Wednesday 27 April 2016

Egg Curry

Curry was adopted from the Tamil word kari (கறி) meaning "sauce", which is usually understood to mean vegetables and/or meat cooked with spices with or without a gravy. The main spices found in most curry powders of the Indian subcontinent are coriander, cumin and turmeric.

Health Benefits of Egg
Eggs are the power packed food with many health benefits. They are a very good source of inexpensive, high quality protein. More than half the protein of an egg is found in the egg white.Egg yolks contain more calories and fat. They are the source of cholesterol, fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K and lecithin.

Ingredients
  • Egg - 3
  • Butter - 1 tbsp
  • Onion(large) - 1
  • Tomato(medium) - 2
  • Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp
  • Kashmiri chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Chilli powder - 1 tsp
  • Turmeric - a pinch
  • Coriander powder - 2 tsp
  • Chicken masala - 1 tsp (optional)
  • Freshly chopped coriander leaves - 2 tsbp
  • Salt as required.
  • Water as needed.
Method
  1. Boil eggs, peel them and cut them into 2 halves length-wise, keep aside.
  2. Cut onions into square pieces and grind them adding little amount of water, set aside.
  3. In the same blender add chopped tomatoes and make puree and leave aside.
  4. Heat pan, melt butter.
  5. Pour the onion paste and boil till the raw smell of onion goes.
  6. Now, add ginger garlic paste.
  7. Then, add tomato puree and boil again.
  8. Add kashmiri chilli powder, chilli powder, turmeric, coriander powder, chicken masala, and salt, mix all together.
  9. Add 1 cup of water and boil again, till the gravy thickens ( add cornflour to thicken gravy if needed).
  10. Now, add eggs.
  11. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with chapatti, roti or paratha.

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