Kofta Egg Curry

A scotch egg is a hard-boiled egg covered with meat coating rolled in bread crumbs and then deep fried until nicely cooked. It’s a delicious protein packed snack that can easily make at your home kitchen. Here is the recipe of kofta in rich and delicious gravy.

Ingredients:

1. Boiled eggs-4 no’s
2. Minced meat- 200 gm
3. Ginger garlic paste-1 tsp
4. Turmeric powder- ¼ tsp
5. Pepper powder- 1 tsp
6. Cumin powder- ¼ tsp
7. Garam masala powder- ¼ tsp
8. Bread slices-2 no’s
9. Salt-to taste
10. Coriander leaves thinly chopped- 1 tbsp
11. Bread crumbs- 1 cup
12. Corn flour- 1 tbsp

Preparation:

• In a blender add minced meat and blend well to a smooth paste.
• Mix it with ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, pepper powder, cumin powder, garam masala powder, salt and coriander leaves chopped.
• Blend the two bread slices in a blender to a fine powder.
• Mix it with the chicken mix.
• Keep it nearby.
• Dilute corn flour in ¼ cup of water in deep bowl. Keep it nearby.
• Add the bread crumbs in a wide bowl.
• Now grease your hands well with water.
• Divide the chicken mix in to four parts.
• Make bowls out of it.
• Take a bowl and make a thin patty out of it.
• Add a boiled egg in centre and cover the egg completely with the meat patty.
• Now dip it in cornflour mix; then coat it with the bread crumbs; so that the scotch eggs evenly coated.
• Place it on a dry plate and coat all the remaining eggs like this.
• Deep fry it in the hot oil on low flame until nice golden brown in color (if the flame is high; the inner side didn’t cooked well.)

Ingredients For The Gravy:

1. Oil-2 tbsp
2. Onion thinly chopped-1 small
3. Ginger crushed-1 tsp
4. Almond- 1/4 cup
5. Poppy seeds-  tbsp
6. Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
7. Chilly powder-1 tsp
8. Pepper powder 1/2 tsp
9. Sal-to taste
10. Coriander Leaves-o garnish

Preparation:

• Soak almonds in warm water for 30 minutes.
• Peel of its skin and add in to a blender along with poppy seeds.
• Add little water and make a smooth puree out of it.Keep aside.
• Heat oil in a pan; saute chopped onions nil nice golden.
• Add chopped ginger and saute for a minute.
• add all the powders one by one in low flame and mix well.
• Add Add a cup of water and bring to boil the gravy.
• When it boils add the pureed paste and cook for another few minutes until gravy starts thickens. 
• Add the prepared kofta's in the gravy and switch off the flame.
• Garnish on top with coriander leaves and serve hot with Roti..

Check out here to find out the tips for a runny egg center: Nargisi Kofta