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Egg Curry Recipe (Bengali Style)

Madhushree Dutta
Recipe to make delicious Egg Curry at home. Simple ingredients, instructions, and equipment to cook Bengali-style Egg Curry easily.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
Servings 4 servings

Equipment

  • 1 Kadhai
  • 1 Induction Cooktop

Ingredients
  

  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 Potatoes medium
  • 3 Onions medium
  • 1 Tomato large
  • ½ tsp Ginger Garlic Paste
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • ½ tsp Cumin seeds
  • 2 Green Cardamom
  • 2-3 Green Chilis or according to heat tolerance
  • 1 tsp Coriander powder
  • 1 tsp Cumin Powder
  • 1 tsp Red Chili Powder
  • ½ tsp Turmeric powder
  • tsp Black pepper powder
  • 2 tsp Panch Phoron Masala
  • 1 tbsp Coriander leaves chopped
  • Oil
  • Salt to taste

Instructions
 

Cut the potatoes

  • First, wash and peel the potatoes.
  • Cut them in quarters and wash off the excess starch.

Boil the eggs

  • Next, take a boiling pot and pour water. Add salt to taste and let the water come to a boil.
  • Gently place the eggs in it.
  • Let them boil and cook for about 8 minutes.
  • After that take them out of the water and put them under room temperature water.

Boil the potatoes

  • While the eggs are resting, place the potatoes in the boiling water.
  • Boil them until they become soft.

Prepare the pastes

  • Meanwhile, chop the onions. Cut the tomatoes roughly and keep them aside.
  • Next, take a blender and make a puree of the tomatoes. Keep it aside.
  • Next, put in the chopped onions (keeping 2 tbsp aside), ginger, garlic, 1 Green Chili, and cumin seeds into the blender. Make a fine paste and keep it aside.

Marinate the eggs

  • Then, de-shell the eggs, slit them slightly from all sides.
  • Marinate them with some turmeric, red chili powder, and a bit of salt.
  • Mix them well and keep them aside.

Marinate the potatoes

  • Check the potatoes. If they are cooked, take them out of the water and let them cool down completely.
  • When they are cooled, add turmeric powder, red chili powder, and a bit of salt (all these will be according to taste. You can add more or less).

Fry the eggs and potatoes

  • Now, take a kadhai or a cooking pot and add oil.
  • Let the oil heat until it smokes. Keep the flame on medium.
  • Add the eggs and potatoes to the oil.
  • Fry the eggs until they are golden brown. Take them out of the oil and keep them aside.
  • In the same oil put the potatoes and fry until they turn golden brown. Take them out and keep them aside.

Prepare the gravy

  • Add some oil if needed and then put the bay leaf (tear it from the middle), and the crushed green cardamoms.
  • Stir them until the aromatics give out the fragrance.
  • Next, add the onion, ginger, garlic, green chili, and cumin paste to the kadhai.
  • Stir them consistently and let them cook for about 4-6 minutes.
  • When they start to turn brownish, add the tomato puree.
  • Combine all the ingredients together and stir.
  • Slit the other two green chilis and add in the kadhai.
  • Next, add the turmeric powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, and black pepper powder.
  • Stir them well. Let them cook for about 6-8 minutes or until the oil is separated from the masala.
  • Now add ½ cup of water (add more or less). Stir them and add salt to taste.

Add the eggs and potatoes

  • Put the eggs and the potatoes into the masala. Cover the kadhai and let them shimmer for about 8-10 minutes (The consistency of the gravy should be on the thicker side. You can add water accordingly).
  • Take a taste test. Add if anything is needed.
  • Next, transfer them into a bowl.

Garnish

  • Garnish the Egg curry with the chopped coriander leaves and let it rest for about 3 minutes before serving.
  • This helps in infusing the flavors well.
Keyword Bengali Recipe, Egg Recipe, Recipes for Dinner, Recipes for Lunch