Egg Curry – Shack Saturdays Special

This Shack Saturdays relish a dish which has been my favourite since childhood and it was one of the first dishes that I made when I started cooking. It goes wonderfully with Steamed Rice. I have given a special twist in this recipe to the egg and the curry which makes it very very delicious and finger-licking. Read on to know about it…

Preparation Time 25-30 minutes
Cooking Time 25-30 minutes
Servings 3
Main Ingredients Boiled Eggs
Course Main-Course
Level Of Cooking Medium

Ingredients

Boiled Eggs 6 (I usually boil the eggs for 5 extra mins. on low flame after it is boiled – It’s easier to remove the shell this way)
Cumin seeds 1 teaspoon
Cloves 2
Oil 4 tablespoons
Black cardamom 1
Green cardamom 1
Almonds finely ground 6-8
Onion ground 1 big
Tomato ground 1 big
Freshly Grated Garlic 2 teaspoon
Freshly Grated Ginger 1 teaspoon
Green chillies slit 2
Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon
Red chilli powder 1 teaspoon
Coriander powder 1 teaspoon
Garam masala powder 2 teaspoons
Salt to taste
Milk or Fresh Cream 1/4 cup
Water 1 1/2 cup

Method

Step 1
Heat oil in a pan (kadhai). Now fry the boiled eggs till golden from sides (This is the twist to the eggs). Keep aside on a tissue paper, so that the extra oil is absorbed.

Step 2
In the same pan (kadhai), put cumin seeds, cloves, black and green cardamoms. Once the cumin seeds start crackling (in 1-1.5 minutes) put grated garlic and ginger and sauté for a minute. Put ground onion now and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Add salt, turmeric, red chilli, garam masala and coriander powders now and mix well. After half a minute, add ground tomato and slit chillies and cook for 4-5 minutes.

Step 3
Add water now. Once it starts to boil (after about a minute or two) add the finely ground almonds and mix well (This is the twist with the curry). You will notice the gravy starts thickening. In case you like more curry, add about half a cup water at this stage. Cook the entire mixture for 2-3 minutes.

Step 4
Add the fried (boiled) eggs to the curry now and mix well. (You can put the whole egg or you can cut into two and put, I like the whole egg and my better half likes them cut, so I put some whole eggs and some cut ones 🙂 ). Add milk/fresh cream and cook for another minute. Your delicious egg curry is ready. Remove Cinnamon and Cardamoms (if you find them).