Dimer Malai Curry Recipe (Bengali Style Egg Curry In Coconut Milk)

Step 1: To begin making the Dimer Malai Curry recipe, firstly hard boil eggs, peel off and coat with little turmeric powder and keep aside

Step 2: Collect the coconut milk and keep aside

Step 3: Heat 4 tablespoons oil in a frying pan and fry the boiled eggs till golden

Step 4: Transfer them on a plate and set aside

Step 5: Heat oil in a wok/kadhai and also add the left over oil in the pan

Step 6: Add bay leaf and whole spices and wait for them to crackle

Step 7: Now add onion, ginger, garlic paste and fry them all together till raw smell goes off and it looks brownish in colour

Step 8: Add minced green chilies and tomato puree and mix well, fry for another couple of minutes

Step 9: Now add red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and mix nicely till everything incorporates well

Step 10: Fry the mix till oil starts leaving the sides

Step 11: You may adjust oil if required

Step 12: Pour in some water (around 1/2 cup), mix well, adjust salt and close the lid

Step 13: Cook for another 5 mins

Step 14: Now open the lid and pour in the coconut milk in the curry, give a quick stir and turn off the gas

Step 15: Drop the boiled and fried eggs in the curry and sprinkle some crushed kasuri methi or coriander (as per your choice) and it is ready to be served

Step 16: Creamy and rich malai, Dimer Malai Curry with hard boiled and fried eggs best goes with tawa chapati or plain steamed rice