Turkish-style eggs on a yogurt base with spicy oil - çilbir

Ingredients

Yogurt base:

• 4.5 oz Greek yogurt (1 yogurt)
• salt
• pepper

Spicy oil:

• 4 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 teaspoon chili flakes
• 1 clove garlic (crushed)
• salt
• pepper
• 1/2 tsp paprika (sweet or smoked)
• 3 eggs
• 6 fresh parsley leaves (+/-)

To accompany:

• slices of bread

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Preparation

• Mix Greek yogurt, salt and pepper.
• Combine olive oil, salt, pepper, chili flakes, crushed garlic and paprika (sweet or smoked).
  
• Bring a pot of water to the boil. When the water comes to the boil, turn down the heat to minimum and carefully plunge the broken eggs into the pot. Leave to cook for 5 minutes.
• Remove the eggs gently with a skimmer.
  
  *If you wish to cook just one egg: turn off the heat and leave to cook for 3 minutes.
  
• Spread the Greek yoghurt over the bottom of a soup plate, place the boiled and drained eggs on top, drizzle with a generous amount of chilli oil and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
• Enjoy with bread! It's ready!
  
  *You can also make soft-boiled eggs by cooking them in boiling water for 7 minutes, then immediately plunging them into iced water before peeling.