Indian-Spiced Eggs With Spinach and Turmeric Yogurt Recipe (2024)

Most of my Indian family avoids putting uncooked turmeric on a dish as it has a strong and funky aftertaste. I would add a little turmeric to the spinach so it can cook and instead add a little chaat masala and cumin (dry toasted and finely ground) to the yogurt instead.

This was insanely good. Frankly I'll be making this as close to weekly as my pantry allows, for breakfast, lunch or dinner. It was abundantly flavorful, easy to throw together, and pretty healthy at that. Not to mention highly scalable; just as do-able to make 4 servings for 1 person of the course of a week, or do all 4 at once. This is a winner of a recipe NYT.

A great meal. I substituted the pita for a butter roti - delicious!

I made this with kale instead of spinach and separately boiled the kale a bit on its own before sautéing. Added a few leftover chickpeas from the fridge immediately after the spices before adding greens. Used crushed red pepper instead of fresh pepper as it seemed better for chickpeas. Yum.

Great! Did not have garam masala so I used mild curry powder. Loved the yoghurt. Great for breakfast, brnuch or an easy supper. Will add to my list of "go tos"

Made this tonight, and it is definitely going in the rotation of quick dinners. I made a few modifications based on what I had on hand. Poached the egg (consistently fail at frying eggs) and used fat free Greek yogurt. Maybe I don't have discerning taste when it comes to yogurt, but I can't tell the difference.

Actually Indians make a fantastic egg dish called a Kejriwal. Look it up

If you are not eating bread you can substitute cauliflower rounds for the pita. Also delicious!

Delicious! I sautéed sliced button mushrooms with the spinach to make it a more substantial dinner and served on naan.

The flavor-to-effort ratio is amazing. Sometimes I make this a really fast weeknight meal by not chopping anything: jarred minced garlic, fresh ginger paste, and crushed red pepper flakes do the job just fine. I agree with others that the toasted pita is hard to cut with a knife and fork (even a steak knife!) so I just use sliced toasted bread instead.

It seemed like something was missing, so I squeezed some lime juice over the top. It was transformative. I highly recommend that you try it.

I made this with Indian fry bread instead of pita and also sprinkled some everything but bagel on top and it was divine.

I made this with Native American fry bread instead of pita and sprinkled some everything but bagel on top. Delicious.

Tried this out this morning. Breakfast for one. Didn’t have naan at the ready, instead used a slice of rye and simply put it in the toaster. Keep roasted garlic and roasted peppers in the fridge and used those along with the other ingredients. Had Greek yogurt which I used for the yogurt sauce. The rye bread added an unexpected and good flavor. Very tasty and easy to prepare.

This was simply spectacular!!!

I make this all the time. Quick easy affordable tasty and fairly healthy! I really love the taste of the spinach with the flavored yogurt and egg. Leftovers reheat nicely at work next day and are very satisfying.

Delicious! I sautéed sliced button mushrooms with the spinach to make it a more substantial dinner and served on naan.

Careful of the tumeric....would probably put half the amount in. Ended up diluting it with another yogurt sauce I had already made with a bit of lemon, honey and touch of sour cream. The rest was per recipe, and really good!

Super easy, came together quickly, and was very tasty for such a simple dish. Pita probably didn't need to be warmed up quite that much - it was tough to cut so next time I'll probably just warm it through without trying to get to crispiness. A definite keeper!

Delicious and dead simple. I just used leftover sauteed greens I already had in the fridge making this a 10 minute dinner.

This was very good. I used some leftover takeout garlic naan in place of pita. I liked it and would make again.

There was a lot more flavor in this than we expected. We added some curry leaves and used fresh tumeric and put everything on naan. We'll definitely be making this again as a healthy alternative to eggs benedict also.

Easy on the spice

Made this tonight, and it is definitely going in the rotation of quick dinners. I made a few modifications based on what I had on hand. Poached the egg (consistently fail at frying eggs) and used fat free Greek yogurt. Maybe I don't have discerning taste when it comes to yogurt, but I can't tell the difference.