Egg Curry

I love eggs!!  This curry is delicious. Fantastic on cold wintry days when one is enjoying beside the fire watching East Enders - my idea of heaven :-)

 

4 Eggs (hard boiled)
1 onion
1/2 tomato (pureed)
3-4 flakes of garlic
1/2-inch piece of ginger
1-2 green chilies
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Salt To Taste
Red chili powder to taste
3/4th tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
3/4 tsp garam masala
2-3 tbsp vegetable oil / ghee
1 cup green peas or 250 gms paneer/ or sauted peppers

Preparation:

• Remove the shell of boiled eggs & keep aside. If using Paneer  cut into cubes and fry till golden & set aside for later use.
• Make a paste of onion, garlic, ginger and green chilies in a  mixer or chopper.
• Heat oil in a kadhi or wok  and add onion-garlic paste and fry till golden brown.
• Add all the spices (salt, turmeric, coriander & chili powder) except garam masala and fry for a minute and add tomato puree. Fry  till it starts leaving oil.
• Add a cup of water and cook till it dry's.
• Now add the fried paneer cubes or green peas/ sauted peppers and boiled eggs.
• Add 1 cup of water and bring to boil and reduce the flame.
• Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Garnish egg curry with garam masala and coriander leaves and serve hot with paratha, roti or rice.

 

Corn Tortilla and scrambled eggs

This is one of Nigela Lawson's recipe and I tried it this weekend. It is absolutely delicious hope you all try it and enjoy it as much as I did!!

Cut 2 corn tortillas in thin strips and fry it in a table spoon of olive oil and keep aside.

Add butter to the pan and fry some spring onions and peppers.You can add anything you want at this stage I just used spring onions and peppers as that is what I had!

Beat four eggs with a tea spoon of milk and a pinch of salt.

Add the eggs and the fried tortilla in the pan with the fried spring onions

Gently stir until the eggs are cooked into a creme scrambled egg texture

Garnish it with lots of freshly chopped herbs, lots of parmasane cheese and eat it hot!!