Thursday, April 30, 2009

Egg Kurma & Egg Masala

Eggs are rich in proteins and its a healthy also nutritious food, its plays a main role for many food preparations also used as home remedy for skin and hair care..Eggs are rich in vitamin A, B12 and D..its contains high level of sulphur, amino acids and proteins, but doesnt contains highly saturated fat..Food preparation with eggs are always quite easy to do also u have many options with eggs, they can be served very well from breakfast to dinner...Egg is also an important ingredients for protecting our eyesight coz its contains vitamin A & D..Due to sulphur content, its protects and helps the growth of our nails, eggs are known as to aid the developement of brain and improve the functions of nervous system...egg white and egg yolk are well known for facial skin and hair, a mask of beaten raw egg applied to the hair, give moisture to the hair and prevents dryness, breakage..its makes the hair smooth and shiny..a mask of egg yolk applied to the face makes the skin smooth and fresh appearance...Eggs are always handy for me.. simple omelette toegg biriyani i love anything with eggs, here is my version of egg kurma and egg masala which i make often when i was bored to cook as they are quick to prepare..


4nos Boiled eggs
1no Onion (chopped)
1no Tomato (chopped)
1tsp Ginger garlic paste
2nos Green chillies (slit opened)
2nos Whole spices
2tbsp Coriander leaves
Oil
Salt

To Grind:
1/4cup Coconut (grated)
1tsp Fennel seeds
2tsp Poppy seeds
3nos Dry red chillies
1tsp Coriander seeds

Grind everything from the list 'To Grind' as fine paste with enough water, heat oil in a pan and add the whole spices, fry them until they turns brown, add the chopped onions, chopped tomatoes, ginger garlic paste, salt and saute everything until the raw smells goes on, add the slit opened green chillies and add finally the grounded paste and saute for few seconds, add enough water and bring them to boil, keep in simmer..make a small cross on both edges of the egg and drop gently in the gravy, cook for few minutes..add the coriander leaves and put off the stove..

Serve hot with rice or rotis!


3nos Boiled eggs
1no Onion (chopped)
1no Tomato (chopped)
2nos Garlic cloves (crushed)
1/2tsp Fennel seed powder
1tsp Red chilly powder
1tbsp Coriander leaves
Salt
Oil

Heat enough oil and add the chopped onion pieces, chopped tomato pieces, crushed garlic cloves and fennel seed powder and saute everything until the onion turns transculent and the tomatoes turns mushy..add the red chilly powder and salt , springle few water and cook for few seconds, meanwhile cut the eggs as two pieces..drop the halved eggs to the cooking masala and toss gently until the water get disappears, add finally the chopped coriander leaves and put off the stove..

Serve as sidedish for any rice dishes!

28 comments:

Parita said... Reply To This Comment

Nice dishes..lovely pics...i recently started eating boiled eggs and i really like them..may be one day i'll try these dishes too :)

Sanghi said... Reply To This Comment

Hi Priya, Lovely egg delights..! Do send these dishes to Sudeshna's 'Event for eggs' @ http://bengalicuisine.wordpress.com/2009/04/02/announcing-event-for-eggs/.. Today is the deadline, so make it by today da..!

Priya Suresh said... Reply To This Comment

Thanks Parita & Sanghi..

Yea both dishes went already to Egg event Sanghi..i did yaar, thanks for ur kind suggestion!

Finla said... Reply To This Comment

Love both the egg dishes. My fav is the second one.

Gita Jaishankar said... Reply To This Comment

I love both the dishes...actually I too prepared a post for egg kurma, but I used to poached eggs in the kurma. I must try your egg masala this weekend :)

Shama Nagarajan said... Reply To This Comment

yummy egg delights

Valarmathi Sanjeev said... Reply To This Comment

Both looks delicious and yummy.

Unknown said... Reply To This Comment

yummy egg kurma looks so mouthwatering

Anonymous said... Reply To This Comment

love them both

FH said... Reply To This Comment

Love egg dishes, I made 2 y'day. Both look yummy! :)

Nandinis food said... Reply To This Comment

E.G.G.'s are looking delightful. They're droolworthy! lovely pics...

lubnakarim06 said... Reply To This Comment

Oh wow spicy and yum recipe....

Shreya said... Reply To This Comment

hi, love the egg recipes. I am not good at handling eggs, and always make a mess. Have to try these and see how they turn out:-)

Ashwini said... Reply To This Comment

Love any egg dishes. Make the second one often. Yum.

Pooja said... Reply To This Comment

Both dishes look delicious and tempting. Perfect entry for the event :)

Chutneytales said... Reply To This Comment

Love both the dishes!

Pooja said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy dishes Priya..Love both of them...I dont eat the boiled egg..I just have the gravy..

Deepa Hari said... Reply To This Comment

Love both the dishes....looks yum...lovely pics Priya.

Poornima Nair said... Reply To This Comment

Great dishes Priya...they look wonderful.

Pavani said... Reply To This Comment

Both the dishes look yummy. Great entries.

ARUNA said... Reply To This Comment

awesome Priya...........i don't eat egg today but i'm all drooling :(

Ramya Vijaykumar said... Reply To This Comment

Both Egg Kurma and Egg Masala are very tempting and love to have them for the rich source of protein... very delightful dishes...

Lavanya said... Reply To This Comment

nice dishes..nice pics too..i love both :)

Cham said... Reply To This Comment

Yummy kurma, I make also but i throw ingredients according my mood.

Ivy said... Reply To This Comment

Both dishes sound great.

Lisa Turner said... Reply To This Comment

I eat eggs virtually everyday. Both these dishes sound fantastic. I always appreciate recipes using boiled eggs.

Pavithra Elangovan said... Reply To This Comment

Looking so yummy dear..

KonkaniBlogger said... Reply To This Comment

Love eggs..Both ur dishes look great..