Kashmiri style egg curry

Ahh this curry! It reminds me of my college time when I used to live with a bunch of girls in a PG. One of them was from Srinagar and was a total foodie. Binging on a new snack every other day. Ironically, she knew nothing about cooking herself. Which was slightly weird for us in those days when almost everyone knew at least some bits of kitchen/cooking.

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She was a unique case though. Always perky and peppy, cracking the funniest of jokes and laughing on them like a hyena. So one day she got bored of eating the food we cooked and cried for some Kashmiri dish. Since there was none in our vicinity, she brought up this brilliant idea to cook something fantastic for the rest of us! Which was honestly a scary feeling since she didn’t even know what vegetable is called what in Hindi or english.

After a few phone calls to her Mum and negotiations with us on what to cook, she decided to make an Egg curry. Hmm.. that should be easy, we all thought. So we helped her out in chopping and stuff, then guiding in the kitchen about whats  kept where and then the dishes, pots etc. So basically all she did was just stir the curry at  the end, but it’s the thought that counts, isnt it?

Anyway, so at the end the curry had turned out to be absolutely delicous. The taste was very different than the usual egg curries we had been eaten all our lives. With very basic spices and minimum ingredients, this curry was unique in character and taste. Click here for more Egg recipes.

I am not sure though if it is really the authentic Kashmiri curry since half of the ingredients we couldn’t manage to transalte from Kashmiri to English/Hindi. So we just made guesses based on the description her Mum had provided. But the end result was awesome neverthless. And it was ready very quickly so a total win that is. Click here to see more recipes under 30 minutes.

Tip to get the perfect hard boiled eggs- in a pan, immerse the eggs till ¾ height and add a pinch of salt to it. Bring the water to rolling boil and then turn the gas to low, cook further for 3-5 minutes and turn off the gas. Leave the eggs in the hot water for about 8-10 minutes. Take them out and transfer to a bowl full of cold water, leave for a minute there and then peel. This process ensures the eggs get peeled off quickly and smoothly.

You wouldn’t believe this curry has no onion in it. I guess that’s why the taste is so unique. Its plain tomatoes, garlic and green chilies with just turmeric and other basic spices. The absense of any heavy ingredient like cream, yogurt or milk has made this curry a real treat for the tastebuds and palate. The use of cardamom and saffron bring in that fragrant flavour that is hard to resist.

Also, there was one thing unique which my friend did and that was to add some extra mustard oil just before turning off the gas finally. So there was some element of undercooked or rather raw mustard oil in the curry which fetched in great taste and texture. Since not everyone likes the raw aroma of mustard oil, you could skip this if you want.

If you love eggs, you would love this Kashmiri style egg curry. We had it with plain steamed rice at that time but this curry would serve best with a lightly spiced rice dish like lemon rice or coconut rice etc. since there is not much gravy in this curry, it would also go good with any Paratha or Naan.

This is quite a simple and easy dish, with very less physical work required from your side. most of the time, its just tomatoes getting cooked with spices on their own and you could do something else aside. 

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Nutritional info-> Rich in antioxidants from tomatoes + high in protein from eggs