Name: Kerala Egg Curry
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Kerala, Indian
Ingredients: 5 hard boiled eggs; 3 large onions, sliced; 2 green chilies, sliced; 2 tbsp ginger garlic paste; 1 large tomato finely chopped, or ¼ can diced tomatoes; 2 cardomom pods; 3 cloves; ¼ tsp fennel seeds; 1” cinnamon stick; 1 small bay leaf; ½ tsp mustard seeds; ½ tsp ground turmeric; 4 tsp ground coriander; ½ tsp chili powder; 1 tsp garam masala; 4 tbsp coconut cream or coconut milk; 1 sprig of curry leaves; Water; 3-4 tbsp oil; Salt to taste

A traditional dish served in almost every home in Kerala.

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Yield: 5

Kerala Egg Curry

South Indian style egg curry.

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

5 hard boiled eggs
3 large onions, sliced
2 green chilies, sliced
2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
1 large tomato finely chopped, or ¼ can diced tomatoes
2 cardomom pods
3 cloves
¼ tsp fennel seeds
1” cinnamon stick
1 small bay leaf
½ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp ground turmeric
4 tsp ground coriander
½ tsp chili powder
1 tsp garam masala
4 tbsp coconut cream or coconut milk
1 sprig of curry leaves
Water
3-4 tbsp oil
Salt to taste

Instructions

Remove the shells of the eggs and keep aside.
Heat oil in a deep pan, and splutter mustard seeds. Throw in cardamom seeds, cloves, fennel seeds, bay leaf, and cinnamon stick. Fry for a while. Add onion and green chillies and sauté until the onion becomes soft and light brown in colour.
Add ground turmeric, coriander, chilli powder, and garam masala. Fry them for a few seconds. Now it’s time to sauté chopped tomato. When the tomato becomes mushy, add coconut cream and enough water to make thick gravy. You can also add salt at this stage. Cover with lid, and allow the egg gravy to come to boil. Then turn down the heat and let it simmer for a few minutes. Make vertical slits on the eggs, and add them to the gravy one by one. Throw in curry leaves. Now cover the egg curry with a lid, and allow it to simmer again for one to two minutes.
Serve hot.

Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 505Total Fat 54gSaturated Fat 15gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 36gCholesterol 187mgSodium 223mgCarbohydrates 25gFiber 4gSugar 14gProtein 10g

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Comments

MyKabulKitchen says

March 26, 2014 at 7:22 am

This is a dish from my childhood, my best-friend’s mom used to make this dish for me whenever I went over for a play-date with soft fluffy basmati rice, I cant believe I used to have such a spicy palette at that age! But looking at your recipe brings back many good memories 🙂

Andrew Macmilan says

March 20, 2020 at 5:11 pm

I will try this at home.