Egg in masala curd recipe

Hello lots, back again. Blogging homemade recipe became an addiction. I love to share at least two (minimum) recipes with you. So here is another one...

You may try this one with paneer also. I did once with a good outcome but today I tried it with eggs and its fine :-) . Well, let tell you one truth; I had 4 boiled eggs already and wished to make a lunch them along with boiled potatoes, butter and rice. Obviously a lazy-day-lunch-idea. Lol... but when I woke up in the morning around 9.30 am (He, prepared morning tea, lovely boy, and announced his tummy isn't disturbing again) and opened the refrigerator, my "dimaag ki baatti jal gayi". There were already everything I need and decided to make this menu for our lunch. It tastes rich, but with very small amount of spices you need. Wanna try? Here are the ingredients.....

• Egg- 4 boiled and cut into halves lengthwise
• Onion- 1 and 1/2. Chopped
• Garlic cloves- 5
• Ginger- 1 inch chopped
• Curd- 1/2 cup (well beaten)
• Garam masala- 1/2 tsp but I used 1 cinnamon, 2 cardamoms and 2 cloves instead of masala powder
• Turmaric powder- 1/2 tsp
• Red chili powder- 1/2 tsp
• Green chilies- 4-5 (or as per taste)
• Salt
• Oil
• Cashews- 8 pc
• Ghee- 1 tsp

Now take a pan, heat some oil, fry the eggs and keep aside.

Then add garam masalas in the same oil, and add onion, cashew, green chilies, turmeric, ginger and garlic after 30 seconds. You need to come out the fragrance, right? Toss them all for few minutes, let the onion become light brown. Off the flame and take 10 minutes rest. 

Come back, take out the fried ingredients from the pan, put in a mixer and make a smooth paste. Add little water if you need.

Put the past again in the remaining oil and saute for 3 minutes.

If oil comes out, add the red chili powder, salt and at last the curd. 

After mixing them well, add salt and 1 cup water; cook for 5 minutes. 

Add the ghee, cover it and let it cooked in a very low flame for another 5 minutes. 

You may find a beautiful texture like this. 










Now take the eggs in a serving bowl and pour the gravy on it.

Done!! 










You may serve it with hot rice or parathas. Garnish them with curd and coriander leaves.

If you try this, let me know how it was... Happy Sunny side... (not for me, its 40 degree outside)

Ladakhi non-veg Thukpa

Hello friends... Good to see u again. I hope you are all fine there...and don't ask me how am I, boiling in 42 degree centigrade at Chennai today. Just back from Ooty yesterday. Very soon I am gonna post that. But now, another cool recipe to fight back the heat. Very easy and less time consuming. It is one of Sam's favorite dinner menu. I made it once before but that was an experimental phase. Now I am damn sure, that I am a master ( :-p ) of this super-easy recipe. Joking....

Now what is Thukpa? Wiki says, " Thukpa is a Tibetan noodle soup, inspired from China. It originated in the eastern part of Tibet....Later it became popular in Bhutan, and in the states of Sikkim, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, and some other parts of India." I tasted it first when I was at Bhubaneswar, Orissa. It was a very small shop at Chandrashekharpur that you can hardly find out its existence. But some did, and I found an interesting recipe to experience. Then I surfed Google and picked a recipe and added few more elements to get a better result. And here it is...

Ingredients:-

• Noodles- 2 handful
• Chicken- boneless 200 grams (more or less) 
• Egg- 2 or 3
• Onion- 1 sliced
• Carrot- 1 sliced
• Capsicum- 1/4 sliced
• Spring Onion- 7 or 8
• Cabbage- 2 or 3 leaves
• Green Chili- 3 chopped
• Coriander leaves- 1 small handful
• Ginger- 1 tsp
• Garlic- 8 cloves chopped
• Salt- as taste
• Lemon- half
• Honey- 1 tsp
• Soya sauce- 1.5 to 2 tsp
• Vegetable oil- as required 
• Water- 2-3 cups, add more if you need more soup

Now the method. I used rice noodles, but it is not necessary. Last time I did it with simple egg-noodles, and it went well. You need to boil it first with some salt and drain the whole water after that. Put some oil in the noodles, it (oil) will prevent it to become lump.

Make egg-poach in boiling water, take it out, and cut into small pieces.

Now heat oil in a large, broad mouthed pan, add chicken and fry it till light brown. 

Add onion, carrot, capsicum and cabbage to chicken, saute for 2-3 minutes.

Next add ginger, garlic, spring onion and green chili. 

Sprinkle salt, pepper, coriander leaves. Keep tossing for another 2-3 minutes. 

Add water and simmer for 3 minutes, squeeze lemon. Put soya sauce and honey. Add salt if needed.





Cover and cook for 10 minutes in a medium heat. If the chicken and vegetables are totally boiled, add the noodles and egg, cook for 2 minutes in low heat. And its done. 

It is a total dinner, you don't need any side dish. Just enjoy. And don't forget to tell me if you find it interesting. 

Have a good day....