Monday, October 18, 2010

Egg Curry

Ingredients :

1 .3 Eggs 
2. 1 Red chilie
3. 2 Onions finely chopped
4. 3 slit Green chilies
5. 6-8 curry leaves
6. Pinch Turmeric powder
7. 1/2 tbsp chili powder
8. salt
9. 1 Big Tomato finely chopped
10. 3 tbsp Oil
11. 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds
12. 1/2 tbsp Cumin seeds
13. 1/2 tbsp Garam masala (mixture of clove, cinnamon & cardamom)

Method :

Boil the 3 eggs and remove the outer shell , make the cuts or slits on the eggs and keep a side. 

Heat the oil in a pan.
Add 1 red chilie, mustard seeds, cumin seeds stir until they pop.
Add green chilies, sliced onions, stir it until it turn to soft & transparent, 
Add turmeric powder, then add curry leaves & sliced tomato's cover the pan with lid and leave for sometime until tomoto is cooked well.
after tomoto is cooked, add chili powder, garam masala and stir for 2- 3 mins. 
Now add slit eggs and reduce the heat to low and cover the pan with lid for 5 mins. 
Turn off the heat and  transfer the curry into serving bowl.

Semiya Upma

Ingredients:

1. 1 Cup Semiya (Bambino Vermicelli)
2. 2 Cups water
3. 1/2 Onion finely chopped
4. 1 Slit Green chili
5. 4-6 Curry leaves
6. 1/2 tbsp Ginger finely chopped
7. 1/2 tbsp Mustard seeds
8.  Few Ghee Fried Cashew nuts
9. 2 tbsp Oil
10. Salt

Method :

Heat the oil in a small vessel.
Add 1/2 Tbsp mustard seeds, wait for popping, add 1/4 sliced ginger. then add chilles and sliced onions.
Once the onions become soft and transparent then add curry leaves.
Immediately add water in it and leave it until it boils. also add salt to taste. and see to that its little salty as we are going to add semiya in it. so that the semiya will be equalized with the salt by the time its cooked.
Maintain the same heat and then add the Bambino vermicelli slowly while stirring.
After adding vermicelli cover the vessel with lid and reduce the heat to low. leave it for 2 mins and the mix it. once it is cooked turn off the heat.
Take everything in serving bowl. Now add fried cashew nuts on top and ganish it..

You can serve it as breakfast and also can eat it as evening snack.