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    Homestyle Egg and Tomato Curry

    Sep 4, 2018

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    Homestyle Egg and Tomato Curry

    When I think of Indian curry, I don't always think of the typical Indian restaurant fare. Instead my mind first goes to homestyle curries. What's the difference? Homestyle Indian curries are not made with butter or cream and they are not a brightly orange hue (possibly from food coloring!) Instead recipes are filled with basic Indian pantry staples like: onion, tomatoes, garlic, ginger. Like this homestyle egg and tomato curry!

    There's no orange-ish hue from food color. Instead the common Indian spices you know (garam masala, turmeric and red chili powder) will typically give homestyle curries a nice deep brownish or reddish color. 

    Homestyle Egg and Tomato Curry

    In that sense, this homestyle egg and tomato curry is just a simple, no-frills  version of a homestyle curry. No butter or cream, just pure simple ingredients along with your typical Indian spices. Not only is this curry super simple, its actually very quick to make! And when the flavors come together this quickly you will not be missing any of the flavor (or the fat) from butter or cream! 

    Homestyle Egg and Tomato Curry

    How to Make a Homestyle Egg & Tomato Curry

    Start by boiling your eggs and then just set them aside while you work on the curry sauce. This sauce is just sautéed onions, canned tomatoes and spices! Start by flavoring the cooking oil with some cumin seeds, then add the chopped onions and tomatoes to the cumin flavored oil. Next up, add more flavor: garlic, ginger, garam masala, turmeric. I like to add a dash apple cider vinegar to help balance out the acidity from the tomatoes, but this is optional.

    Let the sauce simmer away for a few minutes to really get the flavors to develop.  At the end, just add your hard-boiled eggs to the sauce. Embarrassing as it sounds, that's the recipe for this homestyle egg curry!  Simple but delicious!!  Start heating up your favorite naan! 

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    Homestyle Egg and Tomato Curry
    Homestyle Egg and Tomato Curry

    Weeknight Egg Curry

    A delicious, quick and easy egg and tomato curry that you can serve up in 20 minutes or less!
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    Course Main Dish
    Cuisine Indian
    Servings 4 servings

    Ingredients
      

    • 6-8 eggs boiled, peeled, sliced in half lengthwise
    • 1 tablespoon cooking oil
    • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
    • 1 onion diced
    • 1 teaspoon salt adjust as needed
    • 1 teaspoon garlic paste
    • 1 teaspoons ginger paste
    • 2 teaspoons garam masala
    • ½ teaspoon ground turmeric
    • ¼ teaspoon chili powder
    • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar (optional)
    • 1 14.5 oz canned diced tomatoes or 2-3 fresh tomatoes
    • ½ - ¾ cup water
    • 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro

    Instructions
     

    • Heat medium saute pan to medium high heat. Add oil to heat. Add cumin seeds after about 1 minute.
    • Once the seeds are browning, add diced onions and salt. Cook for about 2 minutes.
    • Add diced tomatoes. Add garlic and ginger, stir and let cook another 2 minutes.
    • Add in the vinegar, tomato sauce and remaining ground spices (garam masala, turmeric, chili powder).
    • Add about ½ cup water to the curry. Let simmer. Let cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add additional water if the curry seems to thick. Taste for salt and other seasonings at this point.
    • Once the taste of the curry is to your liking, add the eggs. Garnish with cilantro. Serve with rice, naan or parathas.
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    1. heather (delicious not gorgeous)

      September 05, 2018 at 11:20 pm

      this sounds so cozy! haven't had hard-boiled eggs in way too long, and this sounds like such a flavorful way to use them (:

      Reply
      • jill.patel

        September 06, 2018 at 9:19 am

        Thanks Heather! Yes its definitely very flavorful and so simple as well!!

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    2. 2pots2cook

      September 07, 2018 at 12:24 pm

      Beautiful idea ! Both my son and me love Indian; everything ! Thank you so much !

      Reply
      • jill.patel

        September 07, 2018 at 2:07 pm

        Thanks!! Yes! Try it out, it really comes together pretty quickly!

        Reply
    3. Hetal

      November 12, 2018 at 10:06 pm

      Just made this for dinner with duck eggs instead and it was amazing! Thanks so much for the recipe!

      Reply
      • jill.patel

        November 13, 2018 at 9:37 am

        Thanks Hetal!! Really glad you liked it! I love the idea of substituting the duck eggs, I will have to try that too!

        Reply
    4. Sunil Dogra

      June 20, 2019 at 3:32 am

      Your cooking is great. This look delicious and easy to make. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply

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