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Passed down from my Dad, any home made curry in our house always gets a teaspoon of turmeric in the rice, and a couple of eggs popped in the rice water to cook and then be sliced over the finished curry.
I mentioned this in work today whilst eating leftovers of said curry, and safe to say the reaction was.... interesting. seems like I am in a minority of one.
Please tell me I'm not, and boiled egg on curry is the greatest thing ever?!
Please tell me I’m not, and boiled egg on curry is the greatest thing ever?!
Boiled egg in a curry is excellent. MrsIHN does an amazing egg curry that I think is from a Hairy Bikers book.
I've had it plenty of times when friends of Indian heritage have cooked at home. Usually whole, hard boiled eggs, in a masala. It's superb.
Love hard boiled egg in my curry but nobody else in my household or at work does!
Local curry place does a lovely jalfrezi with egg in it.
Fried egg on top even better!
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Always used to have egg curry as a kid. I've never sliced egg on top of one though.
Generally pop a hard boiled egg per person when I make curries at home. Learnt that from an ex-girlfriend’s Dad when I was a nipper. Never had it in a curry house in the wastelands of Northamptonshire tho
Yes, an eggselent addition to any curry or meal
See also calzone pizza
Scotch eggs
Fried egg on gammon
Potato salad can take the edge off a vindaloo.
Potato salad, refried, is quite handy as a side to many other meals… adds moisture and ‘tart’.
Soy Sauce marinated eggs with kimchi and rice is great.
It's quite common in a lot of more traditional Indian curries if you google it...
And classisc ramen dishes, amongst other cuisines..
I mentioned this in work today whilst eating leftovers of said curry, and safe to say the reaction was…. interesting. seems like I am in a minority of one.
If thier idea of a curry is chicken tikka and chips, that's maybe why they were confused, point out how uncultured they are next time 😀
In the Carribbean the cook servedus curry with a poached egg on top of it for breakfast.
A year later I still can't decide if I liked it or not.
Rather like @kelvin up there ^, I do remember it being 'a thing' probably with a biryani in the curry houses of Coventry in the early 1980s when I was a student. Usually sliced in two, lengthways. Not sure I've seen it much since then, but perhaps that's down to not having a biryani so often these days. Delicious, regardless. And not weird.
In the Carribbean the cook servedus curry with a poached egg on top of it for breakfast.
A year later I still can’t decide if I liked it or not.
I can understand your issue, because there's no egg that's ever been poached that wouldn't have been better fried.
My parents always had boiled egg with a curry when I was a young un but no one else I knew ever did.
Fast forward to my mid-40’s and I discovered egg curry as a breakfast dish in an Indian street food place in Cardiff. Absobloominglutely lovely.
Our local Indian takeaway does a few curries that have hard boiled egg in them.
So, to answer the OP’s question, no, you are not in a minority of one. 🙂
I’m in the not weird camp. Egg with curry is a great combo.
Egg in a lamb keema is lovely. Definitely remember it being an accompaniment to Biryani’s when I lived back in the Midlands.
I’m definitely going to try it out with other curries, no reason not to if you’re boiling water for your rice.
100% YES!
Used to get egg on biryanis when I lived in Manchester.
That's omelette isn't it?
Local curry place near me does a lovely tandoori murgh masala with a whole boiled egg in it
What a moment, I feel like I have finally united the forum
Eggs in curries is top drawer, proper.
The fancy Indian restaurant in these parts (Hereford) does a “nest” like omelette on top of a biryani, the Balti places do a whole boiled egg.
When I grew up in Worcester my local chip shop did a tray of chips, curry sauce and a pickled egg under the sauce. A 15p Saturday lunchtime treat.
Eggs in and/or on curries is absolutely fine.
Also, Nargis Kebabs are something to behold 😍 (Indian Scotch Eggs)
Mum does hard boiled eggs removes yoke and mixes with curry powder and fills back to egg.
Mmmmmmmmmm really it is
Nargis kebabs are my go to starter, fantastic 👌
A favourite in our house id Delia's Lime, Lentil and Egg curry. The eggs are chopped up and stirred in rather than on top as an extra, though.
Yep curries are generally improved by the addition of an egg.
Used to be a thing in our house in the 80’s. A tray with chopped boiled egg, pineapple chunks and I can’t remember what else, lime pickle prob. I have often since added boiled eggs to the curry I’m making whilst cooking. <br />I remember cooking a massive pot of curry for housemates/ friends at new yrs once and added an egg each. Whilst I went out to the curry house to buy naan breads my housemates chubby little mate got stoned and ate all six of the boiled eggs out of the curry before I got back!
I love boiled egg in curry, it's kind of an extension of kedgeree. Just don't freeze it, as boiled egg objects to freezing by turning itself into white rubber when thawed.
We stayed at a family run place on the beach in Sri Lanka and the owner made egg curry for breakfast. Sensational.
Not in the least bit weird, quite traditional actually.
My late dad was an officer in the merchant navy, spending most of his formative years bobbing around the world, more often than not with an Indian crew. He introduced us to Indian food at a very early age, which were always served with loads of things like boiled and sliced egg, dessicated coconut, mango chutney, slices of onion etc.
My dad was taught to make curry by his Kenyan friend of Indian origin - it had sliced boiled egg by the side. Another variation had sliced banana.
I lived in Thailand for many years, and Pad Kra Pao was probably my favourite meal. It is so common to Thais it's often not even listed on a menu, and the best always come with a fried egg. I really recommend you give it a try. Pork works best, but crispy tofu is good if you are a non-meat eater, and really you can add anything you like. Eat with rice of course.
8 bird’s eye chillies
4 garlic cloves, peeled
1 large mild red chilli
100g green beans
Neutral oil for frying
2 eggs
200g coarsely minced or finely chopped protein - pork, chicken, tofu, prawns, etc
1 pinch caster sugar
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp oyster sauce
½ tbsp kecap manis or black soy sauce
1 large handful holy basil leaves (this is hard to find, it's not the same as Thai basil. I reckon everyday basil is closer)
finely chop the small chillies and garlic
Deseed and cut the mild chilli into thin strips
chop the green beans 2cm lengths
put plenty of oil into a pan and get it hot. Fry the eggs quickly then put them aside on a hot plate
use the same oil to fry the chopped chilli and garlic for a minute
add whatever you are adding (I think pork mince works best) fry till it's cooked
add all the sauces and a little water if it looks dry
add the beans and chilli and cook for a minute
stir in the basil, put on two plates, add the eggs, eat. wish you'd made twice as much.
https://thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/hard-boiled-eggs-masala/
the egg masala at Gunpowder is excellent
Weird? Yes.
Why? Eggs in curry/curried eggs are actually 'proper' Asian grub, whereas a lot of the stuff you get in restaurants is either concocted for Western palates, or food for special events. The pinnacle of curried eggs is in a chicken curry; my dad used to buy old boilers for cooking up, and these would often have egg yolks inside the actual chicken. There is nothing better.
Eggs are cooked within other dishes (either boiled or poached) within a number of cultures. Shakshukah for example.
Exactly, makes more sense to have a chicken that produces a load of protein over its life than just eating it off the bat.
I've had similar reactions to putting fruit (raisins, bananas etc) in curries in the past. My dad would make an excellent fruit curry!
Never, but now I am interested to try it...
Its a common occurrence with certain dishes in my experience - often with minced mutton or lamb
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Mum does hard boiled eggs removes yoke and mixes with curry powder and fills back to egg.Mmmmmmmmmm really it is
I love a curried egg!
Also, Nargis Kebabs are something to behold 😍 (Indian Scotch Eggs)
Yes! Yes! Yes! They are utterly superb. Unfortunately, I struggle to find anyone that does them (other than when I first discovered them in some random place in Brum).
I need to try a nargis kebab, I'd heard of them but had no idea what they were until now.
On the original subject my local curry house when before I left home always had boiled egg with biryanis, lovely, don't seem to have them anywhere any more though.
Used to get egg on biryanis when I lived in Manchester.
We used to go to a place in Harrow in the 1960s that did the same. I can still taste that biryani 55 years later, yum.😋
Kedgeree has eggs on top
Mine has it chopped up and in with the rice and fish.
It is also my all time favourite breakfast.