Chirbuli (scrambled eggs in Georgian)

Each national cuisine has scrambled eggs, only in different countries, this simple dish is prepared with its own characteristics. In Georgia, for example, scrambled eggs have a beautiful name “Chirbuli” and necessarily include cilantro and walnuts, which are traditional for Georgian dishes. There are also a lot of tomatoes in chirbuli, thanks to which Georgian fried eggs are juicy and incredibly tasty!

Summary

Ingredients

• Eggs – 5 pcs.
• Tomatoes – 4 pcs.
• Bulb onions – 1 pc.
• Walnuts – 1 handful
• Garlic – 4-5 cloves
• Tomato paste – 1 tbsp
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp
• Butter – 10 g
• Green onion – 3 feathers
• Greens (dill, parsley, cilantro) – to taste
• Salt to taste
• Water – 0.5 cup

Adding nuts to scrambled eggs seems unusual and surprising, but they do not spoil the dish at all, and even make it hearty and interesting in taste. Try it!

Instructions

1. Finely chop the onion. We also grind the peeled garlic cloves and walnuts.
2. After that, we prepare the tomatoes. We cut them into cubes. You do not need to peel the tomatoes and drain the juice from them, because the scrambled eggs will only taste better from the tomatoes.
   Finely chop the greens.
3. Heat a mixture of vegetables and butter in a frying pan, add the onion and fry for a few minutes.
   Pour the garlic and nuts into the pan. Fry everything together for another minute, stirring occasionally.
4. Now add tomato paste, stir.
   Add chopped tomatoes to the pan and pour out the water. Let the contents of the pan boil. After that, we reduce the heat and simmer over low heat for five minutes. At this stage, you can add salt.

   

5. When the mass in the pan is homogeneous, carefully drive the eggs into it one by one, trying to get the egg into the pan with a whole yolk. Cover the pan with a lid and wait until the eggs are ready. It is best to keep the yolk slightly runny. This usually takes about five minutes.

   

6. Sprinkle the finished chirbuli generously with fresh herbs and serve hot chirbuli right in the pan. Two adults can eat these scrambled eggs, because the portions turned out to be rather large, and the dish itself is very satisfying.

Enjoy your meal!