Meatball and Egg curry

6 eggs

1/2 kg keema (minced meat)

1 medium onion

1/2 cup chick pea flour (besan)

1 tbsp ginger garlic paste

1 tsp red chili powder (or as per your taste)

1/2 tsp cumin seeds

1 tsp coriander seeds

1 egg

Salt to taste

Oil to fry

Egg Kofta

Kofta Curry

1 medium onion1 tbsp ginger garlic paste1 tbsp coriander seeds1 tbsp red chili powder1 tsp turmeric powder1 tsp cumin seeds1 tsp pepper corns2 tsp poppy seeds6-7 almonds1/2 cup yogurtCoriander to garnishSalt to taste

Preparations

• Soak almonds in warm water and put in microwave for 2 minutes. Peel of the skin.

• Soak poppy seeds for 30 minutes. Make a paste of peeled almonds and poppy seeds.

• Hard boil the eggs• Dry roast cumin, coriander seeds along with pepper corns till they start releasing

aroma. Coarsely crush these in mortar and pestle.• Dry roast chick pea flour or besan till it turns golden and starts releasing aroma.• Make a paste of ginger and garlic.

How to make Egg Kofta?In the minced meat, add ginger garlic paste, chili powder, salt, 1 tablespoon of crushed cumin, coriander and pepper corns, roasted chick pea flour (besan), sliced onions and egg.

Mix all this together in a blender so that you have fine minced meat.

Grease your palms with little water. Take minced meat in your palm and coat egg with meat.

Meat should be slightly more than size of egg so that you get good coating of meat around the eggs.

Heat oil in a deep pan. when oil is hot, transfer eggs in it and fry till golden brown. Make sure eggs are not over fried.

In case you want to bake these eggs, Keep meat coated eggs in greased baking tray.

Transfer the baking tray in pre heated oven at 200'C around 400 F for 30-35 minutes or till cooked.

How to make the Curry?• Heat oil in a pan or kadhai. Add thinly sliced onion and fry till golden brown.

Taken them out on a paper towel.

• Make a paste of fried onions with yogurt in a mixer.

• In the remaining oil in the pan,add the paste of almonds and poppy seeds. Let it cook for a minute.

• Add ginger garlic paste, red chili powder and turmeric powder. Let all of this cook. Once masala start to stick to the pan, add onion and yogurt paste.

• Let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.

• Add water in the masala mixture to make curry. I have added 1 cup of water. Adjust quantity of water to make consistency of your choice.

• Add kofta in curry and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes. Roll gently without breaking the koftas.

• If you like, you can keep koftas ready and add in curry just when serving.

• Finish with chopped coriander

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