Chirbuli is a spicy Georgian fried egg with tomatoes and walnuts. I love it, but I have two favorite recipes.
The first Classic, with tomatoes (for 2 servings):
1. a couple of medium onions, finely chopped and fry until golden in frying oil (I have ghee).
2. while the onion is cooking, peel 3 medium tomatoes and chop finely. The skin is easily removed if you make a tomato cross-shaped incision and pour boiling water over them. Or use a ready-made tomato sauce, such as Italian passata or pelati tomatoes (300ml).
3. as soon as the onion is fried, throw 2-3 chopped garlic cloves, wait for the flavor and immediately load the tomatoes into the pan. We languish for about 5-7 minutes, and at this time…
4. …at this time, grind half a cup (50g) of walnuts (pre-washed). Grind not to dust, ideally scroll through a meat grinder.
5. add nuts to the frying pan, 1 tsp. utsho-suneli and hops suneli, 1 h. l. Imereti saffron (grind the flowers into dust with your fingers if they are not crushed), salt/pepper/chili to taste. If necessary, you can dilute the sauce with boiling water. Simmer for a couple of minutes.
Important 1. do not confuse imeretian saffron with plain saffron. Saffron is a condiment made from the stigmas of a saffron flower, and imeretian saffron is the dried petals of marigold flowers.
Important 2. If you have satsebeli sauce at home, then it can replace garlic, chili and suneli hops in this recipe. Put about 3 tbsp. L. together with tomatoes.
6. while the sauce comes to the condition and thickens, wash the greens (I have 5 stalks of parsley and cilantro), chop. Half stir in the sauce, half leave for decoration.
7. Make recesses for eggs (3-4 PCs.) and put them in the sauce, cook until the protein is seized, and the yolk remains liquid. Sprinkle with chopped herbs and pepper and serve with fresh bread. Eat by dipping a fresh loaf into a hot spicy sauce.
The second recipe: all the same, only without tomatoes. And the most interesting thing is that I like it more, because the combination of sweet fried onions, Georgian spices, nuts and eggs is something amazing. In the version with tomatoes, the sweetness is lost, the shades of taste are different, but also very tasty!