Egg Kurma

Ingredients

Egg

4-6

Onion(finely sliced)

1(large size)

Tomato

3(medium
size)

Red chilly powder/milagai podi 1tsp

Coriander powder/dhaniya podi 11/2tsp
Turmeric powder/manjal podi

1/4tsp

Curry leaves/karivepillai

few leaves

Coriander
leaves/kothamalli(chopped)

for
garnishing

Salt

11/4tsp

Oil
Grind to a fine paste

21/2tbs

Garlic/poondu

3 cloves

Ginger/inji

1/2 inch
piece

Green chilly

2-3

Coconut(grated)

1/4cup

Fennel
seeds/sombu

1/2tsp

Poppy
seeds/kasakasa

1/2tsp

Cashews/mundiri 3-4

For the tempering

Cloves/lavangam 5
Cinnamon/pattai

1inch
piece

Star anise

2petals

Fennel
seeds/sombu

1/4tsp

Method
Boil the eggs and remove the shell and make slits on the top and bottom,keep it
aside.Grind the given ingredients given to a very fine paste with water.
Heat a pan with oil and crackle the fennel seeds and add all the whole spices,add
the sliced onion and curry leaves.Saute it till transparent.Add the chopped tomatoes
and cook it until mushy.Now add the fine ground paste and saute it well till the raw
smell goes off.
At this stage add the spice powders and mix it well and add around 2 cups of
water.Let the mixture gets boil till the raw smell goes off.Now add in the boiled eggs
and cook it for one boil.Sprinkle the coriander leaves and put off the flame.
Egg Kurma is ready.