Egg Curry (Maharashtrian Style)

Ingredients:

• 6 eggs boiled, cut into half
• 1 big onion, sliced
• 1 medium tomato, chopped roughly
• 3 tbsp grated dry coconut
• 1 tsp jeera powder
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 1/2 tsp kashmiri mirch powder
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1" ginger
• 1 tbsp coriender leaves
• 1/2 tsp garam masala powde
• 3 tbsp oil
• salt to taste

Method:

• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a skillet on a medium high flame, add the sliced onion and fry till the onions turn light brown in colour.
• Now add the dry coconut, garlic and ginger and fry till the coconut turns brown in colour.
• Add the chopped tomatoes and mix well. Add a little water if required and cover the lid and cook till tomatoes are soft and cooked.
• Add the coriander leaves and fry for a minute. Turn off the flame and keep aside to cool.
• Dry roast the coriander seeds.
• In a mixie blend together the fried onion coconut mixture and coriander seeds to a smooth paste (Add water if required).
• Heat 2 tbsp of oil in a skillet and add the onion coconut paste. and fry well.
• Add the red chilli powder, jeera powder, kashmiri mirch powder and mix well. Cover with a lid and cook. Stir occasionally.
• Once the paste is cooked well add water, salt and garam masala powder and mix well.
• Place the boiled egg in the gravy. Cover with the lid and let it cook for 5 mins.
• Serve hot with paratha.

Tips:

• You can either hard boil or soft boil the eggs as per your wish.
• If you want the gravy to be spicier then while grinding the onions add 4 soaked red chillies.
• Garam masala gives a very nice flavour and taste. If you wish you can also add goda masala instead of garam masala.
• You can garnish with coriander leaves but somehow I don't prefer it.
• the cosistency of the gravy can be adjusted as per your taste.
• If you want to serve this gravy with rice you can keep the gravy to slightly watery consistency.
• whenever you add water into a gravy, add luke warm or hot water. This helps to retain the taste and flavour of a dish.
• You can add coriander powder instead of freshly ground coriander. Just increase the quantity of coriander powder by 1/4-1/2 tsp as freshly ground coriander has strong flavour.
• You can substitute the eggs with any other vegetables/paneer etc as per your choice.
• Once I added peas along with the egg...it actually did not taste bad...u can give it a try!