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Kursi Miyane

Amma's notebook · Breakfast, snacks & starters, page 5

Hyderabad's stuffed deviled eggs: halved eggs filled with spiced yolk, dipped in besan and fried.

Kursi Miyane, in Amma's handwriting (part 1 of 2)Kursi Miyane, in Amma's handwriting (part 2 of 2)
Amma's original (the recipe continues onto the next page). Tap to open full size.

Method

  1. Boil the eggs. Cut them vertically and separate the yolks.
  2. Mix the yolks with cooked kheema, or plain with chopped onions, hari mirchi, kothmir and nimbu.
  3. Fill the mixture into the egg whites.
  4. Dip in thin besan batter or beaten egg white and fry.

Serve with

Hot.

Amma's notes

  • Notebook spelling: "Kussi Mijane". Margin mark "DD".

Typed up from Amma's handwritten notebook. Her Hindi and Urdu words are kept as she wrote them.

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