# DIMER KASHA (ডিমের কষা)

Dimer Kosha is a simple and delicious bengali recipe of egg curry that goes very well with luchi, paratha and roti.

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

## Ingredients

- 6 pc hard boiled eggs
- 2 potatoes cut into cubes
- 0.5 Tsp cumin seeds
- 4 pc green cardamom
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 2 pc bay leaves
- 1 chopped onion
- 0.5 Tbsp garlic paste
- 1 Tbsp ginger paste
- 1 chopped tomato
- 0.5 Tsp kashmiri red chili powder
- 0.25 Tsp turmeric powder
- 0.25 Tsp red chili powder
- 0.25 Tsp black pepper powder
- 0.5 Tsp roasted cumin powder
- mustard oil
- sugar
- salt

## Instructions

1. Prick the skin of the peeled hard boiled eggs with the help of a fork so that the masala can seep into the inner layers.
2. Rub salt, kashmiri red chili powder and turmeric powder on the eggs and keep aside for 5-6 min.
3. Heat some mustard oil in a pan and fry the potatoes rubbed with some salt and turmeric powder.
4. Fry the eggs in the same oil until the skin turns red and crinkly.
5. Add the tempering to the same oil: cumin seeds, green cardamom, cinnamon stick, bay leaves.
6. Add the chopped onions and fry till it turns brown from the edges.
7. Add garlic paste and ginger paste.
8. Add the chopped tomatoes and salt according to taste.
9. Saute till the tomatoes turn mushy.
10. Add kashmiri red chili powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, red chili powder, black pepper powder, roasted cumin powder.
11. Sprinkle little water and saute for a couple of minutes.
12. You may add a slit Green Chili.
13. You can sprinkle little more water if the spices look too dry. Again saute till the oil separates.
14. Once the oil separates, add the fried potatoes.
15. Add the eggs.
16. Sprinkle some freshly chopped coriander leaves.

## Equipment

- bowl
- fork
- pan

## Tips

- The term 'kosha' in Bengali means to cook the spices for a long time which brings out their flavor.

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/YXCEFZvc7mk?si=fWqtORwB54BcPkoN
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/837fb576-b61b-4e1e-b328-f2cd2419f2fa
- Extracted: 2025-05-28

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