Recipes
Chettinad Egg Curry Recipe
Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 20 minutes |
Servings |
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Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku
- 1 tsp Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi
- 2 large onions sliced thinly
- 1/2 cup tomato purée
- 1 slit green chilli
- 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- Salt to taste
For Roasting and Grinding:
- 1 tsp Oil
- 2 tbsp Coriander Seeds / Malli
- 1 tsp Whole Pepper
- Dry Red Chilli
- 1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam
- 1 tsp Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf
- 1 small Cinnamon / Pattai
Ingredients
For Roasting and Grinding:
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Instructions
- Start by hard boiling the eggs. Peel them and make lots of slashes in them. Set aside.
- Now make the masala.Heat 1 tsp oil in a kadai. Add in the whole spices and roast them for 3 mins on low heat till they are toasted and roasted. Take them in a blender and add some water to it. Make into a smooth paste.
- Now heat some more oil in a kadai. Add in mustard seeds, turmeric powder and curry leaves.
- Now add in the onions and green chilli along with some salt. Saute this for 2 mins till they are translucent. Cover the pan with a lid and cook for 5 more mins, so the onions turns soft and cooked.
- Now add in the masala paste along with ginger garlic paste and saute this till the oil separates on top.
- Now add in the tomato puree and cook them for 5 more mins till they are cooked.
- Now pour some water and add in the eggs. Cover the kadai and let them cook for 10 mins till the oil floats on top.
- Serve with rice or anything you prefer.