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Vegetable Beancurd Curry with Quail Egg

A curry containing variety of vegetables and beancurd with the special addition of quail eggs for egg lovers.

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Serves (4 to 5)

 

 

As necessary

 

Ingredients (A)

30 pieces

 

Ingredients (B)

2 pieces

As necessary

 

Ingredients (C)

¼ teaspoon

½ teaspoon

¼ teaspoon

 

Ingredients (D)

2 sprigs

1 piece

60 grams

80 grams

1 tablespoon

 

Ingredients (E)

8 tablespoons

2 sprigs

1 cup 

1 teaspoon

 

Ingredients (F)

40 gram

40 grams

20 grams

20 grams

 

Ingredients (G)

30 grams

As necessary

1 teaspoon

As necessary

As necessary

 

 

 

Cooking

 

 

Quail Egg

 

 

Tofu (bean curd) cut into 8 pieces

 Salt

 

 

Mustard Seed

Fennel Seed 

Fenugreek Seed

 

 

Curry Leaves

Green Chilli (sliced)

Shallot (sliced)

Tomatoes (chopped)

Garlic (paste)

 

 

Fish Curry Powder 

Pandan/ Screw Pine Leaves

Water (mix with the powders above)

Chicken Powder 

 

 

1st Potatoes (cut into 8 pieces)

2nd Carrot

2nd Brinjal

2nd Long Bean

 

 

Tamarind Paste

Coconut Milk or Evaporation Milk

Sugar

Water (according to preferred thickness)

Salt

 

 

1. Boil the Ingredients (A) and remove the shell and leave it aside.

2. Soak the tamarind from Ingredients (G) in 1 cup of water and take out the seeds and leave it aside.

3. Cut and fry the Ingredients (B) till golden brown and strain it and leave it aside.

4. Heat some of the oil used above in a cooking pot.

5. Then add in Ingredients (C) after few seconds then add in the Ingredients (D) and fry it till golden brown.

6. Add in the Ingredients (E) and then reduce the flame and fry it till fragrant and oily.

7. Once the masala is done.

8. Increase the flame if its necessary. Add in water if its necessary. Then add in the Ingredients (F) in order as shown.

9. Start with Potatoes, after 8 minutes add Carrot and Brinjal, and cook it till 90% cooked.

10. Then add in the Ingredients (G) and simmer it well till the potatoes are soft.

11. Once it is done, finish it off with Ingredients (A & B) and simmer it well.

12. Add in salt if its necessary.

 

* Fish curry powder is a mixture of spices only. It is called fish curry powder because it is mostly used in fish and seafood dishes. But it contains no trace of seafood.

 

* If preferred add in extra tamarind juice, according to your own preference.

 

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Vegetable Beancurd Curry with Quail Egg.