A spicy tomato sauce forms the base for this curry, with boiled eggs in it as the heroine of the dish! This Spicy Tomato Egg Curry can be served alongside with any kind of bread or rice.
For the longest time, I made egg curry only one way – the Kerala style egg curry with coconut milk – that does not have very many spices in it, except for black pepper and fennel which forms the base flavor along with the coconut milk. A touch of garam masala is added to just bring all the flavors together.
We love this Kerala style egg curry, also known as mutta curry, in our family that it kind of became a staple dish for dinners. But all that coconut milk, so many times in a month, was not making me a happy camper. I love coconut milk, trust me on that! But all that heavy fatty coconut milk and the toll it will eventually take on our health weighed me down and I was looking for other ways to make egg curry. I would occasionally make the Potato and Egg Curry but that again had coconut in it and the Kerala Egg Roast was a very dry curry, so I really needed a backup egg curry recipe to become our new go-to.
So then, I thought, why not use the simple onion-tomato curry base that I use as a default for most Indian curries, and add boiled eggs to it. Now, I have never had an egg curry this way, but I figured, it wont be a disaster for sure.
I started with some ginger, garlic and onions and laced them with the flavors of garam masala, turmeric and cayenne and then added the tomatoes for the zing. Once they all came together, the boiled eggs went in and some garnish of minced cilantro sealed the deal.
This has now become one of our favorite and go-to egg curries!
📖 Recipe
Spicy Tomato Egg Curry
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 2 teaspoon grapeseed oil
- ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- ½ red onion chopped finely
- 2 thai green chillies slit in half lengthwise
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon cayenne / red chilli powder
- ½ teaspoon crushed black pepper
- salt to taste
- 3 tomatoes chopped
- 1 teaspoon garam masala
- ¼ cup minced cilantro
Don't forget to check out Step-by-step instructions with photos in the body of the post above
Instructions
- Boil the eggs to hard boiled consistency, peel and keep aside.
- Heat the oil in a heavy bottomed pan and add the mustard seeds to it, once they splutter, add the cumin seeds to it and wait till they sizzle.
- Addd the onion, ginger and garlic and saute till the onions have softened and start to change color.
- Add the Thai green chillies, turmeric powder, cayenne, black pepper and salt and cook till the raw fragrance of the spice powders go away - this should take about 2 mins or so.
- Now add the tomatoes and cook till they soften. Add the garam masala and cook again for a couple of minutes.
- Add just about enough water, about ⅓ cup or so to loosen the consistency of the sauce a little.
- Cut the eggs in half, or, make small slits on the surface of the eggs and gently drop them into the tomato sauce. Let it all simmer for a couple of minutes and remove from heat. Garnish with minced cilantro and serve hot with any form of bread or rice.
Septia says
Wow A spicy tomato sauce is delicious food. I have try to make it in here. Thank you for your share
Manju says
Thank you! I hope you try it, I'm sure you'll love it! ?
Prasanna Hede says
Amazing flavors ! Love those clicks!
Nasreen says
This curry looks so yummy. Can't wait to try this!
Bintu - Recipes From A Pantry says
Nice to see a vegetable curry with the added protein from the eggs. My husband would enjoy this
Strength and Sunshine says
Anything with some spice is always a great dish!
Gloria @ Homemade & Yummy says
I LOVE curry, but have never eaten an egg curry before. This would make great weeknight dinner...or even brunch!!
Manju says
Yes absolutely! Perfect for dinner or brunch and you can dunk regular sourdough bread in it! It's yum! ?
Gingey Bites says
I love eggs in a curry and this one looks totally delicious! Yummy and great thinking for adapting your usual recipe!
Manju says
Aww! Thank you very much ???
Ellen Taylor says
Hi Manju,
Looks yummy and easy to try. Will try soon.
Thanks for sharing.
Manju says
Thank you very much, Ellen. Glad you loved it, do let me know when you try the recipe ?
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Hyder Ali says
Super delicious. I'll try your other curries too.
Manju says
Thank you! Let me know, if you do!
Sravya Reddy says
I love how it turned out. Easy and takes hardly 20 mins to make. Thank you for the recipe.😀