Topic: Egg in Jalfrezi....

[Domi]

Is it just a regional thing? Every Jalfrezi recipe description (and every one I've actually ordered!) has egg in...Is it just a Yorkshire thing?

[Willyeckerslike]

I live in Yorkshire (Doncaster) and I have never seen an egg in Jalfrezi. Which is a blessing cos I like Jalfrezi but cannot eat egg :-X.  Dunno why. I like egg fried rice & flans but fried, boiled, poached etc turns my stomach :

[Domi]

the egg in jalfrezis is scrambled - but ever present. Then again I've never had a Donny curry....though Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield all have egg in that I've had (and I've had a fair few )


*EDIT* just checked the aagrah restaurant chain's menu and their Jalfrezi is listed as having eggs in too, so it's not just local (Huddersfield that is, not local as in League of Gentlemen kinda way)

[Secret Santa]

I thought I'd seen it all after the Ashoka variations, but SCRAMBLED EGG in a curry...someone bring me a chair, I need to sit down!   

I'va had shed loads of jalfrezis and not once has there been egg of any variety in it.

BTW I'm having deja vu on this one. It's been brought up before (probably literally) right?

[haldi]

It's in the Jalfreezi's round Nottingham
The curry is 3 parts cooked then they crack an egg into the pan
The egg stays somehow seperate to the rest of the curry
You could pick it out if you wanted

[Domi]

Thanks Haldi!

I thought I'd seen it all after the Ashoka variations, but SCRAMBLED EGG in a curry...someone bring me a chair, I need to sit down!   

That'll be down to old age, SS....your knees probably aren't what they used to be

I'va had shed loads of jalfrezis and not once has there been egg of any variety in it.

Maybe they don't make them right where you're from? lol
I can't believe you've never heard of curried eggs though...eggs work well in Indian food...(kedgeree is but one example) treat it like anal sex, SecretSatan...don't knock it 'till you've tried it! Check out this link...

http://www.curryfocus.co.uk/Blog/2007/08/19/curried-eggs-around-the-world/

[Domi]

and here's three egg curry recipes for ya too SS....

http://indianfood.about.com/od/chickendishes/r/eggcurry.htm

http://www.indianfoodforever.com/non-veg/eggs/egg-curry.html

http://indianfood.about.com/od/chickendishes/r/eggcurry.htm

[CurryOnRegardless]

Try boiled egg with a curry/mayonnaise dressing as a snack/side/starter sometime, very nice.

Domi, have I understood you properly, in Huddersfield if you order a jalfrezi you get an egg to stick up yer bum...?

Regards
CoR

[Domi]

hehe no CoR....but the next day your family would prefer you had an egg up yer chuff to stop the gaseous leaks....it's enough to bring a tear to a glass eye.

[Cory Ander]

]I do have standards (most of them low, but not THAT low)

Hmmmmmmmm............. :-X