Eating In

Hard boil 4 eggs, allow to cool and peel. Take 3 medium onions, peel and slice as thinly as you can (1/16″). Fry the onion gently in some oil with a tablespoon of chopped fresh coriander leaves and two green chillies, finely chopped. Add 1/2 tsp ground coriander, pinch of chilli powder and 1/2 teaspoon of garam masala. When all this has cooked together, add the eggs, halved or quartered. If you want to make this a bit wetter, add two or three chopped tomatoes (maybe even tinned). Another version is to take the flesh of a fresh coconut and blend this in an electric blender with 1/2 tsp of turmeric and a little water and some fennel seeds (optional) and add this mixture to the onions before the eggs go in.

Egg curry

Fry two medium onions finely chopped with a large (thumb sized) piece of ground ginger, peeled and pounded to a pulp and a finely chopped green chilli. As in the previous recipe you blend fresh coconut flesh with a pinch of turmeric and some fennel seeds and add this to the onion mix. When this has cooked for a few minutes, break 4 eggs into the pan. Allow the yolk to set a little and then stir the white to scramble it into the other ingredients.