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UPPERCRUST FOOD | EGGS

especially for those whose daily lives at. It is being pointed out that in the days up or scrambled eggs is some olive oil or
depend upon them. If an apple a day keeps of our grandfathers and grandmothers, better still, home-made ghee, salt, pepper,
the doctor away, so can an egg! it was perfectly alright if your cholesterol milk. Then if you go further and feel
One large boiled egg offers you 78 level tipped 300 or more, as against the like an Indian masala omelette, you will
calories, 6 gms protein, found mainly in current 220, when doctors immediately need onions, green chillies and coriander.
egg white, 5 gms fat (with only 1.6 gms prescribe tablets which in turn put you in Tomatoes, if it’s the Parsi akoori you fancy,
being saturated fat), which is mostly in danger of multiple side effects! add to that raisins if it’s the Navsari
the yolk. The most important component ‘Eggfect’ is the better effect, just akoori. Point we are making is, from basics
of the egg is the choline, 147 mg, which practice moderation. An egg or two at a to more complex egg dishes, you just
helps support memory and mood, keeping time. Not like the famous Tata doyen, Rusi have to keep adding ingredients; olives,
the brain healthy. There are vitamins in Modi who ate one dozen at a time, but salmon, capers, caviar, bacon, spinach,
there − A, D, E, K and minerals, iron, zinc, lived to be 96, nonetheless. cheese, potatoes, garlic, baked beans, fresh
phosphorus. So here we are, in the thick of the dill, parsley, other herbs, avocados, mayo,
Now for those who very fashionably monsoon, an ideal time when UpperCrust mustard… Bread, sourdough preferably
eat just the egg white, we say, please don’t! brings to you 11 egg recipes. For those would be the second most important
You put an imbalance to nature. Eating the dark, Sunday rainy mornings, which we ingredient you need to make sure you have
yolk actually enhances protein absorption call, happy gloominess, when nothing can at home, on that rainy day.
from the white. Most healthy people can be better than getting into the kitchen For your eggy pleasure we got a team
enjoy a full egg with no repercussions. and cracking open some eggs and getting of three of the most talented and wonderful
Which means those who don’t have going. Eggs are something we always stock chefs from The Oberoi, Mumbai to use
cholesterol issues, need not worry. Though in our fridge, right? There is a reason why their culinary genius in rustling up some
we hasten to add, even this whole ‘high every fridge has those special egg trays! rather imaginative egg recipes. So go
cholesterol’ issue is now being re-looked All you then need, for a basic, sunny side ahead, dive deep into the yolk of life!

Executive Chef Gurmeet Bhamra with chefs Richard
& Purvesh of The Oberoi, Mumbai

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