Swahili Food Recipe: Tanzanian Egg Curry Recipe the Right Way
Egg curry meal is an excellent example of a ‘curry in a mad rush.’ The best part about it? Curry and eggs are perfect for vegetarian Mondays and days when you’re stranded for dinner ideas. It’s delicious with chapati, rice or a piece of bread.
If you ask me, the most difficult part of making egg recipes curry is de-shelling the eggs; it’s that simple.
My young daughter and a few of my friends were hesitant to try the egg curry; what was their verdict? Surprisingly curry eggs are tasty and full.
How to Make Egg Curry?
Curried Eggs Ingredients
- 6 Egg
- One big, sliced onion
- Four garlic cloves
- ½ teaspoon ginger
- One teaspoon of cumin (whole)
- a half teaspoon of turmeric
- a teaspoon of curry powder
- tomato paste, three tablespoons
- One diced tomato
- coconut milk (1/2 cup) or water
- salt to get the taste
- chili peppers (optional)
- half a lemon
- Garnish with coriander.
Recipes Egg Curry – Step by Step Instructions to Get the Right Mix of Eggs with Curry
- Crack the eggs into a pan and fill them with plenty of water to cover all of them.
- Heat the water till it boils. When the water in the pot has reached a boiling point, turn off the cooker and cover the saucepan for a total of fifteen minutes.
- Remove the eggs after fifteen minutes and place them in a big bowl of normal water for five minutes.
- Remove all of the eggs’ shells since they are not needed for egg curry then, set them aside.
- Sauté the onions in a different pan till golden brown.
- Cook for 2 minutes after adding the garlic and ginger.
- Stir in the sliced tomato, spices, and tomato paste, and continue to cook till the tomatoes are mushy and broken down (you can put in chilli [fresh] if you want
- Stir in the coconut cream and continue to cook for another five minutes
- After that, add the eggs that have had their shells removed and give them a light stir.
- Finish your egg n’ curry with a sprinkling of coriander. Serve the egg curry and enjoy…and this will be the end of your curry eggs recipe. Just like that!
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