Bhagare Egg Salan

Bhagare egg salan aka ande ka salan is a gravy based curry similar to Bhagara Baingan. This spicy egg curry base made with peanuts, sesame, coconut, coriander seeds, and cumin seeds. Few bhagare recipes like bhagara rice, bhagara baingan, bhagara tamatar made on every special occasion in Hyderabad.

How to make a base paste:

1. On SAUTE  mode, dry roast peanuts, sesame seeds, coconut, coriander seeds, and cumin seeds, in separate batches. Roast them until you get a nice aroma. Turn off SAUTE mode and set them aside in a separate bowl to cool.
2. In a microwave-safe bowl, take tamarind and 1/4 cup water microwave for 30 secs.
3. Grind roasted peanuts, sesame seeds, coconut, coriander seeds, cumin seeds into a fine powder. Then add soaked tamarind with water and make a paste. 

How to make bhagare egg salan:

1. Heat oil on SAUTE mode, fry finely chopped onions until golden brown. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry until the raw smell goes away.
2. Add the masala paste and 16oz of water, cook until a minute.
3. Now add the red chili powder, turmeric powder, and salt. Cook for another 2 minutes on SAUTE mode and turn it off.
4. Cover the lid and set it on MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK mode for  8 min, vent sealing.
5. Do natural release.
6. Peel hard-boiled eggs and make slits on eggs without going deep into the yolk. Add these eggs to the gravy and serve hot.
7. This goes well with rice, pulao, and chapatis. and also with biryanis.

POT IN POT EGGS OR RICE WITH GRAVY :

1. On a trivet place a bowl of water, add a little salt. Then slowly place eggs one by one in the bowl. (OR)
2. Take 1 cup sona moosori rice and 2 cups water and place the trivet and keep the rice bowl on the trivet.

RECOMMENDED RECIPES:

HYDERABADI BAGARA BAINGAN

CLUSTER BEANS WITH EGGS | GOKARAKAYA

MUTTON DALCHA

EGG DOSA

HOMEMADE GINGER GARLIC PASTE

Bhagare Egg Salan | Spicy egg curry

Bhagare egg salan aka ande ka salan is a gravy based curry similar to Bhagara Baingan. This spicy egg curry base made with peanuts, sesame, coconut, coriander seeds, and cumin seeds.

Print Recipe

Prep Time:20 minutes mins

Cook Time:15 minutes mins

Total Time:35 minutes mins

Equipment

• Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

• Peanuts - 2 tbsp
• Sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
• Dry coconut powder- 1 tsp
• Coriander seeds - 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
• Tamarind - 15 grams or a lime size
• Oil - 4 tbsp
• Yellow onion - 1 Large
• Ginger garlic paste - 1/2 tbsp
• Red chili powder - 2 tsp
• Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - To taste
• Water - 16 oz
• Eggs - 5

Instructions

HOW TO MAKE A BASE PASTE:

• On SAUTE mode, dry roast peanuts, sesame seeds, coconut, coriander seeds, and cumin seeds, in separate batches. Roast them until you get a nice aroma. Turn off SAUTE mode and set them aside in a separate bowl to cool.
• In a microwave-safe bowl, take tamarind and 1/4 cup water microwave for 30 secs.
• Grind roasted peanuts, sesame seeds, coconut, coriander seeds, cumin seeds into a fine powder. Then add soaked tamarind with water and make a paste.

HOW TO MAKE BHAGARE EGG SALAN:

• Heat oil on SAUTE mode, fry finely chopped onions until golden brown. Add ginger-garlic paste and fry until the raw smell goes away.
• Add the masala paste and 16oz of water, cook until a minute.
• Now add the red chili powder, turmeric powder, and salt. Cook for another 2 minutes on SAUTE mode and turn it off.
  Cover the lid and set it on MANUAL or PRESSURE COOK mode for 7 min, vent sealing.
• Do natural release.
• Peel hard-boiled eggs and make slits on eggs without going deep into the yolk. Add these eggs to the gravy and serve hot.
• This goes well with rice, pulao, and chapatis. and a must with biryanis.

POT IN POT EGGS OR RICE WITH GRAVY :

• On a trivet place a bowl of water, add a little salt. Then slowly place eggs one by one in the bowl. (OR)
• Take 1 cup sona moosori rice and 2 cups water and place the trivet and keep the rice bowl on the trivet.
  

Notes

Can replace tamarind with 1 tbsp tamarind paste

Servings: 6

Author: teju reddy