Egg Salad

Ingredients

• Eggs, full boiled and chopped 6
• Mayonnaise sauce (below): 1 cup
• Oregano , dried ½ tsp
• Mustard powder 1 tsp
• Lettuce leaves 8
• Mayonnaise Sauce
• Egg,  (preferably at room temperature) 1
• Vinegar 2 tbsp
• Salt 1/2 tsp
• Powdered black pepper 1/8 tsp
• Mustard oil 1/4 tsp
• Sugar 1/2 tsp
• Refined groundnut oil 1 cup

Preparation

• Make the mayonnaise: Break egg into the jar of a blender (liquidiser). Add the vinegar, salt, pepper, mustard oil and sugar. Switch on blender at full speed, and immediately add the oil in a thin stream, with the blender on, all the time, till the required consistency is reached. This is like a thick cream.

• Mix eggs, mustard, oregano and mustard together with mayonnaise.

• Line a serving dish with the lettuce leaves, heap the egg mixture in the center and serve chilled.