Egg & Pea Curry on Mash
The following dish is an ideal way to get introduced to cooking a curry and at the same time enjoying two essentials for students – boiled eggs and mashed potatoes! You get protein from the eggs and carbohydrates and energy from the spuds. Try to familiarise yourself with potatoes – some are good for boiling (the waxy type) or some for mashing (the powdery ones) as needed for this recipe.
Cooking a curry is really simple and the trick is to get the base for the curry organised and can even be stored in the fridge for future use.
Ingredients:
· 500 gms. potatoes
· 100 gms butter
· 1 cup milk
· 6 Eggs
· 2 cups of frozen peas (minted or otherwise)
· 3Tbs vegetable oil
· 1 large onion diced
· 3 cloves garlic diced (or 1tsp crushed garlic)
· 1 inch fresh ginger peeled and diced
· 2 green chillies chopped (delete if you so wish or double the amount if you feel challenged!)
· 1Tbs tomato paste
· 1tsp curry powder
· 1tsp paprika
· 2tsp sal
· 1 cup water (or chicken stock)
Method:
1. Start with the eggs - place them in a large saucepan on the stove, full of cold water and once the water starts to boil continue for another 5 minutes and set aside.
2. Peel the potatoes, slice in half and add to the cleaned out saucepan with boiling water and 1 tsp salt and boil potatoes till done. Take the spuds out in a bowl and mash along with the butter and cup of milk. Scoop out the mashed potatoes into a dish to serve later.
3. Use the same saucepan (cleaned and dried) add the oil and on medium heat, slowly caramelise the onions, for ten minutes and add garlic, ginger and chillies fry another 2 minutes and add the tomato paste and curry powder plus paprika and stir briskly for a minute or so.
4. Add the water (or stock) along with the peas and let it slowly simmer for another 10 minutes.
5. Peel the boiled eggs and half them, add to the pea sauce, cover and let sit till you organise some plates and a simple salad on the side.
6. To assemble, place the mash on a plate and on top add the egg and pea curry and enjoy with your favourite beer.