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Eggless Egg Curry Recipe (Paneer Ke Ande)

Madhushree Dutta
Easy recipe to make delicious Eggless Egg Curry at home. Simple ingredients, instructions, and equipment to cook Indian-style Paneer Ke Ande or Veg egg.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Bengali, Indian
Servings 4 servings

Equipment

  • 1 Induction Cooktop or Gas Stove
  • 1 Kadhai

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Paneer grated
  • 1 Potato Boiled
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 2 tbsp corn flour
  • Vegetable oil
  • Salt to taste
  • ½ cup Toor dal
  • 1 inch Ginger paste
  • 4-5 cloves Garlic
  • 3 Tomato
  • 1 Onion Medium
  • 1/2 Onion finely chopped
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • 1 inch Cinnamon stick
  • 1 tsp Chili powder
  • 1 tsp Cumin seeds
  • ½ tsp Coriander powder
  • ½ tsp Cumin powder
  • ½ cup Curd
  • ½ tsp Garam Masala
  • 1 cup Water
  • 2 tbsp Coriander finely chopped
  • Kasuri Methi

Instructions
 

Prepare the eggless eggs

  • In a bowl, take the grated paneer, salt, cornstarch, and boiled potato and combine them well. Make it into a dough and set aside.
  • Next, in a bowl, take the blended Toor dal and add salt, a bit of Hing, and a bit of ginger (optional) to it.
  • Mix all of it well.
  • Now, take a kadhai, and heat some oil until it starts to smoke. Put the dal mixture and start to stir. Add a bit of turmeric powder to make it vibrant yellow. This is for the yolk.
  • Continue stirring until the rawness is gone. Do not harden the mixture.
  • Next, take the dal mix out of the kadhai and start to make the eggs.
  • Grease your hands well before starting the process. Make small balls of yolk using the dal mix and keep aside.
  • Take the paneer mix spread it out on your palm, put in the yolk, and close it up. Shape it like an egg and it is good to go.
  • Now, after the eggs are prepared, fry them in hot oil. Make sure to not burn them. Fry it until golden brown and keep them aside.

Prepare the gravy

  • In a kadhai, heat some vegetable oil and add the ginger, garlic, onion, and sauté them until they turn golden brown.
  • Now to that add the tomatoes and stir them until all the ingredients are soft and mushy.
  • Take them out, and blend them after they cool down.
  • Next, in the Kadhai, add some oil and heat it until it smokes lightly.
  • To that, add a bay leaf, cinnamon, and cumin. Sauté all the aromatics until you get a good fragrance. Do not overcook the spices.
  • To this spice mix, put in some chopped onions and fry it until translucent or golden brown.
  • Now add turmeric, coriander powder, chili powder, cumin powder, garam masala, and salt. Keep the heat low and combine them well.
  • Stir them until the aromas fill your nose from the spices and now add the paste that you had prepared before.
  • Cook all the ingredients until they are cooked and you see the oil separating.
  • Now add 1 cup of water and mix well, for the gravy.
  • Cook them for a few minutes, and check the salt.

Prepare Eggless egg curry

  • To the already-cooking gravy, gently put in the prepared eggless eggs and cover the kadhai with a lid.
  • Let the dish simmer for around 2-3 minutes.
  • Stir it once more and add 1 tsp of kasuri methi and then the finely chopped coriander leaves.
  • Give them a final mix and your dish is ready.