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Ceylon egg curry (A)















Ingredients

For 4
For 100
Eggs
4
100
Small onion
55gms
1.35kg
Green chillies
1
50gms
Turmeric
¼ tsp
15gms
Garlic
1 cloves
20gms
Ginger
5gms
115gms
Curry leaves
2 springs
1 bunch
Fenugreek
¼ tsp
15gms
Cinnamon
a small piece
15gms
Lime
½
12
Coconut
½
12
Salt
to taste  
80 – 100gms


Hard-boil the eggs, crack, cool in water. Shell and cut into halves. Grate coconut. Grind ad make a thick and a thin extraction. Slit green chillies. Slice onions, chop ginger. in a pan put together all the ingredients expect eggs, thick coconut milk and lime juice. Boil until all ingredients are cooked. Add thick coconut milk and lime juice and stir well. Add eggs. Simmer for a few minutes longer,  stirring all the time.

N. B.      The gravy by itself is known as coconut soup or kirihothi.