Egg Curry/Chickpeas curry- Hyderabadi style




Ingredients:
3-4 eggs.
Garlic cloves.
3 onions.
3 green chillies.
3-4 tomatoes.
Handful of cashew nuts.
Spices: cinnamon bark, elaichi pods, cumin, star anise, peppercorns.
Chilly, turmeric, coriander, cumin powders.
Garam masala.
Ginger garlic paste.
Coriander leaves.

Recipe below⬇️
This flavoursome recipe of a hyderabadi egg curry does require a bit of work but it tastes Amazing, featuring a balance between strong spices, tanginess and creaminess too! You could easily swap the eggs with mushrooms, paneer, chicken or anything of your choice. Best served with rice/ naan, it also goes well with chapathis or naans too!

Prep:
-Boil eggs really well for about 12-15 min (until they crack maybe) and let sit in cold water.
-Infuse 3-4 chopped cloves of garlic in some veg oil.
-Add 3 chopped onions, 3 green chillies, a bunch of coriander leaves to a grinder and make a paste.
-Grind 3-4 tomatoes to a chunky puree.
-Peel the eggs and give them them 4-5 slits.
-Grind a handful of cashew nuts with a tiny amount of water to a paste

Method:
-To a cold pan add a generous amt of oil with 1 tablespoon chilly powder, 1 teaspoon turmeric powder, 1 tablespoon coriander powder. Keeping the gas at a simmer for the entire time add in the eggs. Let them swim around and get coated in the oil and fry them, very slowly.

-To a wok, add a table spoon of oil, a piece of cinnamon bark, 1 tablespoon of cumin and 2-3 pods of elaichi, afew peppercorns, 1 star anise and toast them a little. To this add the onion paste and a pinch of a salt. Toast it really well to an almost brown shade. After a while add some ginger garlic paste and toast for a minute. Then add 1 tablespoon of chilly powder, half tablespoon of turmeric powder, 1 tablespoon of coriander powder, 1 teaspoon of garam masala, 1 teaspoon of cumin powder, 2 tablespoons of water and toast it well. Then add in the tomato puree with a spoon of salt, cook it completely and make sure it's not too sweet.
-To this add the cashew nut paste and a cup of water, heat it well. Taste the gravy for salt and add in the fried eggs with the residual oil, stir well. 
-Serve and add a garnish of chopped coriander leaves.

Note: 
-Don't add too many spices (including and not restricted to garam masala) and remove them later on if possible.
-Don't add too much cashew nut paste to the point that it's too creamy.
-Avoid making the gravy sweet (check onions and tomatoes)
-Balance the spice, adding enough chilly powder.
-Remember to boil the eggs well making sure they're not soft or semi-boiled.

Comments

  1. LeenaamithApril 24, 2020 at 3:58 AM

    Awesome receipe....thank you for sharing these wonderful Receipe Amrit

    ReplyDelete
  2. LeenaamithApril 24, 2020 at 3:58 AM

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Garlic bread🍞

Image
Garlic bread Ingredients : 1 cup a.p flour. 8 cloves garlic. 1 and a 1/2 Tbsp dried yeast. A small bunch of fresh coriander leaves. 1/4 cup milk. 1/3 cup water. 2 tsp sugar. 2 tsp salt. 2 tsp pepper. 1 green chilli. 4 Tbsp olive oil. 1 stick of butter. 2 cubes of cheese. Oregano. Red chilli flakes. Red chilli powder. Garlic powder. Method : To a bowl of warm milk, add the yeast and sugar and stir well. Let rest for 15 mins or until it's nice and frothy. Make a fine paste with the garlic cloves and a little water. To a large bowl, add the flour, salt and pepper and combine till there are no lumps. Add 1/2 of the garlic paste and a little water. Knead a little bit and then add the yeast mixture. Knead until it forms a shaggy dough and then add 2 Tbsp of olive oil. Keep kneading for 15 minutes and the dough would have become smooth. Place it in an oiled dish, coat with 1 Tbsp of olive oil and cover the dish with cling film. Let rest for 1 and 1/2 ho
Read more

Gobi Manchurian

Image
Gobi Manchurian: Ingredients: 1 whole Cauliflower. 1 large or 2 small onions. 2 green chillies. 1 medium sized green bell pepper. 6 cloves of garlic. 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder. 6 Tbsp of cornflour. 4 Tbsp of a.p flour. 1 tsp of red chilli powder. Vegetable oil. 1 and a 1/2 Tbsp of soy sauce. 1 Tbsp of ketchup. 2 tsp hot sauce. 1 tsp of MSG. 1 tsp of lightly roasted sesame seeds. 3 Tbsp of chopped spring onion greens. Method: Cut the cauliflower into bite sized pieces and wash thoroughly. To a pot, add 4 and a 1/2 cup of water with 2 Tbsp of salt and bring it to a boil. Before the water completely boils, add in the cauliflower florets and boil for 4 minutes or so. Turn off the flame, add 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder, stir it around, drain and rinse again. To a large bowl, add 3 Tbsp of cornflour,3 Tbsp of a.p flour, 1 tsp of salt and stir it in. Then stream water in little by little until you get a somewhat loose consistency. Add the cauliflower florets
Read more

Gajar Ka Halwa

Image
Gajar ka halwa Ingredients: 1 kg carrot 200g milk powder 300ml whole milk 1/2 cup sugar 3 Tbsp ghee 2 Tbsp neutral oil 10 cashew nuts 10 almonds Method: Add the ghee and oil to a large pot/dish and let the ghee melt. Add in the length-wise chopped nuts and fry them till they get a very light golden shade and remove them from the pot. Add the shredded carrots and mix in the ghee and oil well. Keep stirring and cook for about 10-15 mins until a significant amount of the water has evaporated and it's reduced by half. Increase the heat for 2 mins and keep stirring. Then add the sugar, reduce the heat and cook for 10 mins or so until the sugar has melted well and it's all sticky with the carrots. Then add the milk, milk powder, stir well and cover and cook for 10-15 mins on low heat. Then remove the lid and cook for 10 mins until the milk has evaporated, the carrot is well cooked and everything is coming together well. Add the nuts after reserving some for garn
Read more