Egg/Muttai Kurma

Ingredients:

Eggs - 4
Onion - 1 (fine chop)
Tomato - 1/2
Garlic - 3-4
Green Chilly - 3
Ginger Garlic paste - 1/2 tbsp
Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp
Coconut - 1/4 cup
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon stick - small piece
Poppy seeds - 1 tsp
Coriander powder - 2 tbsp
Curry Leaves - a sprig
Coriander Leaves - Little
Salt, Water, Oil - As reqd

Method:

• In a bowl add water and eggs.
• Boil eggs and then peel shell and set aside.
• Soak poppy seeds in hot water.
• Heat oil in pan and add clove, cinnamon and fennel seeds.
• Now add green chilly and ginger garlic paste and saute for a while.
• Add in tomatoes and cook till it is mushy.
• Add in coconut and saute for a while.
• Cook in low flame.
• Add in coriander powder and mix well.
• Let this cool.
• Add soaked poppy seeds to this and grind to a fine paste.
• Add little water while grinding.
• Now heat oil pan and add curry leaves.
• Once it splutters add in onion and saute for a while.
• Add the grinded paste and water and cook in low flame.
• Cook for about 4-5 mins.
• In a bowl add the boiled eggs.
• Prick holes in egg using fork.
• Now pour the gravy over the eggs.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve hot with rice/chapathi/poori.