Tomato Egg Fried Rice, Egg Dhal curry & an evening snack..!!

Hi Friends,

Wish you all a very bright day..!!

Here are the delights for you today.....

1. Tomato Egg Fried Rice:

This is a dish invented by me for my hubby as he wanted the egg fried rice little spicy...! It turned out to be wonderful..! Do try out and see...



Ingredients:

1. Tomato - 1 finely chopped,
2. Eggs - 2,
3. Beans & carrot - 1/2 cup finely chopped/grated,
4. Spring onions - 1 string finely chopped,
5. Ginger-garlic paste - 2 tsp,
6. Basmati rice - 2 cups Cooked with salt and cooled,
7. Green chilly - 2 chopped finely,
8. Salt - as needed,
9. Ajinamoto - a pinch(Optional),
10. Turmeric powder - 1 tsp,
11. Oil - as needed,
12. Fresh black pepper powder - 1 tsp.

How to make this?

1. Heat oil in pan, scramble the eggs with turmeric powder, salt and saute well till done and keep aside.
2. In the same pan, add oil if needed and fry the beans, carrots, spring onions, ajinamoto and a little salt till the veggies are tender and cooked. Remove and keep aside.
3. In the pan, add oil and put the tomatoes, ginger-garlic paste, salt and saute well till the raw smell goes and get mashed.
4. Now add the rice and mix well till all the masala gets coated well in the rice.
5. Add the scrambled eggs and fried veggies and mix well. Adjust salt and sprinkle the pepper powder and mix well.

Yummy Fried is ready to eat with onion raita, potato chips..!

2. Egg Dhal Spicy Curry:

This egg curry is one of favourites. My Mom's speciality with a twist from my MIL's recipe..!



Ingredients:

1. Eggs - 3,
2. Toor dhal - 1/2 cup,
3. Split moong dhal - 1/4 cup,
4. Onions - 2 finely chopped,
5. Tomato - 1 finely chopped,
6. Turmeric powder - 1 tsp,
7. Red chilly powder - 3 tsp,
8. Coriander powder - 4 tsp,
9. Fennel/Saunf - 3 tsp crushed,
10. Curry leaves - 2 strings,
11. Tamarind juice - 1/4 cup,
12. Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp,
13. Coconut paste - 3 tsp,
14. Salt - as needed,
15. Oil - as needed,
16. Cilantro - for garnish.

How to make this?

1. Soak the toor and split moong dhal in water for one hour.
2. Grind the soaked dhal in a blender coarsely and take in a bowl. Add the eggs, chopped 1 onion, 1 tsp chilly powder, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, little crushed fennel seeds, curry leaves 1 string, salt and mix and beat well.
3. In a tawa, make little thick pancakes out of this egg-dhal mixture and cook by flipping both sides till golden brown. Cut it in to small pieces and keep aside.





4. In a kadai, heat oil saute the remaining fennel seeds, onions, ginger-garlic paste,curry leaves till they turn transparent.
5. Now add the tomatoes, turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander powder, salt and saute till the raw flavour goes and the tomatoes get mashed. Add the coconut paste and saute well. Add enough water and tamarind juice and leave to boil.



6. Adjust taste and simmer till the curry thickens and the oil floates on top.
7. Simmer and put the egg pieces in to the curry and leave for 5mins. Garnish with cilantro and serve.

Tastes great with steaming white rice, pappadam, any veg poriyal..!

3. Onion samosa:

This is my hubby's evening snack time delight..!



Ingredients:

1. All purpose flour/Maida - 11/2 cup,
2. Baking soda - 1 pinch,
3. Butter - 3 tsp,
4. Onions - 2 Finely chopped lengthwise,
5. Red chilly powder - 1 tsp,
6. Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp,
7. Salt - as needed,
8. Cumin powder - 1 tsp,
9. Oil - for frying.



How to make this?

1. In a bowl mix the flour, salt, soda, water in to a soft dough. Cover with a wet cloth and keep aside for 1/2 an hour.
2. Heat oil in kadai, add the onions, salt and saute well till the onions turn transparent and soft.
3. Add the red chilly powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder and saute well till the raw flavour goes. Mix well and keep aside.
4. Take small ball of the dough and make small round chappathis, cut it in to two.
5. With one half-circle, wet the corners with water and fold it in to a cone.
6. Fill with the onion masala, seal the other end well. Repeat for rest of the dough.
7. Make sure all the corners are sealed well.
8. Heat oil in kadai, and fry the samosas carefully on all sides till they turn golden brown.

Serve hot with tomato-chilly ketchup/Mint chutney..!


I'm sending the
1.Tomato Egg Fried rice,
2.Egg dhal curry
3. Eggs in Tamarind gravy
to Sudeshna's 'Event for Eggs'..



Sending the Onion Samosa to Mahimaa's '15minute cooking'..



Hope you enjoyed my delicacies..!! Do try and let me know..!!:)