We often enjoy various delicacies without even being aware of what exactly they do for our bodies. The truth is that, more often, we don’t even bother to enquire about the effects and health benefits of the food items we put inside our mouths. But shouldn’t we be a bit more careful about the things we ingest, the items we put inside our bodies? I believe so. So, today I am introducing a recipe to you and detailing what that dish can do for you. So, let me introduce you to a very popular North Indian street food, Egg keema.
The history behind Keema
Why don’t you learn a bit about Keema and its history before learning more about egg keema and how to prepare it? Keema is a traditional meat delicacy, extremely popular in India. The word Keema is derived from the Turkish word ‘Kıyma’, which can be translated to minced meat. This dish became popular at an age when the royal families took their culinary affairs almost as seriously as their administration.
During the period, the khansamas or in other words, the royal cooks of several Mughal rulers and Nawabs, invented wide varieties of keema delicacy. This was done to satiate the appetite of their beloved kings and other royals of the court. As a result, it became a popular breakfast staple in the Awadhi cuisine during medieval India.
Do you know how they make Keema? One of the most popular ways to make Keema is as a dry curry served with paratha or naan. Keema can be made from almost any meat cooked by stewing or frying. It can be used to make kebabs and sometimes as a filling for samosas or naan. But today, we are not using meat but replacing it with eggs. So, as we have learned about the basics of Keema, why don’t we go ahead and make an egg keema?
How to make an Egg Keema
Ingredients Required
- Two hardboiled eggs
- One cup of thinly sliced onion
- One cup of thinly sliced tomato
- A quarter teaspoon of minced coriander leaves
- One teaspoon of ginger paste
- One teaspoon of garlic paste
- A quarter teaspoon of turmeric
- Half a teaspoon of red chilli powder
- Half a teaspoon o garam masala powder
- Two tablespoons of oil
- Salt as required
Let’s prepare Egg keema
By glancing at the ingredient list, I hope you have realised that Egg keema is not such a difficult recipe. All these ingredients will be already available in your kitchen. Moreover, you don’t have to get acquainted with any new or foreign product to create this recipe. That in itself makes recipes easy and accessible to all. Now, let’s look closely into the preparation of this recipe.
- First, take your hardboiled eggs and peel off their shell.
- Now, using a grater, carefully grate the eggs, collect them in a bowl, and keep them aside.
- In order to prepare the masala, heat the oil in a pan.
- Once the oil gets heated, add the chopped onions and garlic paste.
- Sauté the ingredients for a few minutes or unless their raw smell disappears.
- Once they become cooked, add the tomatoes to the pan and incorporate them well.
- Next, add the masala powders one by one and cover and cook the mixture for three to four minutes.
- Once the gravy thickens, add enough salt and mix them well.
- Finally, add the grated eggs to the prepared masala and coat them well.
- Add half a cup of water and cook it for five minutes.
- Once the gravy acquires your desired consistency, decorate the egg keema with coriander leaves and remove it from heat.
- That’s it; delicious egg keema is ready to entertain your taste buds.
- Now, as promised, let me detail what each ingredient added to this recipe can do for you.
The health benefits of Egg keema
The garlic used in the recipe is low in calories and rich in Vitamin C, B6 and manganese. These nutrients in garlic can help you prevent various diseases or reduce their severity. Some common diseases garlic can help you fight are the flu and the common cold. Furthermore, the coriander used in the preparation of egg keema has many enzymes. By activating these enzymes, an individual can lower their blood sugar. But the hero of the dish is neither of these ingredients, right? So, let’s look at what eggs can do for you as an individual.
As a superfood, it is one of the most beneficial ingredients added to this recipe. As an excellent source of nutrition that contains almost every other nutrient required for your well-being, the egg is an excellent dietary supplement. The choline, high-quality proteins and essential amino acids found in eggs will substantiate this finding. Well, eggs aren’t the only superfood that can provide health for you, right? Why don’t I introduce you to another beneficial superfood that can help you by leaps and bounds, Nutriplus DialyHealth?
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