Thursday, October 21, 2010

Egg Curry

Kerala Egg Curry with coconut milk
Simple Egg Curry Recipe - Kerala Cuisine
Egg based recipes are simple to cook and takes less time. This is ideal for bachelors or those who are new to cooking. Follow the simple steps to make this tasty egg curry. 


Other Variations with Egg
Most popular and easiest recipe with egg is Bullseye (egg half fry), scrambled eggs and Omelette. You can make different varieties of omelette depending on the ingredients and your style. Or you can make half boiled egg.



Egg Curry with Coconut milk Kerala Special
This blog post is about a basic egg recipe, as per Kerala taste. This egg dish gives you enough gravy to have it along with bread, appam or with boiled rice.

Egg Curry Ingredients:
  • Egg 2
  • Onion 2 big
  • Garlic pods 3 to 4
  • Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp
  • Corriander powder 2 tsp
  • Green Chilly 3 to 4
  • Garam masala 1/4 tsp
  • Thick coconut milk 1 cup
  • Water 3/4 to 1 cup
  • Vinegar 1/2 tsp
  • Mustard seeds
  • Curry leaves
  • Salt
  • Oil 2 tsp
Process to make Egg Curry
  1. Boil the eggs for 10 min. ( Hard boiled stage)
  2. Remove the shell and keep it aside. 
  3. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.
  4. When it starts spluttering add onion, garlic, green chilly and curry leaves. 
  5. Saute it for 5 to 10 minutes. 
  6. Add all the powders into the pan and saute it in low flame. 
  7. Add water and vinegar. Mix it well and allow it to boil. 
  8. Reduce the heat and add coconut milk and mix well. 
  9. Split the eggs and add it into the gravy.

You can serve this dish to 2 persons
Average time to prepare egg curry - 20 - 30 minutes


Any questions? Pls mail me at mennasdelight@gmail.com or leave a comment on my blog.


Hope you all enjoy it!

Marina.



P.S. Also check out pepper egg roast & scotch eggs.

Chicken with Onion Masala


Another Chicken delight for you. This dish is prepared with less gravy. If you've any doubts or suggestion, pls msg or email me. I love to hear your opinion.
Ingredients to make chicken with Onion masala:
  • Chicken 1 kg
  • Onion 2 big
  • Tomato 2 med
  • Dry chilly 2 to 3
  • Ginger paste 1/2 Tsp
  • Garlic paste 1/2 T
  • Coriander powder 2 Tsp
  • Chilly powder 1 1/2 Tsp
  • Turmeric powder 1/2 Tsp
  • Garam masala 1/2 Tsp
  • Mustard seeds
  • Curry leaves
  • Water
  • Salt
  • Oil
Preparation
Clean and cut the chicken into medium pieces. Grind together tomato and onion into a paste and keep it aside. Remove the seeds from the dry chilly and boil it in water for few mins and then grind it well. Heat oil in a kadai and add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add the dry chilly paste and roast it well. Add the curry leaves, crushed ginger and garlic. Saute and pour the onion paste into this. Mix it for few min and add the coriander pdr, turmeric pdr, chilly pdr, garam masala powder and salt. Reduce the heat and cook it till the raw smell goes. Add the chicken pieces and required amount of water. Cook it in med flame

Lady's Finger Palu curry



Ingredients:

  • Lady's finger -250 gms
  • Onion 1 big
  • Chilly 3 to 4
  • Garlic 5 to 8
  • Chilly powder 1/2 Tsp
  • Coriander powder 2 Tsp
  • Turmeric powder 1/2 Tsp
  • Garam masala 1/2 Tsp
  • Thick coconut milk 1/2 cup
  • Semi thick coc milk 3/4 cup
  • Mustard seeds
  • Curry leaves few
  • Water
  • Salt
  • Oil

Clean and cut lady's finger into small (length wise) pieces. Add little water into the chilly, coriander, turmeric and garam masala pdr and make it into a thick paste. Keep it aside. Heat oil in a a pan and add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add curry leaves, sliced onion, garlic and green chilly. Saute it till it turns light brown colour. Reduce the heat and add the masala paste and stir it for few mins. Then add the lady's finger and cook it with little water in medium flame. Pour the semi thick coconut milk and allow it to boil in low flame. Finally pour the thick coconut milk. Heat it and remove it from fire.

Thursday, October 14, 2010