West Bengal

Dimer dalna

Name: Dimer dalna
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bengali
Ingredients: 6 hard boiled egg; 3 medium quartered potato; 1 tsp turmeric (ground turmeric); Salt, to taste; 3 tbsp mustard oil; 2 bay leaf (indian bay leaf); 2 cardamom 2 cloves, small cinnamon whole spices; 1 large ground onion; 1 1/2 inch ground ginger; 2 medium pureed tomato; 1 1/2 tsp cumin powder (ground cumin); 1 1/2 tsp kashmiri chilli powder; 1 tsp sugar; 2 slit green chilli; 1 1/4 cups water; 1/2 tsp garam masala

Fried eggs and potatoes in a ginger and cumin gravy. Bengal's weeknight hero.

40 minTime

12 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Eggs on a weeknight2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayEgg, potato, rice. The holy trinity of Bengali weeknights.

The original

309kcalsame

12 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

40minutessame

Dimer dalna as every Bengali home makes it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Egg6, hard boiled

Potato3 medium, quartered

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Saltto taste

Mustard oil3 tbsp

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2

Whole spices2 cardamom, 2 cloves, small cinnamon

Onion1 large, ground

Ginger4 cm, ground

Tomato2 medium, pureed

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1½ tsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1½ tsp

Sugar1 tsp

Green chilli2, slit

Water1¼ cups

Garam masala½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Prick the boiled eggs lightly and rub with turmeric and salt. Fry in mustard oil until blistered. Fry the potatoes too.
2In the same oil add bay leaves and whole spices, then the onion paste. Fry until golden.
3Add ginger paste, tomato puree, cumin and chilli powder. Cook until thick.
4Add potatoes, water, salt, sugar and chillies. Cover and simmer until potatoes are tender.
5Add the eggs, simmer 5 minutes, sprinkle garam masala and serve with rice.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

West Bengal

Dimer dalna

Fried eggs and potatoes in a ginger and cumin gravy. Bengal's weeknight hero.

40 minTime

12 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Eggs on a weeknight2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayEgg, potato, rice. The holy trinity of Bengali weeknights.

The original

309kcalsame

12 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

40minutessame

Dimer dalna as every Bengali home makes it.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Egg6, hard boiled

Potato3 medium, quartered

Turmeric (ground turmeric)1 tsp

Saltto taste

Mustard oil3 tbsp

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2

Whole spices2 cardamom, 2 cloves, small cinnamon

Onion1 large, ground

Ginger4 cm, ground

Tomato2 medium, pureed

Cumin powder (ground cumin)1½ tsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1½ tsp

Sugar1 tsp

Green chilli2, slit

Water1¼ cups

Garam masala½ tsp

Method

5 steps

1Prick the boiled eggs lightly and rub with turmeric and salt. Fry in mustard oil until blistered. Fry the potatoes too.
2In the same oil add bay leaves and whole spices, then the onion paste. Fry until golden.
3Add ginger paste, tomato puree, cumin and chilli powder. Cook until thick.
4Add potatoes, water, salt, sugar and chillies. Cover and simmer until potatoes are tender.
5Add the eggs, simmer 5 minutes, sprinkle garam masala and serve with rice.

Serve it like this

Serve hot in a deep bowl with a swirl of ghee or a few coriander leaves on top, and rice or rotis on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Dimer dalna

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Dimer dalna

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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