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This is a delicious egg curry  with a thick,rich and spicy gravy and adding evaporated milk to it enhances the taste .This goes well with rice or Indian bread.

Ingredients

1. Eggs (boiled and peeled) – 3
2. Potatoes(medium) – 2
3. Onion(chopped) –2
4. Tomatoes – 2
5. Evaporated Milk – 1/4 cup
6. Ginger – 1” piece
7. Garlic  – 3 cloves
8. Cinnamon – 1 stick
9. Cardamom – 2 pods
10. Star Anise – 1
11. Curry leaves – 2 stalks,stem discarded
12. Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
13. Shallots – 4
14. Cooking oil
15. Salt
16. Water – 1 cup

For the Curry paste

1. Egg or Meat Curry Powder – 1tbsp
2. kashmiri Chilli Powder – 1 tsp
3. Ground Black pepper – 1/2 tsp
4. Water – 2tbsp
5. salt

Preparation

1. Grind ginger and garlic into a fine paste and keep aside
2. Grind curry paste ingredients.
3. Heat oil in  a pan.Stir fry cinnamon,cardamom.star anise and a stalk of curry leaves
4. Add chopped onions and fry till golden brown.
5. Add ginger-garlic paste and saute well.Add curry paste and mix well.cook on low flame for 5 minutes.
6. Add chopped potatoes, chopped tomatoes and water and cook until potatoes are done.
7. Add hard boiled eggs and evaporated milk. Add salt according to your taste.Simmer for 15 minutes.
8. Meanwhile,heat oil in another pan .Fry mustard seeds,remaining curry leaves and chopped shallots.Fry till  shallots turn brown.once this is done, pour over simmering curry.
9. Remove curry from heat and leave for 30 minutes before serving.
10. Serve with rice or roti.

This is a rich and spicy curry prepared using egg and it tastes great with Kerala Appam.

Ingredients

1. Egg (boiled ) –3
2. Onion(medium,chopped) –2
3. Ginger-garlic paste – 2 tsp
4. Tomato(medium,chopped) –2
5. Green Chilly –4
6. Red Chilly Powder – 1 tsp
7. Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
8. Garam Masala powder – 1 tsp
9. Grated coconut – 1/2 of a coconut
10. Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
11. Coconut oil
12. Salt
13. Curry leaves

Preparation

1. Grind grated coconut and fennel seeds into a fine paste.
2. Heat oil in a pan. saute chopped onions,ginger-garlic paste,green chilly and chopped tomatoes.once it is done, add all the spice powders and stir well.once the raw smell goes, add coconut paste to it and mix.
3. Add required amount of water and salt. cover and cook.
4. Once the gravy starts boiling, add boiled eggs to it. Before adding eggs ,make slits so that the masala permeate into the eggs through the slits.
5. Garnish with curry leaves.
6. Serve with Kerala Palappam, roti or rice.

Wish you all a happy and prosperous new year. I wish all your resolutions and dreams come true in this Chinese year of the tiger. So, I’m going to start off my first post of the year with a Chinese touch with some yummy spice

We usually make Sāmbhar using okra, but I’m going to share a unique recipe using okra in a Chinese style.

Ingredients

1. Okra (Lady’s Finger) – 6
2. Onion – 1
3. Green Chilly – 1
4. Garlic(Chopped) – 4
5. Pepper Powder – 1 1/2 tsp
6. Corn Flour – 2 tsp
7. Maida (All purpose flour) – 1 tsp
8. Egg – 1
9. Oil
10. Curry leaves

Preparation

1. Wash okra and pat dry with a tissue paper to remove stickiness
2. Cut it into long pieces
3. Mix 1 1/2 tsp of corn flour, Maida, egg, salt and 1 tsp of pepper powder
4. Marinate okra pieces with the mix and keep aside for 30 minutes
5. Dust marinated okra pieces with the remaining corn flour and fry till both sides are light brown
6. Heat oil in a frying pan again and sauté chopped onion, garlic and green chilly.
7. Add fried okra, 1/2 tsp pepper powder and stir well.
8. Serve hot