Tired of having your eggs scrambled, boiled or poached? Here are five delicious recipes to try this winter. Whip up one dish everyday that you and your family can enjoy together.
Egg salad with tossed winter veggies
Egg salad with tossed winter veggies Unsplash
An under 30-minutes, easy to assemble and healthy brunch recipe.
Ingredients:
● Soft boiled eggs, peeled: 2
● French beans, cut into medium sizes: 8-10 pieces
● Sliced carrots: 5-6 pieces
● Sliced sweet potatoes: 4-5 pieces
● Sliced onion: 3-4 pieces
● Sliced tomatoes: 4-5 pieces
● Finely chopped green chillies: ½ teaspoon
● Finely chopped garlic: 1 teaspoon
● Black sesame seeds: 1 teaspoon
● Crushed black pepper: 1 teaspoon
● Lemon juice: 1 tablespoon
● Olive oil: 1 tablespoon
● Black salt
Recipe:
● Blanch french beans, carrots and sweet potatoes. Strain excess water
● Take a nonstick pan, add olive oil and heat
● Now add garlic and saute until golden in colour
● Add sweet potatoes, carrots, french beans with a pinch of salt and toss lightly
● Pour the tossed vegetables in a mixing bowl
● In the same nonstick pan, dry roast some sesame seeds
● Mix sesame seeds, sliced onions, tomatoes and chopped chillies. Add salt and pepper along with lime juice
● Add sesame seeds and eggs and give a light handed toss
● Check seasoning and enjoy the salad
Tip:
● You can store the vegetable stalk for later use in curries or soups
● You can also use greek yogurt as dressing in this salad
Crepancakes with creamy yolk spread
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Soft crepe+pancakes with cheesy yolk filling and some Christmas leftover cranberry sauce — a dish that’s love at first sight.
Ingredients:
For crepancakes
● Flour: 1 medium cup
● Baking powder: 1 teaspoon
● Powdered sugar: 4-5 tablespoons
● Eggs: 2
● Salt: 1 small pinch
● Butter: 4 tablespoons for preparation; 2-3 tablespoons for making the crepes
● Full fat milk: 1 cup
For egg yolk spread
● Egg yolks of half boiled eggs: 4
● Cream cheese: 5-6 tablespoons
● Icing sugar: 3-4 tablespoons
Recipe:
For crepancakes
● Sieve flour and baking powder
● Beat the eggs until light and fluffy
● Beat the butter too until light
● Mix eggs and butter together and beat for 1 minute and then give a quick, light handed single fold
● Now add flour, salt and fold gently
● Add milk to make the crepe-like batter
● Brush butter on a nonstick pan and heat
● Keep the flame low, add a small amount of the batter and spread evenly. The cupcakes should neither be too thick nor too thin
● Cover and cook for a minute and flip
● Brush some butter and cook until both sides are golden brown and ready
For the spread-
● Mix all the ingredients together and beat until light and fluffy
Assembling together-
● Take one crepancake and add a generous amount of yolk filling and fold it like an omelette. Dig in!
Devil’s eggs with mustard green and bacon filling
Devil’s eggs with mustard green and bacon filling Wikimedia Commons
A touch of winter greens and some bacon.
Ingredients:
● Boiled eggs, cut into halves: 6
● Finely chopped mustard greens: 2 tablespoons
● Roasted white sesame seeds: 1 teaspoon
● Fried bacon, finely chopped: 3-4 tablespoons
● Lemon juice: 1 teaspoon
● Black pepper powder: 1 teaspoon
● Butter: 1 tablespoon
● Salt
Recipe:
● Scoop out the egg yolks and mash well
● Add butter on a pan and heat. Add the mustard greens and fry for 2-3 minutes
● In a mixing bowl, add egg yolk, mustard greens, sesame seeds, bacon, lemon juice, black pepper powder and salt. Mix well
● Place the egg whites on a plate
● Add a dollop each on the egg whites, sprinkle some black pepper powder and the devil’s eggs are ready to try
Gooey scrambled eggs
Gooey scrambled eggs Unsplash
A crispy toast on the side please!
Ingredients:
● Eggs: 3
● Grated cheese: ½ of a small cup
● Chilli flakes: 1 teaspoon
● Black pepper powder: 1 teaspoon
● Full fat milk: ½ of a small cup
● Butter: 1 tablespoon
● Salt
Recipe:
● Add butter on a nonstick pan and heat
● Lower the flame and break the eggs, one by one
● Start scrambling the eggs slowly, adding little milk at intervals
● Once the entire milk has been used and the eggs are scrambled, add cheese and mix well
● Add seasonings and cook for 2-4 minutes, until there is no liquid residual on the pan
● Once the eggs are gooey enough, turn off the heat and enjoy!
Egg halwa
Egg halwa Wikimedia Commons
This egg halwa recipe has quite a few eggs, dollops of desi ghee and loads of dry fruits.
Ingredients:
● Eggs: 8
● Full fat milk: 2 cups
● Bay leaf: 1
● Cardamom: 2
● Cardamom powder: ½ teaspoon
● Powdered sugar: ½ cup
● Ghee: 8-10 tablespoons
● Chopped dry fruits: ½ of small cup
● Condensed milk: ½ cup
Recipe:
● Beat the eggs well
● Take a kadhai, add ghee and heat. Add bay leaf, cardamoms and saute
● Keep the flame low and start adding the beaten eggs slowly. Stir constantly
● Once the entire egg has been added to the kadhai, add milk in small portions and keep mixing continuously
● Add sugar and mix well
● Cook for 5-6 minutes and add condensed milk, dry fruits and cardamom powder
● Mix well and cook for another 4-5 minutes
● Once the eggs have halwa like texture and there is no liquid residue on the pan, turn off the flame. Your egg halwa is ready.
