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Egg - Potato Mappas
Published on September 27, 2024

Ingredients:
4-5 hardboiled eggs
1 big onion, sliced
1 medium tomato, chopped
1 tbsp ginger, finely chopped
3/4 tbsp garlic, finely chopped
5 green chillies, chopped
2 sprig curry leaves
3 dry red chillies
3/4 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
2 1/2 tsp coriander powder
1 tsp garam masala
1 big potato, peeled and cubed
1 1/2 cup medium thick coconut milk ( second extract)
3/4 tsp pepper powder
1 tsp fennel powder
1 cup thick coconut milk
salt to taste
2 tbsp + 1 tsp coconut oil
Preparation:
- Boil the eggs and make cuts / slits and keep it aside.
- Heat 2 tbsp coconut oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds and add dry red chillies.
- Add chopped ginger and garlic and mix well.
- Add chopped green chillies and curry leaves and saute well till raw smell goes.
- Add sliced onion and salt and saute well till light brown.
- Add chopped tomato and saute well till soft and mashed well.
- Add turmeric powder, coriander powder and garam masala and mix well till raw smell goes.
- Add potato pieces and mix well and cook covered at low flame for 4-5 minutes, stirring in between.
- Add medium thick coconut milk and mix well and cook covered at low flame till potatoes are cooked well, stirring in between.
- Then add boiled eggs, pepper powder and fennel powder and mix well and cook covered for 4-5 minutes. Adjust the salt.
- Reduce the flame and add thick coconut milk and mix well. Don’t boil, just heat…Switch off the flame.
- Add few curry leaves and 1 tsp coconut oil and keep it covered for 5 minutes. Serve with appam, idiyappam, chapati, ghee rice etc..
Egg - Potato Mappas
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Shabbu's Tasty Kitchen
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Indian, South Indian, Kerala
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Ingredients
- 4-5 hardboiled eggs
- 1 big onion, sliced
- 1 medium tomato, chopped
- 1 tbsp ginger, finely chopped
- 3/4 tbsp garlic, finely chopped
- 5 green chillies, chopped
- 2 sprigs curry leaves
- 3 dry red chillies
- 3/4 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 2 1/2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp garam masala
- 1 big potato, peeled and cubed
- 1 1/2 cup medium thick coconut milk
- 3/4 tsp pepper powder
- 1 tsp fennel powder
- 1 cup thick coconut milk
- salt to taste
- 2 tbsp + 1 tsp coconut oil
Instructions
- 1Boil the eggs, make small slits, and set aside.
- 2Heat 2 tbsp coconut oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds, then add dry red chillies.
- 3Sauté chopped ginger, garlic, green chillies, and curry leaves until aromatic.
- 4Add sliced onion, salt, and cook until golden brown.
- 5Mix in chopped tomato and cook until soft and mashed.
- 6Add turmeric powder, coriander powder, and garam masala, stirring until the raw smell fades.
- 7Add cubed potatoes, mix well, and cook covered on low flame for 4-5 minutes.
- 8Pour in medium thick coconut milk and simmer until potatoes are fully cooked.
- 9Add boiled eggs, pepper powder, and fennel powder, then cook covered for 4-5 minutes.
- 10Reduce flame, stir in thick coconut milk, and heat without boiling. Switch off the flame.
- 11Garnish with curry leaves and a teaspoon of coconut oil. Serve with appam, idiyappam, or chapati.
Description
A rich and mildly spiced coconut-based curry featuring eggs and potatoes, perfect with appam or chapati.