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Egg Curry Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a comforting and flavorful dish of boiled eggs cooked in spicy onion tomato gravy.

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1. Egg Curry | Egg Curry Recipe | Egg Curry with Coconut
2. Egg Curry Recipe Step by Step

Egg Curry

I make egg curry often. Believe it or not, even today i made a version of egg curry and served it with ghee rice. I love making it for lunch, because it taste so yummy with hot rice so much. I personally like it so much.

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Ingredients for Egg Curry

  • Eggs - 5 Hard Boiled and peeled
  • Oil - 1 tblspn + 2 tblspn
  • Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf - 2 tsp
  • Cinnamon / Pattai - 4 cm piece
  • Onion - 2 large chopped roughly
  • Tomatoes -2 large chopped roughly
  • Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 tblspn
  • Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
  • Coriander Powder / Malli Podi - 2 tblspn
  • Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp
  • Coconut - ½ cup grated
  • Salt to taste
  • Coriander Leaves a handful finely chopped
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Eggs are such a versatile ingredient, you can turn them into a tasty meal within minutes. I have quite a few egg recipes in my blog. You can check them here and here.

 
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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..

How to Make Egg Curry

  1. Heat 1 tblspn oil in a pan, add in fennel seeds and cinnamon. Let it sizzle for a min.
  2. Add in onions and salt. Saute till it turns little dark.
  3. Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
  4. Add in tomatoes and mix well. Cover and cook on a low heat till it gets mushy.
  5. Add in coconut and saute for 5 mins or so till the mix is done. Cool this down a little.
  6. Now take the masala in a blender and make it into a fine puree. Add water if needed.
  7. Heat 2 tblspn oil in the same pan, add the masala in along with all spice powders.
  8. Cook this till oil separates from the mix.
  9. Pour in water. Add in eggs and cover and simmer till oil floats on top.
  10. Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
  11. Serve with roti or rice.
 
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Egg Curry | Egg Curry Recipe | Egg Curry with Coconut

Egg Curry Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a comforting and flavorful dish of boiled eggs cooked in spicy onion tomato gravy.
3 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 45 mins
Total Time 55 mins
Course Side dishes
Cuisine Indian
Servings 5 servings
Calories 60 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 5 Hard Boiled and peeled Eggs
  • 1 tbsp + 2 tbsp Oil
  • 2 tsp Fennel Seeds / Sombu / Saunf
  • 4 cm piece Cinnamon / Pattai
  • 2 large chopped roughly Onion
  • 2 large chopped roughly Tomatoes
  • 1 tblspn Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 2 tsp Chilli Powder
  • 2 tblspn Coriander Powder / Malli Podi
  • 1 tsp Turmeric Powder
  • ½ cup grated Coconut
  • to taste Salt
  • a handful finely chopped Coriander Leaves

Instructions
 

  • Heat 1 tblspn oil in a pan, add in fennel seeds and cinnamon. Let it sizzle for a min.
  • Add in onions and salt. Saute till it turns little dark.
  • Now add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.
  • Add in tomatoes and mix well. Cover and cook on a low heat till it gets mushy.
  • Add in coconut and saute for 5 mins or so till the mix is done. Cool this down a little.
  • Now take the masala in a blender and make it into a fine puree. Add water if needed.
  • Heat 2 tblspn oil in the same pan, add the masala in along with all spice powders.
  • Cook this till oil separates from the mix.
  • Pour in water. Add in eggs and cover and simmer till oil floats on top.
  • Add in coriander leaves and mix well.
  • Serve with roti or rice.
Nutrition Facts
Egg Curry | Egg Curry Recipe | Egg Curry with Coconut
Amount Per Serving (1 g)
Calories 60 Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Fat 6g9%
Saturated Fat 5g31%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.3g
Sodium 16mg1%
Potassium 72mg2%
Carbohydrates 3g1%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 1g1%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 237IU5%
Vitamin C 0.2mg0%
Calcium 6mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Egg Curry Recipe Step by Step

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Take all your ingredients
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Start by cooking some eggs
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Now peel em, make slashes all over it
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Heat oil in a pan
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add in fennel seeds and cinnamon stick
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add in onions
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and some salt
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mix well
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saute till it gets little soft
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add in ginger garlic paste
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Saute for a min till raw smell leaves from the mixture
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Add in tomatoes
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Give a good mix
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Cover and cook till the tomatoes turn mushy
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Now the tomatoes have turned mushy
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Add in some grated coconut
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Saute for 5 more mins
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now the mixture is ready
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Take the masala in a blender
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Make it into a smooth puree
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Heat some oil in a kadai
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Now pour the masala in
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mix well
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Cook till oil separates
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Now add in coriander, chilli and turmeric powder
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Saute them well
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Now you can see oil separating from the masala, 
and the colour has darkened..This is what you want
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pour in water
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mix well
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add in eggs
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cover and simmer till oil separates
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Done
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throw in a handful of chopped coriander leaves
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mix well
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serve
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Taste great with rice, roti or anything
 
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Aarthi

About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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Comments

  1. kalai vani

    Hi sister,
    Today I made this curry this came out very tasty.egg kulambu was my first try after marriage but that was a huge flop.for the past one year I have been using readymade egg Kulambu powder but I m not satisfied with its taste.making tasty egg kulambu was my long time wish. Today I achieved it.Thnku so much for this yummy kulambu.

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    • athira

      Hi sissy first i would like to thank you. U r one of my problem solver. Ur blog has everything i search for. Ur way of explanation is very understandable even for cooking beginners.may god bless u and Ur family.pls don't stop Ur innovations and don't forget to share it with us

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  2. Pavitra

    Thanks Arthi for this yummy recipe

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  3. kkkkr

    Really liked this recipe. Its better than other spicy recipes and very easy to make. Great. Keep it up.

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  4. Babe Kaur

    Hi ..Arthi ....wanna try this yummy looking recepi if no grated coconut ??? wht else to use ??thank you

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  5. Aarthi

    @Babe Kauru can skip coconut or add little cashews or khus khus

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  6. Sharon Arun

    Thank u Arti...I tried your recipe and the dish turned out to be really good 🙂

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  7. Ramya Mathiraj

    Hey aarthi,tried ur simple egg curry today with jus a small change , instead of onions I used shallots.. and as u said curry was awesome. Hubby liked it a lot. Thanks a lot

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  8. Anonymous

    Hi Arthy...tried ur egg curry recipe today.it came out really well.My hubby loved it...Thanks for ur recipe

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  9. Suriya Sundaram

    Hi aarthi
    I didn't get the flavour of egg it was just like tomato curry. Wat went wrong ?

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  10. Vinayaki Yadav

    I tried this recipe last night for dinner. This was the first time I made egg curry .
    It was a very simple process , no complicated ingredients and the taste was way too amazing compared to the less ingredients and efforts put in.
    Will definitely make it again.

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  11. Kirthi Menon

    Hi Arthy... Thank you for providing such a lovely recipe.. I tried it and it came out good.. I made a little change to the recipe though... Instead of grated coconut, i put coconut milk and one pinch sugar... Thank you once again

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  12. Kirthi Menon

    Hi Arthy... Thank you providing a lovely recipe.. I tried it and it came out pretty well... I made a few changes to the recipe though... Instead of grated coconut, i poured coconut milk and put a pinch of sugar in the last ... The flavor was pretty good... Thank you once again.

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  14. Anonymous

    Thanks for the recipe. I tried it and it was very simple and tasty.

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  15. Janani G

    can u tell if we can do this without coconut

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    • Aarthi

      no coconut is must in this

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  16. Anonymous

    Hi Aarthi, i've tried ur recipe and it waz superb. would like to do this recipe again with 10-12 eggs. Could you please let me know how muc i should increase with regards to masala and other things. Thank you.

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    • Aarthi

      JUst double the recipe

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  17. Sharika R

    Hi Aarthi,
    I tried your recipe yesterday and i liked it alot.. thanks for sharing this recipe..Keep updating more recipes..:)

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  18. Anonymous

    i like ur blog very much. thanks for creating such a good blog for begginers like me. i like all ur receipes very much and tried some of them including ur baby recipes too.

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  19. Aparna Rajhesh

    I tried this yesterday. It came out so well! Perfect blend of masala. Loved it. Thank you!

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  20. Unknown

    The recipie certainly looks easy and simple, I'm going to try it now. Thanks for posting it 🙂

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  21. Jyoti Banasode

    I tried this recipe yesterday.it came out very well.thanks for sharing this easy recipe.

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