Sri Lankan-style spicy egg salad with onions and tomatoes.
You can assemble an easy egg salad recipe within 30 minutes for your lunch or light brunch using a few ingredients.
All you need is a few hard-boiled eggs,  leafy salad leaves of your choice, onions, tomatoes and some spicy condiment to give the boiled egg salad extra flavour and heat. 

The easy egg salad is all about having a dish on the table with a few pantry staples to make an easy-filling pantry meal. 

Meal ideas for the easy egg salad recipe.

• If you are on a strict diet, this simple egg salad, as it is, can make lunch or dinner for you.
• If you are serving with rice,  ditch the heavy meat curry, make this egg salad and add a vegetable curry like…
  • Beetroot curry
  • Dry bean stir-fry or capsicum stir-fry(choose one) followed by dhal curry(optional and only if you have the time), and a devilled soya meat curry.
  • Here are a few menus you can pair the spicy egg salad with.
  • Sri Lankan lunch meal plan 1
  • Sri Lankan meal plan 2
  • Sri Lankan Lunch meal plan-3.

What you will need in the kitchen.

• Chopping board and knife.
• A medium-sized pan to boil the eggs.
• Medium-sized bowl to mix ingredients.
• A platter to serve the egg salad on.

More egg recipes.

Sri Lanka omelette curry.
Sri Lankan breakfast omelet.
Sri Lankan mild egg curry.

Storage, freezing and reheating guide.

Storing
Best when made fresh and not stored, but if you need to store it for a day, separate the eggs from the onions, tomatoes, green chillies and salad. Store in an airtight container.
Freezing-avoid freezing.
Reheating- remove from refrigerator, keep the lid slightly open to reach room temperature.
Stop food waste by,
Leftover egg slices- can be chopped up, mixed with cheese or butter and used as a spread to make sandwiches.
Leftover onions, green chillies, and tomatoes. I had some left, I separated them from the eggs and then used them to make my next day curries.
If you do have any salad leaves left, add them to your compost bin.

recipe difficulcty- easy

Ingredients to make spicy egg salad.

• For hard-boiled eggs.
  • 5 eggs.
  • Water as needed.
  • 4 tablespoons of Vinegar.
• To make the egg salad.
  • Medium-sized tomatoes.
  • large onion sliced fine.
  • Green chillies chopped(substitute with any kind of spicy chilli, reduce if serving kids).
  • A bunch of salad leaves washed, drained, and patted dry completely.
  • Salt to season.
• Condiments to spoon over the egg salad.
  • tablespoons of Sambal Olek(totally optional but loved the store-bought condiment spooned over the eggs).
  • Chilli paste recipe(Sri Lankan style).
  • Chilli oil.

Spicy Sri Lankan egg salad.

Hard-boiling the eggs.

If you refrigerate your eggs, take them out and let them reach room temperature.
Wash the eggs and set aside.
Place the cooking pan over the stove and gently place the eggs in the pan. Pour enough water to submerge the eggs completely.
Pour vinegar and salt; this would help with removing the eggshell easily.
Boil the eggs for exactly 13 minutes, then remove them from the stove.
Drain the boiling water and place them in your sink under slow-running water from your tap.
Let the eggs cool down for 10 minutes.
Gently tap the eggs on your kitchen sink surface while moving the egg, so small cracks appear on the whole egg.
Now peel the eggshells and set aside.

Making the spicy egg salad.

Slice the onions, chop the green chillies, tomatoes and place them in a bowl, season with salt, pepper and lime. Combine well.
Place the green salad leaves on a platter, add a layer of the onion, tomato, and green chilli sambol over it.
Slice the hard-boiled eggs in two and place them over the tomato and green chilli salad. egg yolk facing up.
Add the rest of the onions sambol, spread a little of the optional condiments mentioned on the ingredient list, then season with a pinch of salt and pepper.
If you are going to serve the salad late, then cut the onions, tomatoes a little late(30-45 minutes before serving time)and keep them separate.
Assemble everything 10 minutes before serving so the egg salad looks fresh.

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