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Burmese egg and okra curry

Published: Mar 9, 2018 · Modified: Mar 9, 2018 ·

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When I am too lazy to cook anything Egg curry comes to my rescue. I make different varieties of egg curry, some dry, some with coconut milk.  Usually I make it to go with chapati (Indian whole wheat flatbread) or appam (rice pancakes).  For a change I decide to try this Burmese egg and okra curry. This recipe from Burma Superstar, a new cookbook by Desmond Tan and Kate Leahy.

I borrowed the book from the library. I liked a few recipes from it, and this Burmese egg and okra curry got my immediate attention. Burmese cuisine is a blending of South Asian (Indian), East Asian (Chinese), and Southeast Asian (Thai) traditions. As a result, the flavors of Burmese cuisine have little spices, soy sauce and fish sauce.

If you watch old Hindi movies, Burma is place where people used to go to do business and it is one of the first foreign countries where people from India went. Even there is old famous song  with this lyrics“ Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon kiya hai wahaan se teliphoon” from movie Patanga  (my husband has gone to Rangoon has telephoned from there). I would like to visit Burma, the land of pagodas someday. You can dream everything but to make it happen is not is in your hand always.

 

Earlier I tried a few Burmese recipes and I loved it. Why I like the curry because I like egg curry and had never tried with okra in it. I make curries with Okra and my daughter loves that vegetable if you make dry curry with it.

This curry is very simple, I have added little curry powder to spice it up, you can skip it if you want. Also, you can skip fish sauce if you don’t like it. I found that we need to add little water as paste thickens too fast, also I like to cook the veggies very well. If you like okra and egg give it a try, this one is great to go with bread or bowl or rice.

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Burmese egg and okra curry

Delicious egg and okra curry goes well with a bowl of rice. It has touch of spices and fish sauce, unique of Burmese cuisine. 
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Total Time15 mins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Burmese
Servings: 4
Author: Swathi (Ambujom Saraswathy)

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 2 tablespoon minced garlic
  • 1 thai chilies sliced cross wise
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric
  • ½ teaspoon chili pepper
  • ½ teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon curry powder optional
  • 3 Roma tomatoes 1 ½ cups
  • 12 okras trimmed cut into 2-inch pieces
  • ½ tablespoon fish sauce
  • 3 hard-boiled eggs
  • ½ cup water if you need
  • Few cilantro sprig for garnishing

Instructions

  • Heat oil in a pan and add onion and cook for about 2-3 minutes then add garlic and chilies and cook for another 2 minutes.
  • Then add turmeric, paprika, cayenne, salt, curry powder. Add tomatoes and cook over medium heat with occasional stirring until everything comes together and tomato become soft and loose its shape. Add ½ cup water if you needed. Then add okra and fish sauce and cook for another 5-6 minutes until it well done but not mushy.
  • Then add halved hard-boiled eggs and brings to simmer. Gently stir the curry so that eggs get coated with tomato and okra. Serve 1 to2 egg in serving. If you want Burmese style keep cilantro along the side. If they want they will garnish it.
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This is Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) from Zesty South Indian Kitchen who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread.  All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.

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  1. Suja Manoj says

    March 10, 2018 at 12:21 am

    Curry looks yummy Swathi,nice recipe

  2. Roxana says

    March 10, 2018 at 6:53 pm

    5 stars
    Egg and okra is an interesting combination. Would like to try it.

  3. Jill says

    March 10, 2018 at 7:06 pm

    5 stars
    I think eggs in general come to the rescue at dinnertime 🙂 I like curry but I’ve never actually tried it with eggs. I bet it’s delicious!

  4. Noel Lizotte says

    March 10, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    5 stars
    Such pretty pictures! I’m awfully tempted and I just ate!
    I didn’t know eggs could be made into curry – that goes to show how much I know about the cuisine from India and Burma. I need to travel to that part of the world!

  5. Helena says

    March 10, 2018 at 7:58 pm

    I like how you said about the dreams. You are on the track, that’s for sure. And Burma is fantastic, no questions asked.

  6. Hayley says

    March 10, 2018 at 10:44 pm

    5 stars
    I love curry, but I’ve never seen it with eggs before! I’m definitely going to have to try this soon!

  7. Rebecca says

    March 13, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    looks great would also love to visit Myanmar

  8. Baxter says

    March 27, 2018 at 9:54 am

    5 stars
    I have never tried egg and okra curry before but this looks soo good and delicious. I’m adding this to my to-do list. Thanks for sharing.

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SwathiWelcome to Zesty South Indian Kitchen, I am Swathi ( Ambujom Saraswathy) who loves to explore cuisines from all over the world. Whenever possible I try to to give an Indian touch to several of the world cuisine, and has weakness for freshly baked bread. I am mom to twowonderful young kids, and has a wonderful loving husband who gives a up or down vote to the food .All the recipes you see here are created by me and approved after taste-test by my family.
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