Main Ingredients:
4 hard boiled eggs (peeled); 1 medium-sized potato cut into half; 6 pieces cauliflower florets; 1 medium-sized onion chopped; ½ tsp ginger paste; ½ tsp garlic paste; 1 small-sized tomato roughly chopped; 4 green chilies cut into half (lengthwise) each; ½ tsp ghee (clarified butter).
Spices:
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 inch cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp red chili powder.
- ½ tsp kashmiri red chili powder (only for colour)
- Sugar to taste.
- Salt to taste.
- ½ tsp bengali garam masala powder (cinnamon, cardamom and clove).
Steps:
- Heat oil in a pan. Shallow fry the cauliflower florets and the potatoes. Take them out of the pan and keep aside.
- Fry the eggs until red and keep aside.
- Temper the same oil with bay leaves and cinnamon stick. Once you get the aroma of the spices, add the chopped onion and fry till golden brown.
- Add the ginger and garlic paste and fry until the raw smell goes away.
- Add the chopped tomato and fry until the tomato pieces are soft.
- Add salt, turmeric powder, red chili powder, kashmiri red chili powder and sugar. Mix well. [In this step you can add ½ cup of warm water].
- Add the fried potatoes and cauliflower. Mix well.
- Add some warm water along with the green chilies and put a lid on it. Allow it to cook on medium flame until the potatoes and cauliflowers are fully cooked.
- Open the lid, add the eggs and cover it again for 5 minutes. Cook it on low flame.
- Open the lid, adjust the taste of salt and sugar.
- Add ghee and garam masala powder.
- Turn off the heat and rest it for 2 minutes before serving.
How To Make Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs:
- Take some water in a saucepan and bring it to boil on high flame.
- Carefully place the egg/eggs in the boiling water and reduce the heat to medium.
- Boil the egg/eggs for 10 minutes on medium heat.
- Turn off the heat and transfer the egg/eggs to another pot and pour some cold water. [you can also put the pot under running water for about 2 minutes].
- Let it cool for 5 minutes and then start peeling one by one.
Tips:
- Add ¼ tsp of turmeric powder to the oil just before adding the eggs to fry. It will add a good color on the eggs.
- Make a slit on each egg (after boiling and peeling) to let the gravy in. It creates a good taste and also prevents the oil to splutter while frying the eggs.