Egg Curry Bengali Style

Eggs are healthiest and most nutritious food. Eggs are rich in proteins and vitamin B2. Egg white lowers the bad cholesterol and are rich in number of vitamins and minerals which help in providing energy to the body.

In India, egg curry is very common, and each region has its own special recipe. Bengali style egg curry is prepared with fried boiled eggs and fried potatoes. In this egg curry, potatoes and eggs are combined with a spicy gravy made of onion and tomato. It is delicious and simple to make. From beginning to end, the curry is ready within hardly 30 to 40 minutes. This rich, spicy, and delicious egg curry recipe is perfect for spicing up your lunch or dinner on any day of the week.

Ingredients

• 4 eggs (hard boiled & peeled)

• Potato 1 or 2 (cut into medium cube)

• 2 large onion (chopped)

• 1 tomato (puree)

• 2 tsp. ginger-garlic paste

• 1/2 tsp. turmeric powder

• 1 tsp. coriander powder

• 1 tsp. cumin powder

• 1 tsp. red chili powder

• 1/4 tsp. kashmiri red chili powder

• 1/4 tsp. garam masala powder 

• 1/2 tsp sugar (optional)

• 3 tbsp. oil

• water

• Salt to taste

For temper:

• 1 whole dry red chili

• 1/4 tsp.cumin seeds

• 1" cinnamon stick

• 2-3 cloves

Making Procedure:

Heat oil in a kadai, add eggs and sauté for a minute. Remove from oil, place them in a bowl and keep aside. Then add potato and fry the potato till it turn light golden. Then remove potato from the oil.

Now temper the oil with whole dry red chili, cumin, cinnamon, and clove. When the seeds splutter add chopped onion and fry till lightly browned.

After that add ginger-garlic and fry for a minute on low heat. Add tomato puree and fry till the oil separated. 

Then add turmeric-coriander-cumin-red chili powder-Kashmiri red chili powder and sauté for a minute.

Add water, salt, sugar  and mix well. Then add eggs, fried potato and cook it covered for 10 minutes or till the till the potatoes are done. Then sprinkle garam masala powder and mix well.

Serve it with hot rice or roti or Paratha.