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Ceylon egg curry (B)
















Ingredients

For 4
For 100
Eggs
4
100
Small onions
30gms
680gms
Garlic
2 flakes
10gms
Ginger
5gms
115gms
Cinnamon
2.5cm. (1”) piece
15gms
Coriander
5gms
115gms
Red chillies
5gms
115gms
Fennel
½ tsp
50gms
Cumin
a pinch
10gms
Fenugreek
a few seeds
10gms
Lime
½
12
Coconut
½
12
Fat
15gms
250gms
Turmeric
¼ tsp
15gms
Salt
to taste 
80 – 100gms
Curry leaves
a spring 
1 bunch


Hard-boil eggs, crack, cool in water. Shell. Prick with a stout pin and smear over with salt and turmeric. Grate and extract medium strength coconut milk. Slice onions, chop ginger and garlic. Roast cumin and fennel and powder. Grind together red chillies and coriander. Heat the fat. Fry eggs and remove. Add half the sliced onions and fry. Add all the ingredients expect lime juice and eggs. Boil until gravy is thick, stirring now and then. Add the eggs and the lime juice, simmer for a few minutes longer.