Eggs Bhurji

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Delicious spicy scrambled eggs from the Sun House in Galle on the South Coast of Sri Lanka.

Eggs Bhurji

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Ingredients

  • 25g butter

  • 1 tsp mustard seeds

  • A few small fresh curry leaves

  • 2 spring onions, finely chopped

  • ½ tsp grated ginger

  • ½ hot green chilli pepper, deseeded and thinly sliced

  • Pinch of turmeric

  • ½ tsp cumin

  • 1 ripe tomato, skinned and diced

  • 4 free-range eggs

  • Toast, grilled bread or flatbread

Method

  1. Melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the mustard seeds, stir once then add the curry leaves and spring onion. Stir and cook on a low to medium heat until the onions are soft.

  2. Add the ginger, chilli, turmeric, cumin powder and diced tomato, stir and fry gently for a couple of minutes stirring regularly.

  3. Add the beaten eggs and continue to stir over a low heat until the eggs are softly scrambled

  4. Serve on warm plates with hot toast, grilled bread or flatbread.

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