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Spice up your breakfast

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 5:45 pm
by alan refail
SPICED POTATO CURRY AND POACHED EGG
250g waxy potatoes cut into 1cm cubes
2 tbsp oil
¾ tsp black mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
Medium onion chopped
Chopped ginger
Chilli
½ tsp turmeric
½ tsp ground cumin
½ tsp ground coriander
Seeds from one green cardamom crushed
110 ml water
Salt
1 tomato chopped
1 tsp lemon juice
Chopped coriander leaves

Cook potatoes till almost tender, drain
Heat oil and add mustard and cumin seeds
Add onion, ginger and chilli
Cook 6-7 minutes till soft but not brown
Stir in turmeric, ground cumin and coriander and cardamom seeds
Cook for a minute
Stir in potatoes, water and salt and simmer for 10 minutes
Stir in tomato and lemon juice and cook for two minutes
Stir in almost all the chopped coriander
Serve topped with poached egg and garnished with chopped coriander

Re: Spice up your breakfast

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 7:48 pm
by peter
Madhur Jaffrey has something nearly the same, just no egg. :wink:

Re: Spice up your breakfast

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:56 pm
by alan refail
Peter - It's the egg that makes it a breakfast :wink:

I have quite a few similar from Madhur, this one is what I adapted from a Rick Stein recipe.