On a day when I was reminiscing my childhood days, the fragrant memories of Ma's egg curry came to my mind. It was a family favourite and Ma would make it every alternate weekend. She would make an extra egg which she would reserve and my brother and I would always fight over grabbing that one. Such were the days of childhood when getting to eat an extra egg was a matter of life and death.
Moving on, I finally decided to make Egg curry but I wanted to give it a twist. Since I am very fond of white gravies, I decided to make the eggs in a curd based curry. I searched for recipes and after surfing a couple of them I short listed the one from Bong Mom's cookbook. The recipe link is here.
So I started with a heart full of zeal and put the eggs to boil in a saucepan. The easiest task ever, apparently. But it was not to be... Soon I realised that the eggs had started cracking and that broke my heart... Well almost (wicked grin)! The stubborn girl that I am, I started with another batch after doing a bit of research and consulting Ma over the phone. Soon I was back on track with a lesson well learnt - "DO NOT count your chickens before they hatch." (Post on boiling eggs here)
However, eventually the turn of events that happened were such that EGG CURRY was not destined to be had by us that day. One disaster followed another and I later realised that the onions had got a bit burnt which imparted a kind of undesirable bitter taste to the curry.
Anyways, my sweet husband volunteered to eat his share without a complaint which made my day and I felt very grateful to him...
All in all, it was a day of immense learning for me and all thanks to my husband's encouragement, I reattempted to make the same version of Egg Curry which finally was a huge success for me.
Here is a picture of it which looks rather deceptive ;-)
So I started with a heart full of zeal and put the eggs to boil in a saucepan. The easiest task ever, apparently. But it was not to be... Soon I realised that the eggs had started cracking and that broke my heart... Well almost (wicked grin)! The stubborn girl that I am, I started with another batch after doing a bit of research and consulting Ma over the phone. Soon I was back on track with a lesson well learnt - "DO NOT count your chickens before they hatch." (Post on boiling eggs here)
However, eventually the turn of events that happened were such that EGG CURRY was not destined to be had by us that day. One disaster followed another and I later realised that the onions had got a bit burnt which imparted a kind of undesirable bitter taste to the curry.
Anyways, my sweet husband volunteered to eat his share without a complaint which made my day and I felt very grateful to him...
All in all, it was a day of immense learning for me and all thanks to my husband's encouragement, I reattempted to make the same version of Egg Curry which finally was a huge success for me.
Here is a picture of it which looks rather deceptive ;-)
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