An extremely popular and innovative north Indian curry recipe the curry base carries the same texture as a typical palak paneer curry but the palak is substituted with aloo and paneer kofta. The koftas are prepared, assembled and shaped in such a way that it looks like an egg and hence they are named vegetarian eggless egg curry.It is high in fiber,100 percent gluten-free and with a lot of iron and protein.
Total Time: 45 minutes
Serving: 4
Ingredients:
For eggless egg preparation:
- 1 cup paneer, grated
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 potato, boiled and grated
- 2 tbsp corn flour
- ½ tsp salt
- 1/2 cup grated Cheddar cheese
- Ooil, for frying
For Gravy:
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tsp cumin
- ½ onion, finely chopped
- 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 green chilies
- Pinch of turmeric
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ½ tsp cumin powder
- ½ tsp garam masala
- 1/3 tsp. mango powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp kasuri methi
- 2 tbsp coriander, finely chopped
Instructions:
To make eggless egg:
- Place one cup grated Cheddar cheese in a bowl and form small yolk-sized cheese balls. Set aside
- In a separate large bowl, take two potatoes, ½ cup paneer, 2 tbsp corn flour and ½ tsp salt to form the white portion of the eff. Mix well making sure everything is well combined forming a dough
- Grease your hand with oil and pinch a ball sized mixture
- Roll and flatten slightly, place a small ball sized prepared yolk in the center
- Bring the sides of the dough together and prepare an egg shaped kofta
- Fry over hot oil on medium flame until it turns golden brown
- Drain off the egg shaped kofta and set aside
To make gravy:
- Heat oil/butter in a pan, add finely chopped onion, ginger-garlic paste, green chili and saute until onions turn golden brown.
- Add washed and chopped spinach and saute till it turns soft.Turn off the flame
- Cool the sauteed items and then grind to a smooth paste. Set aside
- In a large kadai (wok) heat 2 tbsp oil/butter
- Add the spinach puree along with a pinch of turmeric, coriander powder, cumin powder, mango powder, garam masala and salt, and saute the mixture over low flame until the spicy aroma arises
- Add a little water and mix well to adjust the consistency
- Cook until everything is well combined
- Turn off the flame, add the fried eggless egg kofta to the spinach gravy
- Enjoy the vegetarian egg curry with bread, roti or rice.
