# Egg Curry

A delicious egg curry, perfect for breakfast, with lots of ginger, chili, and spinach.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 Onion
- 1 thumb-sized piece Ginger
- 1 Green chili
- 2 Garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon Ghee
- Coriander seeds
- Cumin
- Curry leaves
- Turmeric
- Curry powder
- Water
- tin Coconut milk
- Blanched spinach
- Eggs
- Rice
- Fresh coriander
- Lemon

## Instructions

1. Finely dice one onion.
2. Peel and mince a thumb-sized piece of ginger.
3. Roughly chop one green chili.
4. Chop two cloves of garlic.
5. Heat a generous tablespoon of ghee in a pan.
6. Add coriander seeds and cumin to the hot ghee.
7. Add curry leaves to the pan and toast the spices briefly to activate their flavor.
8. Add the chopped onion, chili, ginger, and garlic to the pan and cook until the onions are soft.
9. Add turmeric and curry powder to the cooked onions and spices.
10. Briefly warm and toast the turmeric and curry powder in the oil.
11. Add a splash of water to bring the ingredients together.
12. Add most of a tin of coconut milk to the pan and stir.
13. Reduce the curry until it thickens.
14. Chop blanched spinach.
15. Add the chopped spinach to the curry.
16. Make a well in the curry and crack in an egg.
17. Cover the pan with a lid to cook the tops of the eggs until the whites are set and the yolks are runny.
18. Serve a bit of rice on a plate.
19. Spoon the egg curry over the rice.
20. Finish with some fresh coriander and a squeeze of lemon.

## Equipment

- Cutting board
- Knife
- Pan
- Stove
- Spoon
- Lid

## Tips

- The key to a good curry is toasting the spices to bring out their flavor; be incredibly careful they don
		don't burn.
- Having your onion already chopped means you can throw it in to immediately lower the heat in the pan when the spices are ready.
- This is a great curry base recipe to use with fish or chicken.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKNL1_LN0PX/
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- Extracted: 2025-10-14

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