The festival of Diwali is over. All sweets have been eaten, Family and friends are gone, all the lights are being packed and kept properly for next year.

Not a lot of stuff, but that one tasty dish , that’ll make your meal awesome. So we decided to make a gavrani style egg curry. Recipe courtesy my MIL. This gravy was a speciality in remote parts of Maharashtra , where tomatoes weren’t easily available. So the recipe has onion based gravy, with lots of spices.
To prepare the masala for the gravy a manual instrument called pata varvanta( made of heavy stone ) was used. these days we can easily do it with a mixer grinder. But elders say that the taste that you get with pata varvanta, used to be extraordinary . You should definitely give this recipe a try, when you are in the mood for something different and spicy!
Here’s the recipe!
GAVRANI EGG CURRY

Prep Time | 10 minutes |
Cook Time | 30 minutes |
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Ingredients
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- Dry roast khuskhus in a heavy bottomed pan. Grate dried coconut and dry roast it too. Take roasted khuskhus n coconut into a mixer grinder. Add all the other dry masala ingredients and grind to make the masala.
- Take a few drops of oil in a kadhai, and roast Ginger and garlic together till they turn golden brown. Keep aside.
- Saute the chopped onions also in a few drops of oil till they become golden brown. Keep aside to cool.
- Add the fried ginger , garlic and onions to the dry masala , and grind everything together to get a smooth paste.
- Heat the rest of the oil in the kadhai. Add the masala paste , and sautxe9 until the masala starts to leave the sides of the kadhai.
- Add turmeric, red chilli powder , coriander powder and salt to it . Saute for a minute.
- Add 2 cups of water, let the curry boil.
- Make small cuts on the hard-boiled eggs , and put them into the boiling curry. Simmer for a few minutes.
- Garnish with chopped coriander. Serve hot with paratha or roti ,sliced onions and lemon.
TIPS
- Add a few drops of water to the masala , if you are not able to get a smooth paste.
- Adjust the amount of water , in the recipe according to your preference.