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Egg masala (With Indian spices)

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Ingredients

10 boiled eggs, remove skin and cut into half

3 cups onoins chopped
2 cups tomatoes chopped
1 cup coconut sliced/frozen grated coconut

spices

3 to 4 whole red chillies
1/2 teaspoon black pepper corns
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
pinch of asafoetida
1 Tablespoon coriander seeds
1 tespoon cumin seeds
4 to 5 cloves
2" stick cinnamon
2 to 3 green cardamoms
6 to 7 cloves of garlic (reduce the quantity if cloves are fat)
1/2 " piece ginger
salt to taste

chopped coriander leaves for garnish
Method

1) Heat 1 Tablespoon of oil(I use olive oil) and fry all the spices for few seconds then add onions and fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Add sliced tomatoes , coconut and salt and cook until tomatoes and onions are cooked and cool.

2) Once the ingredients are cooled, grind them into paste and keep aside

3) Heat 1 teaspoon of oil in a pan, add the ground mix, boiled eggs and 1 cup of water. Adjust the salt and water. Garnish with coriander leaves.

This goes well with hot rice.

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