Turkish Eggs - Cilbir (Breakfast)

 This recipe is courtesy of the youtube channel Travel.Eat.Repeat

~Cilbir~

Ingredients

1. Eggs - 4 medium
2. Greek Yoghurt or Hung curd - 1 Cup
3. Garlic - Finely Chopped - 2 tsp (5-6 cloves)
4. Paprika Powder - 2 tsp
5. Salt - 1/2 tsp
6. Black pepper powder - 1 tsp
7. Olive Oil - 2-3 tbsp
8. Parsley - Finely chopped or dry parsley - 1 tsp
9. Coriander leaves- Finely Chopped - 2-3 tsp
10. Green chilly 1 large (non-hot) - Finely Chopped
11. Chilly Flakes - 2 tsp
12. Butter - 25 gms

Method (Yoghurt Base):

1. Take 1 cup of yoghurt in a bowl, add chopped garlic,  paprika powder, black pepper powder, salt And mix it well until it attains the consistency
2. Adjust salt as necessary and keep it aside

Method (Parsley, Corriander, chilly dip)

1. In a separate bowl, take 3 tbsp of olive oil
2. Add chopped parsley, coriander and chilly and mix it well and keep it aside

Method (Butter, Chilly Flakes and Paprika dip)

1. Take a frying pan and fry 25 gms of butter in low heat until it starts to bubble
2. Turn off the heat and add 2 tsp of chilly flakes and 1 tsp of paprika and mix well
3. Take this out into another small bowl/cup

All Dips

Bringing It All Together

1. Take a serving plate and spread the yoghurt base in circular fashion (as shown below)
2. Sprinkle Parsley+Corriander dip and Butter+Chilly dip on top
3. Fry 4 eggs (You can also keep it sunny side up if you like it that way) and gently place them on the yoghurt base 
4. Sprikle Parsley+Corriander dip and Butter+CSprinkleip on top of eggs too
5. Serve with Garlic bread or Pita bread

Spread the base

With Suny Side Up (2 eggs)

Complete Preparation

With 4 Full Fry Eggs

 

Enjoy!!