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Lemongrass Egg Curry

Ingredients:

  • 4 organic large eggs
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil
  • 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
  • Half a medium red onion, chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, halved
  • 1/8 cup water
  • 1 tsp sweet spanish paprika powder
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp cumin powder
  • 1 tsp coriander powder
  • 1/2 tsp red chili powder
  • 2 heaping tbsp lemongrass puree
  • 2 to 3 kaffir lime leaves or 8 to 10 curry leaves
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 2 tsp tomato puree
  • 1 cup full fat or thick coconut milk
  • 1 cup hot water

Directions:

  1. In a medium saucepan, add 4 eggs. Put in enough cold water to completely submerge eggs. Heat saucepan on medium-high and cook eggs for 8 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat, cover for another 10 minutes. Prepare an ice bath. Add eggs into ice bath to cool before peeling. Perfect hard-boiled eggs all the time 😉
  2. In a blender, add chopped red onions, garlic cloves and water. Blend into a smooth paste.
  3. Heat a cooking vessel on medium high. As soon as it’s hot, add coconut oil and mustard seeds. Wait for seeds to begin sputtering before adding blended onion paste.
  4. Once onion paste is added, fry until paste thickens and oil separates — about 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in between to avoid burn.
  5. Sprinkle in spanish paprika, turmeric, cumin, coriander and chili powder. Cook for a minute.
  6. Add in lemongrass puree, kaffir lime leaves, chopped tomatoes, tomato puree and salt. Stir to cook for 3 minutes or until fragrant.
  7. Add coconut milk and water. Stir to combine, cover and simmer curry on medium for 15 minutes or until oil begin separating on the sides and curry gradually thickens.
  8. Add halved hard-boiled eggs and simmer for another 5 minutes.
  9. Serve it hot with some jasmine rice and a side salad 🙂

 

Happy Holi (Festival of Colors) and Easter to everyone. Have fun and don’t forget to add more “fusion of flavors” onto your palate. It might result  into something magical.

Or let’s face it — we need more fusion curry in our lives especially when it’s supposedly Spring and I’m still in my socks all day long.

Brrrr…. Curry is definitely on the menu today.

How did you celebrate Holi and how would you celebrate Easter? What would be your fusion meal?