Spicy Egg Pepper Curry with Hogplums.

“Spicy Egg Pepper Curry with Hogplums (Ambado)” … This is a easy to prepare, flavorful, semi dry Egg curry dish that goes very well with mildly spiced rice / pulav / roti / naan or even poori. You can also serve this as a side dish with rice and other curries and enjoy it mixed with plain rice too … A peppery flavored egg curry that is loved very much in my home … Give it a try … sure to love it … Yummy Yumz .....

There is always plenty of eggs in my fridge as these come in handy when you want to prepare some yummy dishes. Easy and fast to cook, they are very friendly in nature and you can never go wrong with them once you learn the basics. Prepare them anyway and they turn out yumz. My hubby simply loves egg omelette with onions and green chillies and it’s a common bf. In my home. Many are hesitant to feed young children with eggs, but plz. include this in your diet. Eggs have all the nutrients in them that is needed for the development of a body and also its maintenance. I guess thrice a week is sufficient. Having said this eggs should be consumed in limits as you grow older to avoid health complications as they are slightly higher on cholesterol levels. Well, as all of you are aware of it, I will not run into its health benefits and straight away move to my friendlier zone of cooking.So now lets move on to the simply curry that can be prepared in a jiffy. 

** Ingredients :

Eggs : 4-6.

Onions : 3 large sliced lengthwise finely.

Garlic : 15-18 medium sized chopped finely.

Hogplums / Ambado : 2
Curry Leaves : 6-8 fresh ones 

Salt to taste

Oil : 3 tblsp 

** Masala to be Ground :

Coconut : ½ cup freshly grated.

Ginger : ½ inch piece

Fennel / Saunf / Badisep Powder : 1 tsp

Coriander / Dhania Powder : ½ tsp

Jeera / Cumin Powder : ¼ tsp

Haldi / Turmeric Powder : a small pinch.

Kashmiri Red Chilly Powder : ½ tsp

Black Pepper Powder : 2 tsp heaped

Garam Masala Powder : ½ tsp

** Hard boil the eggs, shell and keep them ready aside. For perfect method of hard boiling the eggs, check the link given below here.

** Here is the link to perfect hard boiled eggs Recipe … 

http://gayathrifoodbytes.blogspot.in/2015/05/perfect-hard-boiled-eggs.html#more

** Wash and wipe the Ambadoo / Hogplums. Slice off the stem side edge and then slice the sides and keep them ready along with the inner seed aside. If desired and the hogplums are tender you can slightly crush them with a heavy weight / stone too. Again, if hogplums are not available or for any reason you do not want to use them just add a small marble sized tamarind while grinding the masala. 

** Masala to be Ground : Grind to a smooth paste coconut with fennel pd, jeera pd, coriander pd, red chilly powder, pinch of haldi, ginger, pepper powder and garam masala pd. Do not add much water. The paste should be smooth and thick. Keep this prepared ready asdie.

** In a thick bottomed kadai add in the oil and bring to heat, once hot enough reduce the heat to medium and add in the eggs and fry for a minute, rolling it over often. Add in a small pinch of haldi pd and red chilly pd. You have to keep tossing the eggs or else the outer white part may get broken. Remove and keep them aside to be added on later.

** Now continue in the same kadai with the same oil. Add in the garlic and fry till it starts becoming slightly brownish, now add in the sliced onion and fry till it turns brownish too add curry leaves and then the ground masala and fry for 3-5 mins. on medium heat. 

** Add in half cup of water with the hoglums (sliced sides and seed too). Mix well and cook till the hogplums are cooked. It hardly takes 5 mins. Add salt to taste and mix well. 

** Lastly add in boiled-fried eggs and mix well. Check consistency and add water if required only. Remember this is a semi dry curry. Let cook on slow fire for 5 mins. Add ¼ cup of finely chopped coriander leaves and mix well. Remove from fire, cover and keep aside for 15-20 mins. The curry gets thickened and flavourful. 

** “Spicy Egg Pepper Curry with Hogplums” is done and ready to be served. You can serve this with plain hot rice or simple fried rice. Goes very well with chapati, naan, roti or poori too. Enjoy this dish by serving to your family and friends. You can increase or decrease the level of pepper powder as per your taste. But this curry is supposed to be spicy and I myself have kept it between medium ~ spicy level. So if you want spicier you can add in another tsp of the same. Enjoy.