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Eggless Egg Curry - A vegetarian delight

A delicious and tasty mock egg recipe prepared with potatoes and paneer.
Prep: 20 minutes
Cook: 40 minutes
Total: 1 hour
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 4 PEOPLE
Author: Ruchi

Ingredients

FOR MASALA

EGGLESS EGG PREPARATION

  • 5-6 pieces of Baby potatoes
  • 2 tablespoon Grated Paneer
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

PREPARING VEGAN EGGS

  • Wash and peel potatoes.
  • Wash them again.
  • In a pan fill water, add salt and potatoes.
  • Bring it to a boil. Boil it for 12-15 minutes.
  • Insert a toothpick and when it pierce through the potato easily..
  • Take them out and transfer them onto a clean plate.
  • Cut them in half and allow them to cool down completely.
  • Using a small spoon, scoop out the center.
  • Just like an egg make a small depression on the top of the boiled potato.
  • All done - potato halves.
  • In a small bowl add crumble paneer and scooped out potato bites. Mash them and add salt. If you like them to be yellow in color add a pinch of haldi.
  • Hold the potato..
  • And tightly pack the mixture inside the hole. Clean out the extra mixture and there we have our mock egg ready.

PREPARING MASALA

  • Time to prepare the masala. Assemble: all the ingredients.
  • In a kadhai heat oil add cumin seeds and when they start to sputter add in ginger-garlic paste and saute.
  • Add in onion paste and saute for 2 minutes on a medium flame. Mix in tomato puree, cashew paste and curd.
  • Mix and saute for 2-3 minutes. Stir in all the spices and mix well. Saute till masala is reduced to 1/4 its quantity.
  • Pour in 1/2 cup of water and bring it to a boil. This will make a thick gravy but if you prefer a liquid-y gravy add water accordingly.
  • Bring it to a boil and adjust your seasonings.
  • Mix in Kastoori methi and mix.
  • Give it a final boil and take it off the flame.
  • Add in mock eggs one by one, cover and let it sit in gravy. Gently coat them with gravy.
  • Perfectly coated eggless egg curry is ready.
  • Serve hot with warm rotis or rice.