Dhaba style Egg curry/North India style egg curry is a spicy flavourful egg curry where boiled eggs are cooked in a onion tomato gravy.
Egg curry can be made in number of ways. Some of the egg curry recipes on this blog are Malvani Egg Drop Curry, Egg Potato Curry, Mangalorean Egg Drop Curry and Egg Ghee Roast. Dhaba style egg curry is the type of curry which you will find at roadside eating places. Boiled eggs are sauteed in oil and spices and is later cooked in a spicy onion tomato gravy. This curry pairs well with roti, naan, lachcha paratha, plain rice, jeera rice etc.
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Dhaba style Egg Curry
This is a popular curry sold at the road-side eateries. Hard boiled eggs are cooked in a spicy onion tomato gravy and are served with naan, rotis or steamed rice.
List of Ingredients required to make Dhaba style Egg Curry
Eggs: Hard boiled eggs
Veggies : Onions and tomatoes
Spices: bay leaf, cloves, big cardamom, cinnamon, green chillies, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, cumin-coriander powder, garam masala, dry mango powder
Oil, salt and fresh coriander
How to make the perfect boiled eggs
Place eggs in a saucepan.
Pour water into the pan and ensure that there is about 1 inch water above the eggs . Bring it to a boil. When the water comes to a rolling boil, turn off the heat and remove the pan from the gas stove.
Cover the pan with a lid for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, remove the eggs from hot water and immerse them in ice cold water.
Remove the eggs from cold water and peel the eggs.
Why prick the boiled eggs/ make cuts on boiled eggs
Pricking the boiled eggs allows the masala to get inside and make them flavourful.
Step-wise recipe with pictures
Boil the eggs. Prick the boiled eggs with a knife or a fork.
Heat ½ tsp oil in a pan. Add ½ tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp red chilly powder and salt and saute. To this, add the boiled eggs and saute. The eggs should be coated well with the masalas. Keep these eggs aside.
Heat the remaining oil in a deep pan. Add bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon, big cardamom and saute. Add chopped green chillies and saute.
Add chopped onion, ginger garlic paste and saute till the onions turn brown and soft.
Add chopped tomatoes and cook till they are soft and mushy.
Add turmeric powder, red chilly powder, cumin-coriander powder, garam masala, dry mango powder, salt and mix well. Add little water and let the masalas cook well.
To this, add the masala coated eggs. Give a gentle mix. Cook for another 5 minutes so that all the masalas blend well with the eggs.
Garnish with chopped coriander. Serve egg curry with rotis, parathas or rice.
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Dhaba style Egg curry
Ingredients
- 7 Eggs
- 4 onions (finely chopped)
- 3 tomatoes (finely chopped
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 bay leaf (tej Patta)
- 3 to 4 cloves (lavang)
- 1 big cardamom (badi elaichi)
- 1 inch piece of cinnamon stick(dalchini)
- 2 green chillies (finely chopped)
- 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 1 ½  tsp turmeric powder
- 2 ½  tsp red chilly powder
- 2 tsp cumin-coriander powder(dhaniya-jeera powder)
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 tsp dry mango powder (amchoor powder)
- Salt as per taste
- 2 tbsp fresh coriander (chopped)Â
Instructions
- Boil the eggs. Prick the boiled eggs with a knife or a fork.
- Heat ½ tsp oil in a pan. Add ½ tsp turmeric powder, ½ tsp red chilly powder and salt. Saute.
- To this, add the boiled eggs and saute. The eggs should be coated well with the masalas. Keep these eggs aside.
- Heat the remaining  oil in a deep pan.
- Add bay leaf, cloves, cinnamon, big cardamom and saute.
- Add chopped green chillies and saute.
- Add chopped onion, ginger garlic paste and saute till the onions turn brown and soft.
- Add chopped tomatoes and cook till they are soft and mushy.
- Add turmeric powder, red chilly powder, cumin-corianderpowder, garam masala, dry mango powder, salt and mix well.
- Add little water and let the masalas cook well. Â
- To this, add the masala coated eggs. Give agentle mix.Â
- Cook for another 5 minutes so that all the masalas blend well with the eggs.
- Garnish with chopped coriander.
- Serve egg curry with rotis, parathas or rice.
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Some other Egg Recipes: Malvani Egg Drop Curry, Stuffed Masala Eggs, Boiled Egg Sandwich and Egg Potato Curry.
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