Nana's Pakistani Egg Curry Recipe - Cooking Index
2 tablespoons | 30ml | Ground coriander |
2 tablespoons | 30ml | Ground cumin |
1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Chili powder |
2 teaspoons | 10ml | Ground turmeric |
1 tablespoon | 15ml | Vinegar |
2 oz | 56g | Water |
1/4 cup | 59ml | Vegetable oil |
1 cup | 62g / 2.2oz | Onion - chopped (large) |
2 tablespoons | 30ml | Fresh ginger - chopped |
7 | Garlic - chopped | |
7 | Tomatoes - chopped (or 3 cups) (medium) | |
1 | Tomato sauce - (8-ounce) | |
1/8 teaspoon | 0.6ml | Sugar |
1/4 teaspoon | 1.3ml | Salt |
1 teaspoon | 5ml | Pepper |
12 teaspoons | 60ml | Hard boiled eggs - peeled (medium) |
1/8 cup | 2g / 0.1oz | Cilantro - chopped |
1 | Rice - recipe follows |
Mix first 4 spices with vinegar and water to make a thin paste. Set aside.
Heat a large pot over medium flame and pour vegetable oil in. Add onion, ginger and garlic into pot and saute until golden brown.
Add spice mixture to onion mixture. Add more water in small amounts if mixture begins to stick.
Add chopped tomatoes to onion mixture. Pour tomato sauce into a 2-cup measuring cup and add enough water to make 2 cups of sauce. Add to onion mixture and simmer for 20 minutes. Add a pinch of sugar, salt and pepper.
Cut eggs in half lengthwise. Add eggs to sauce. Top with cilantro. Serve over rice.
Recipe by: Jennifer Mangum
Source:
Time-Life Foods of the World Indian Cooking
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