This is my breakfast comfort food.
A good reason to eat breakfast.
This is my breakfast comfort food.
This one is the simplest dish that you are likely to find on my blog.
The original credit for this must go to the January issue of the new Good Food (India) magazine. The issue had a big breakfast section, and it was a godsent! P and I are often at our wits’ end on what to do for breakfast. All manner of eggs have been eaten hundreds of times over already.
(On another day, with camera in kitchen, I will post my Turkish Eggs. A delight to cook and wonderful to eat.)
Back to the Akurri!
Let’s start with the assumption that when you normally do this miss mash (also called and a bhurji) of onions, tomatoes, green chill, coriander and so on, it comes out fine. And you are as bored of it, as you are of your boss’ whiskers. And you’re wondering what could be new about something so mundane; well wait till this goes into your mouth.
It’s the Ginger! Finely dice up a 1″ piece of ginger alongside your diced onion, tomato and green chilly. Throw in all of this into very hot oil in your pan. Add salt, red chilly powder and jeera powder. Just before the vegetables get scalded, pour in the fork-whipped eggs and give everything a good stir around without letting the eggs settle – you do know how to make a bhurji right? Garnish with the coriander! And be generous!
A friend who saw me doing this some weeks ago was amazed at the addition of red chilly and cumin to this dish; I can’t really recall when I started doing that – but when we’re doing desi eggs that seems natural now.
That fragrant ginger combines so perfectly with the other flavors of this dish.
We like this dish simply because it’s the best you can do with chapatis left off from dinner. Or pao. Or the sinful white bread that so many of us have turned our backs on. Go all the way, scorch the pao in some butter and allow yourself that crisp luxury tomorrow morning at breakfast.
And don’t forget that extra sweet cup of chai!
The Margaritas? Wait for these! They are special! Better than anything that you can get in India’s nightclubs. The only time I had a better one was in O’Hare Airport. 15 years ago!
Just ping me when you have a good bottle of tequila, and you’ve organized some ‘triple sec’ (easily available in most premium stores now – from Angostura), some fresh squeezed lemon juice, salt and loads of ice. A heavy duty blender or kitchen-mixie and (optional) any soft fruit that you like most (strawberry, banana, kiwi, mango – you name it)!
Oh. Buy a few margarita glasses – as below – they’ll come in handy after you’ve fallen in love with these!