How to Spring Eating on a Dime Niramish Dimer Dalna/Egg Curry without Egg

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Niramish Dimer Dalna/Egg Curry without Egg. "Niramish Dimer Dalna" (Vegetarian Egg Curry) sounds like "Sonar Pathorbati" (literal meaning Stone Pot made out of Gold) isn't it! It is Egg Curry without EGG! Should not confuse you any more… actually I know you are not at all confused because you people are very intelligent and wonderful home chefs and… Dimer Dalna is the ultimate Bengali Egg Curry prepared with boiled eggs that are fried and then cooked with onion, potatoes, tomatoes and earthy spices.

Bengali Egg Curry or Dimer Dalna/Jhol is not very different from the regular Indian egg curry.

This is not very thick gravy.

This is a thin stew like curry, When we, homemakers could not have ingredients in our pantry, Egg curry is the easiest dish to prepare.

You can cook Niramish Dimer Dalna/Egg Curry without Egg using 28 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Niramish Dimer Dalna/Egg Curry without Egg

1. It’s 2 cups of paneer or cottage cheese.

2. You need 1 cup of Chana dal or split Bengal gram.

3. Prepare 1 pinch of asafetida.

4. You need 1/2 tsp of garam masala powder.

5. Prepare 1 tsp of sugar.

6. Prepare to taste of Salt.

7. It’s 1 tsp of cumin seeds.

8. Prepare 1 of dry whole red chilli.

9. It’s 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.

10. Prepare 1/2 tsp of ginger paste.

11. Prepare 2 tbsp of flour.

12. Prepare 2 tsp of mustard oil.

13. You need of Oil for frying.

14. It’s of For gravy-.

15. You need 1 tsp of ginger paste.

16. You need 1 tsp of cumin powder.

17. Prepare 1/2 tsp of coriander powder.

18. You need 1 tsp of red chilli powder.

19. It’s 1/2 tsp of turmeric powder.

20. It’s 1 tbsp of cashew paste.

21. It’s 2-3 of green chilli.

22. You need 1 of bay leaf.

23. Prepare 1/2 tsp of garam masala powder.

24. You need 3-4 tsp of oil.

25. It’s 1 tsp of sugar.

26. It’s to taste of Salt.

27. Prepare 1 of tomato(chopped).

28. Prepare of Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing.

I judge people who don't love eggs.

It's beyond my imagination, how one can enjoy a breakfast without an egg.

If someone tells me that they don't like Dimer Dalna, I look at them as if, they are alien.

Perhaps, I woudn't do that for Dim Kosha or Omelette curry.

Niramish Dimer Dalna/Egg Curry without Egg step by step

1. For making Koftas-Pressure cook the chholar dal/ Chana dal with little salt, turmeric powder & little water.Then smash it into a smooth paste..

2. Dry roast cumin seeds, dry red chilli in a fry pan until you get the aroma of cumin.Grind them in fine powder.

3. Mash the paneer in a bowl.Add 1 tsp sugar, 1tsp flour, garam masala powder, salt.Keep it aside..

4. In a kadai heat 2-3 tsp mustard oil.Add asafetid,ginger paste, turmeric powder.Saute for few seconds.Then add the boiled & mash dal..

5. Add salt & sugar.Fry until the dal comes out from the ages of the kadai.Keep it in a bowl..

6. Add the dry roasted cumin & red chilli masala or bhaja masala to the dal.Mix it well..

7. Divide the paneer mixture into equal sized balls..

8. Take some mashed dal stuffing into the hole of the paneer ball & cover it with paneer mixture to make round ball again..

9. In a kadai heat some oil to shallow fry the koftas..

10. Dust the koftas with little flour & shallow fry the koftas on low flame..

11. For making the gravy-In the same oil heat 2-3 tsp of oil.Add ginger paste,chopped tomatoes & all dry masalas except garam masala.Saute for few mints with little water.Add salt, sugar..

12. When oil start releasing from the sides add cashew paste & mix well with little water..

13. Cook for another few mints & then sprinkle garam masala,slit green chilli.Switch off the flame..

14. Transfer the gravy into a serving dish.Cut the koftas or Niramish Dim lengthwise & garnish with chopped coriander leaves..

15. Delicious Niramish Dimer Dalna/ Egg curry without egg is ready to served with any veg Pulao or hot steam rice..

Dim Kosha should be elusive like Amir Khan movies.

The kitchen was brimming with ideas and innovation found a new meaning with recipes like niramish dimer dalna or vegetarian egg curry where the insides of a potato were scooped out and stuffed with mashed lentils to resemble eggs and then cooked in a gravy.

The ultimate Bengali egg curry made with duck eggs-boiled, fried golden, then cooked in onion-garlic-ginger-tomato-garam masala sauce.

Skip to ingredientsThis is one of those rare dishes that manages to be decadent and comforting at the same time.

Dimer kosha is a popular Bengali style spicy oily Egg curry, very much different from the rgular Dimer Dalna.