Egg Masala with Onions

Ingredients

4 - Hard Boiled Eggs
3 Thin sliced Onions
2 Thin sliced Tomatoes
3 tsp - Red chili Powder
Salt to taste
Mustard Seeds for seasoning
Oil for frying

Preparation

Boil the eggs , de shell them and set it aside. In a pan heat a little oil and then add mustard seeds. After they sputter add the thinly sliced onions and tomatoes and saute. Add along with this the red chili powder and salt. Keep stirring till they reach a gravy like stuff. Slit the eggs lengthwise and add it to the gravy. Simmer for 5 minutes and then serve hot with sambhar and rice. This is also a good side dish for chapati or roti.

Avarakkai Poriyal

Ingredients

1/2 Kg - Avarakkai
1 chopped Onion
1 tsp - Red chili Powder
Salt to taste
Oil,Mustard seeds and curry leaves for seasoning

Preparation

Cut the avarakkai into small pieces and steam them in a pressure cooker for 15 minutes. Drain the vegetable and keep aside. In a pan heat a little oil , season with mustard seeds and curry leaves. To this add the boiled avarakkai , 1 tsp red chili powder and salt for taste. Saute till the smell of red chili powder vanishes and then garnish with curry leaves.

This curry goes well with Melagu Rasam and curd rice.