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Egg stew



















Ingredients

For 4
For 100
Eggs
4
100
Potatoes
225gms
5.6kg
Onions
115gms
2.8kg
Green chillies
6
50gms
Ginger
5gms
100gms
Peppercorns
1gm
25gms
Tomatoes
100gms
2.5kg
Salt
to taste 
80 – 100gms
Coconut
½
12
Fat/oil
10gms
250gms
Vinegar
to taste 
to taste 

For tempering:



Cloves, cinnamon
2gms

Mustard seeds
½gms
10gms
Small onion
5gms
100gms
Oil
10gms
50gms
Vinegar
to taste 
to taste 


Hard-boil eggs. Crack and cool in cold water. Shell and cut into halves. Grate coconut and prepare three extractions, thick medium and thin. Slit green chillies and sliced onions and ginger. Heat the fat. Saute onions, ginger and green chillies. Add third extraction of coconut milk, peppercorns and peel and quartered potatoes. when potatoes are cooked, add second extract of coconut milk and quartered tomatoes. Bring to boil. Add eggs and  the first extraction of coconut milk and vinegar as desired. Remove from fire. Heat the oil in a fry pan. Add mustard seeds and curry leaves. When the seeds crackle, add finely chopped onions, crushed cinnamon and cloves. As the onions brown, pour over the stew. Mix well.

N. B.      If desired a little rice flour or refined flour can be mixed with cold water and added to the stew to thicken the gravy.