Curried Eggs

This Curried Eggs recipe delivers a quick, tasty and nutritious meal.

It’s a retro recipe that I loved as a kid and was keen to get back out and give a whirl all these decades later.

The Recipe for Curried Eggs

This recipe is quite different form the curried eggs you use as a sandwich filling, which generally just involves mashing hard boiled eggs with mayo and curry powder.

This Curried Eggs is a meal that’s perfect served with hot, fluffy rice.

I remembered my mum making it from a white sauce base, and I remembered curry powder – of course – and onions.

But there are a few extra ingredients that turn this dish into something quite wonderful.

I found those ingredients in this great little recipe book from the 1970s: Wonderful Ways to Prepare Eggs.

Ingredients for Curried Eggs

To make Curried Eggs, you’ll need:

• 6 hard boiled eggs, cut into quarters

• sultanas
• butter
• onion
• cooking apples
• plain flour (all purpose flour)
• curry powder
• milk
• cream
• salt and pepper
• desiccated coconut (optional).

How to make curried eggs

Hard boiling eggs

Start by making your hard boiled eggs.

The best way to do this is by placing the eggs in a saucepan, covering with water and bringing the water to the boil. Then, turn off the heat and place lid on the saucepan. Leave the eggs in the hot water for from 10-12 minutes.

Prepping

Cover sultanas with boiling water and set aside.

Peel, core and slice apples.

Slice onions thinly.

Measure out remaining ingredients.

Making the sauce

Melt the butter in a frying pan and saute onion for a few minutes.

Add apples, mix well and saute for another 5 minutes or until apples and onions are tender.

Sprinkle the flour and curry powder over apples and onions and stir to combine. Cook over low heat for 3 minutes.

Remove the frying pan from the heat and slowly pour in milk, stirring constantly. Return to low heat and stir for 2-3 minutes or until sauce thickens.

Add the the cream, and salt and pepper, and cook over low heat, stirring, for 2-3 minutes.

Add eggs and sultanas (water drained off) to the frying pan.

Cook over low heat until the eggs are heated through.

Serve with rice. You can also garnish with the optional coconut, if desired.

Recipe FAQs

Q. What are the best cooking apples to use?

Granny Smith, Jonathan and Braeburn are lovely apples to cook with, but you really can use any variety in this recipe.

Q. What size eggs do I use?

I’ve used medium sized eggs here, but large or small will work fine. You may just want to adjust the number of eggs used accordingly along with the time taken to hard boil the eggs.

Q. How do I hard boil an egg?

The best way is to place the eggs in a saucepan, covering with water and bringing the water to the boil. Then, turn off the heat and place lid on the saucepan. Leave medium eggs in the hot water for from 10-12 minutes, a little less for small eggs and a little longer for larger eggs.

Q. How do I choose the best eggs?

Choosing the right eggs can make a big difference in the taste and quality of your final dish. Here are some tips on how to choose the best eggs to cook with:

• look for freshness, fresh eggs should have a firm white and a round yolk that stands up high
• don’t use eggs with a shell that has already been cracked
• colour doesn’t matter, it usually just reflects the breed of chicken that laid the egg
• choose cage-free or organic eggs if you can afford to or, better still, raise your own chickens or buy from someone who has backyard chickens
• ensure the store you buy your eggs from stores and handles them properly.

Q. How long do curried eggs last in the fridge?

They should keep for up to 3 days stored in the fridge in an airtight container.

Q. Is this the best curried eggs recipe?

I think so! The addition of apples, sultanas and cream gives it the perfect balance in my book.

Q. What curry power works best?

I use Keen’s Curry powder.

Q. Do you have other recipes that call for Keen’s Curry powder?

I sure do. Check out my Curried Chicken, Curried Pasta Salad, Curried Rice Salad, Salmon Bread Cases, Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad and Curried Sausages recipes.

Q. Do you have other recipes where eggs are the star?

Yes, again! Try my Toad in a Hole or Egg Custard.