5 minutes to get the raw smell goes off.
- If the tanginess is not enough add a tsp of lemon juice at the end.
This recipe is off to Cook Book Challenge # 5 Febuary week 1.
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