Egg Pulusu

Egg Pulusu is a typical andhra dish where boiled eggs are cooked in onions and tamarind gravy and tempered with mustard seeds,methi seeds,garlic and curry leaves.It is generally served with hot steaming rice.

Ingredients:

• Boiled eggs--5
• 1 big lemon sized tamarind
• green chillies---3
• red chilli powder--1 tbsp
• 2 medium sized onions(finely chopped)
• few curry leaves
• methi seeds(menthulu)--1/2 tbsp
• jeera(jeelakara)--1/2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds--1/2 tbsp
• Ginger garlic paste--1 tbsp
• turmeric --1/2 tbsp
• salt for taste
• oil

Preparation Method:

• Boil the eggs.
• Soak the tamarind in water for about 20 minutes and extract juice from it.
• Roast the methi seeds and the jeera lightly on a low flame and grind them.
• Now take a pan with 3 to 4 tbsp of oil and add the mustard seeds.
• After they splutter add the the green chilllies,curry leaves,ginger garlic paste,turmeric and onions and fry them .
• Then add the tamarind juice and allow it to boil .
• Now add the red chilli powder,the powder(methi seeds+jeera),coriander powder and salt.
• Finally add the boiled eggs and allow the pulusu on a medium flame for about 5 -10 minutes.
• Serve the dish after 30 min so that the eggs get a good taste.This tastes great with rice.