Bengali Egg Malai Curry
Bengali Egg Malai Curry, also known as Dimer Malai Curry, is a Bengali dish made with hard boiled eggs, spices, and a creamy coconut milk gravy.
Yield: 4 people
Materials
- 5 nos Eggs
- 2 cups Coconut Milk
- 2 no Onion, medium chopped
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Paste
- 1 teaspoon Ginger Paste
- Salt to taste
- ½ teaspoon Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander Powder
- 1 no Bay Leaf
- 1 inch Cinnamon Stick
- 1 no Green Cardamom Pod
- 2 nos Clove
- 4-5 tablespoon Mustard Oil
- 1 tablespoon Coriander Leaves chopped
Instructions
- Boil the eggs and after cooling peel the egg shells and keep them aside.
- Heat oil (2 tablespoon) in a pan and fry the boiled eggs with salt little turmeric powder and red chilli powder.
- After they turn beautiful golden, take them out.
- Heat the remaining oil and add bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon, clove into oil.
- Add chopped onions and fry them till translucent. Add sugar while frying the onions.
- Next add ginger and garlic paste. Mix them well with onion.
- Add dry spice powders such as turmeric powder, red chilli powder, salt, and coriander powder. Mix well.
- Add this point of time, add little water (2 tablespoon) and cook the spice mixture.
- Next add coconut milk into the pan and combine well with the spice mixture.
- After sometime add the fried eggs into it and allow it to boil by covering the lid. If required add half cup of water.
- Check the taste of the gravy, if required add salt.
- Later switch off the gas and allow to rest it for 5 minutes and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.