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Manipuri Egg Eromba

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Manipuri eromba with egg — mashed vegetables and chillies pounded together with boiled eggs, the fiery side dish from Manipur.

Prep time15 min
Cook time20 min
Total time35 min
Servings4

Ingredients

  • 4 boiled eggs, peeled
  • 2 potatoes, boiled
  • 1 cup french beans, boiled
  • 3 green chillies
  • 2 dried red chillies, roasted
  • 1 tbsp mustard oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • Fresh coriander, chopped
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

Method

  1. Boil the potatoes and beans until very soft; drain.
  2. Pound the green chillies and roasted red chillies with salt into a coarse paste.
  3. Mash the potatoes and beans together in a bowl.
  4. Add the chilli paste, chopped onion and mustard oil; mix well.
  5. Roughly mash the boiled eggs into the mixture, keeping some chunks.
  6. Add lemon juice and adjust salt.
  7. Rest for 5 minutes so the flavours mix.
  8. Garnish with coriander and serve with boiled rice.

Nutrition — estimated per serving

Calories (estimate)210 kcal
Protein (estimate)11 g
Fat (estimate)11 g
Carbs (estimate)15 g

Nutrition values are estimates based on standard per-egg values (about 72 kcal, 6.3 g protein, 4.8 g fat, 0.4 g carbs per large egg).

Tips, food safety & substitutions

Food safety: use freshly boiled eggs and vegetables; serve the eromba the same day. Allergen: egg, mustard. Reduce the chillies for a milder version. Eromba is meant to be coarse, not smooth. Nutrition values are estimates.

Tags: Indian, Manipuri, eromba, egg, mashed

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