Curry Onion Tart

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This eggy tart, affluent with achromatic mustard effect and curry leaves, has flavors of Southern India. The smoked paprika successful the tart crust gives the pastry a beauteous reddish hue. You’ll request a 9-inch tart cookware (at slightest 1-inch deep) with a removable bottom. Serve lukewarm oregon astatine country temperature, with your favourite chutney.

The baked tart tin beryllium refrigerated successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 4 days.

The archetypal look calls for treble pick alternatively of dense cream; it is disposable astatine British goods stores oregon online. Curry leaves are disposable astatine well-stocked market stores, Asian markets and online.

The wrapped dough needs to remainder successful the refrigerator for astir 15 minutes. The unbaked tart ammunition needs to remainder successful the refrigerator for 15 minutes.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 8-10

For the crust

  • Generous 2 1/3 cups (300 grams) all-purpose flour, positive much for the enactment surface
  • 1 tablespoonful smoked Spanish paprika (pimenton)
  • Pinch kosher salt
  • 10 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks/145 grams), acold salted butter, cubed
  • 1/4 cupful acold water
  • 1 spoon caller citrus juice

For the filling

  • 2 tablespoons rootlike oil
  • 2 teaspoons achromatic mustard seed
  • 10 to 15 curry leaves, to taste
  • 2 to 4 dried reddish chiles, seeded
  • 1 lb (454 grams) yellowish oregon achromatic onions (about 2 medium), thinly sliced
  • Handful caller cilantro leaves, finely chopped
  • 1 spoon kosher salt
  • 2 ample eggs positive 1 ample ovum yolk
  • Scant 1/2 cupful (3 1/2 ounces) dense (whipping) pick (see headnote)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10)

  • Calories

    260

  • Fat

    17 g

  • Saturated Fat

    9 g

  • Carbohydrates

    21 g

  • Sodium

    150 mg

  • Cholesterol

    90 mg

  • Protein

    5 g

  • Fiber

    1 g

  • Sugar

    2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from “The Cardamom Trail: Chetna Bakes With Flavors of the East,” by Chetna Makan (Mitchell Beazley, May 2016).

Tested by Kristen Hartke and Jim Webster.

Published March 20, 2016

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Updated March 15, 2026

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