Spicy sausage scrambled eggs with tarka beans

Spicy sausage scrambled eggs with tarka beans

Chef Sabrina Gidda’s spicy scrambled eggs recipe is perfect for a blow-out brunch. Tarka beans (Indian baked beans) are served with sausages and creamy egg.  “This is tremendously nostalgic for me,” says Sabrina. “We often had tarka beans when I was growing up and even now I think this is my favourite way to eat baked beans. Nothing here takes too much effort yet it’s outrageously delicious – perfect alongside a stack of hot buttered toast.”

Spicy sausage scrambled eggs with tarka beans

Recipe from Modern South Asian Kitchen by Sabrina Gidda (Quadrille £26, March 2023). Photography by Maria Bell

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  • Serves icon Serves 2-4
  • Time icon Hands-on time 20 min

Chef Sabrina Gidda’s spicy scrambled eggs recipe is perfect for a blow-out brunch. Tarka beans (Indian baked beans) are served with sausages and creamy egg.  “This is tremendously nostalgic for me,” says Sabrina. “We often had tarka beans when I was growing up and even now I think this is my favourite way to eat baked beans. Nothing here takes too much effort yet it’s outrageously delicious – perfect alongside a stack of hot buttered toast.”

Recipe from Modern South Asian Kitchen by Sabrina Gidda (Quadrille £26, March 2023). Photography by Maria Bell

Browse more brilliant brunch recipes

Nutrition: Per serving (for 4)

Calories
610kcals
Fat
23.4g (8.8g saturated)
Protein
28.5g
Carbohydrates
66.8g (10.4g sugars)
Fibre
9.2g
Salt
3.6g

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp ghee or vegetable oil
  • ¼ tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1-2 green chillies, sliced
  • ½ tsp garlic paste
  • 1 tsp ginger paste
  • 400g tin baked beans
  • ¼ tsp ground turmeric
  • ½ tsp garam masala
  • ½ tsp salt
  • Chopped coriander leaves to serve
  • 4 slices bread

For the eggs

  • 4 medium free-range eggs
  • 2 tbsp whole milk
  • ½ tsp chopped green chilli
  • ½ tsp salt
  • Pinch garam masala
  • 30g unsalted butter
  • 2 cumberland sausages, skinned
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Method

  1. Heat the ghee or vegetable oil in a saucepan over a medium-high heat. Add the cumin seeds and, when they sizzle, add the onion. Cook, stirring, for 5-10 minutes.
  2. Add the chilli, garlic and ginger and cook for 5 minutes. Add the beans, turmeric, garam masala, salt and 50ml water. Bring to the boil, then turn down the heat to very low and keep warm.
  3. Meanwhile, beat the eggs, milk, chilli, salt and garam masala together. Melt the butter in a frying pan, add the sausagemeat and fry until golden (about 6-8 minutes). You don’t need to break it into crumbs, just fry it until it is cooked
  4. Add the egg mixture and scramble to your liking. To serve, toast the bread and top with the eggs. Serve the beans alongside scattered with coriander.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
610kcals
Fat
23.4g (8.8g saturated)
Protein
28.5g
Carbohydrates
66.8g (10.4g sugars)
Fibre
9.2g
Salt
3.6g

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Recipe By:

Sabrina Gidda

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