Easter has just gone by. Easter always reminds me of Easter bunnies and Easter eggs. My Easter bunny is my 2.5 years old son Vihaan :-) and Easter eggs reminds of me of a dish called Shashuka eggs, which I have been willing to try since long time now.
Shashuka eggs is a dish of poached eggs in onion, tomatoes, bell peppers mixture.
Shashuka eggs is a dish of poached eggs in onion, tomatoes, bell peppers mixture.
Shashuka means "a mixture" in Arabic language. More information about this dish is on wiki.
I tried it for the first time and I have fallen in love with the dish. If I were to explain the dish in Indian style cooking, its poached eggs on top of onion, tomatoes, and bell pepper tempering, with the spice level of your choice.
Its a very simple and straight forward dish. Here is my take on preparing Shashuka eggs.
Ingredients:
- 3 to 4 tsp olive oil
- 1 red bell pepper and 1 yellow bell pepper, finely chopped.
- 3 tomatoes, finely chopped.
- 1 small onion, finely chopped.
- 2 green chilies, finely chopped.
- 3 to 4 eggs.
- 1 tsp cumin seeds.
- 1 tsp chili power.
- 1 tsp black pepper.
- 1 tsp garam masala.
- 2 tsp butter
- Salt to taste.
Method:
- Put a non-stick pan on medium heat. Add olive oil.
- Add cumin seed. Let them crackle. Roughly for 30 seconds.
- Add green chilies.
- Add onion. Saute them till translucent.
- Add tomatoes and bell peppers.
- Add red chilies, salt and black pepper.
- Add butter and mix them well.
- Cook them with lid on. Roughly for 10 minutes or until the bell pepper becomes tender.
- Taste it and adjust the seasoning.
- Crackle the eggs on top of the tempering.
- Cook them for another 5 to 7 minutes with lid on. Or until the eggs are cooked to your desired consistency.
- And that's it.
- Serve it on top of a pizza base, or eat as it.
