Ingredients

  • 4 ounces butter
  • 2 medium onions, thinly sliced
  • 2 -3 teaspoons good-quality mild curry powder
  • 8 fresh curry leaves
  • 7 ounces hollandaise sauce
  • 7 ounces coconut cream
  • 7 ounces heavy cream or 7 ounces thickened cream
  • 12 cup vegetable stock or 12 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice, plus
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 8 hardboiled egg
  • 4 spring onions, sliced diagonally (green)
  • paprika, to garnish
  • toasted shaved coconut, to garnish (optional)

Method

  • Melt butter in a pan over low to medium heat, add thinly sliced onions and reduce heat to low.
  • Saute onions, stirring, for 6- 8 minutes until softened- do not allow them to brown.
  • Add the curry powder and leaves and cook a further minute.
  • Stir in the hollandaise sauce, coconut cream, heavy cream, stock and lemon juice, and heat gently.
  • Peel eggs, halve them vertically, and pop into the sauce with half the green onions.
  • Finish heating through gently, being careful not to break up the eggs.
  • Serve on rice, garnished with remaining green onion, a sprinkling of paprika and some toasted coconut shavings if desired.