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A vibrant bowl featuring hard-boiled eggs, purple rice, avocado, and greens, perfect for beginner egg recipes.

The Ultimate Egg Recipes Guide for Beginners

This guide is for beginner cooks who want to learn how to prepare simple and delicious egg dishes. It covers basic cooking techniques and explores various ways to use eggs in meals.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Cooling 5 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 1 serving
Course: Breakfast, Lunch
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

For the Chile-dusted Hard-boiled Egg
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tbsp chile powder e.g., Kashmiri
  • 1 tbsp MDH chana masala powder
For the Pepita & Curry Leaf Tadka
  • 1 cup pepitas
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 50 ish fresh curry leaves
  • 2 tsp black mustard seeds
  • 1/2 tsp chile powder
  • to taste salt
Other Components
  • 1 avocado sliced
  • 1 mandarin sliced
  • 1 cup cooked purple rice
  • 1 serving nutritional yeast kale chips

Equipment

  • Small bowl
  • Saucepan
  • Pot

Method
 

  1. Hard boil 2 eggs. Peel them, rinse, and pat dry with a clean towel.
  2. In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon chile powder and 1 tablespoon MDH chana masala powder.
  3. Roll the peeled eggs in the spice mixture until they are completely covered.
  4. Toast 1 cup of pepitas in a dry pan until lightly browned. Set aside.
  5. Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add about 50 fresh curry leaves and stir until they begin to crisp.
  6. Add 2 teaspoons of black mustard seeds. Stir until they toast and stop popping.
  7. Add 1/2 teaspoon chile powder and stir. Immediately pour this mixture over the toasted pepitas.
  8. Toss the pepitas with the tadka mixture well and season with salt to taste.
  9. Slice the chile-dusted hard-boiled eggs.
  10. Assemble your lunch box with cooked purple rice, sliced avocado, a mandarin wedge, kale chips, the sliced chile-dusted eggs, and the pepita & curry leaf tadka sprinkled over the rice or other components.

Notes

This recipe is part of a larger guide for beginners. The other components mentioned (Spicy Sesame Coleslaw, Pickled Cauliflower, Turmeric-Scallion Tofu Spread, Red-spiced Edamame) can be found in the original article for a complete meal.

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