Saturday, September 26, 2009

Mayai Dungri’s shaak - or -Spicy Scrambled Eggs

A recipe i got from a forward which will surely be appreciated by those of us brought up in East Africa.

it was kindly pointed out by saju that the posts were from the blog "chachiskitchen.blogspot.com". thank you for the same and apologies that it was wrongly posted - there are pictures available too http://chachiskitchen.blogspot.com/search/label/East%20African%20Influence


Mayai Dungri’s shaak - or -Spicy Scrambled Eggs

Mayai is eggs in Swahili, dungri is onions and shaak is curry in Gujarati, this is a traditional family recipe. We usually have it as a light supper or lunch. Not breakfast, but hey anything goes!

Ingredients
1 medium potato; diced
1 medium onion; chopped finely
2 tomatoes; blanched, peeled and chopped finely
1/2 cup chopped chives
2 cloves garlic; minced
1 inch ginger; grated
2 chilies; chopped finely
1 tspn coriander / cumin powder
1/2 tspn turmeric
3 eggs; beaten
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
salt to taste
2 Tablespoon olive oil

Method

1. Heat the oil, and sauté the potatoes until cook, remove and set aside.

2. Fry the onions until golden brown, add the garlic, ginger and tomatoes20fry for a few minutes.

3. Add the cumin/coriander and turmeric powders, stir and fry for 2 minutes.

4. Add the potatoes, salt, chives and stir and cook for 2 minutes.

5. Add the eggs, stir until cooked.

6. Add the coriander, mix and serve hot with chapatti or on toast.

serves 2

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