North Indian
Anda Masala
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Anda Masala is North Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Hard boil the eggs, peel them, and halve them lengthwise.
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Heat the oil in a pan and let the cumin sizzle, then cook the onions, garlic, and ginger until deep golden, about 9 minutes.
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Stir in the turmeric, coriander, and chili powder, then add the chopped tomatoes and cook into a thick masala, about 8 minutes.
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Add a splash of water and salt to loosen the masala into a thick coating gravy and simmer for 4 minutes.
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Lay the egg halves in the masala cut side up, spoon the sauce over them, and warm through for 4 minutes.
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Stir in the garam masala, finish with cilantro, and serve hot with roti or paratha.
Watch how to cook Anda Masala
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Serve it with
A North Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Anda Masala, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Anda Masala carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Aloo Paratha (Potato Stuffed Flatbread) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 320 kcal
- Protein
- 14 g
- Carbs
- 9 g
- Fat
- 25 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 700 mg
- Saturated fat
- 5 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Anda Masala takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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