Sri Lankan · serves 2
Sri Lankan Egg Curry
Coconut, cinnamon and pandan. Familiar ingredients, completely different result.
Ingredients
- 6 eggs, boiled
- 1 can coconut milk
- 2 onions, sliced
- 1 tbsp roasted curry powder
- 1 tsp kashmiri chilli powder
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 20 curry leaves
- 1 pandan leaf if you have one
- 1 tbsp tamarind pulp
- 3 tbsp coconut oil
Method
- Fry the boiled eggs whole in coconut oil till the outsides blister and go golden. Take out.
- Cinnamon, curry leaves, pandan and onions in the same oil, 8 minutes.
- Curry powder, chilli, turmeric — 30 seconds on low.
- Thin coconut milk, tamarind and salt. Simmer 10 minutes.
- Eggs back in, then the thick coconut cream. Heat through, don't boil.
- The gravy should be thin and pourable. Rice or roti.