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Eggs in Spiced Tomato Curry

This is the sort of dish best enjoyed family-style, around your kitchen counter on a Sunday morning, or for dinner with friends on a Friday night. Of course, there are all sorts of versions of this dish: shakshukha, huevos rancheros or eggs in purgatory. My version—fragrant with cumin and sumac—is a reflection of my Pakistani-Persian spice pantry.  The beauty of this dish is that it comes together very fast; you prepare the spiced tomato base, and then gently drop the eggs in to cook in a warm tomato bath. The result is these perfectly poached eggs in a jammy tomato curry. I made my dish with  Conestoga’s Farms’ Organic Eggs . Their hens are fed Canadian Organic Regime (COR) certified feed, made from non-GMO grains. Eating local and seasonal is important to me, especially when it comes to feeding my family—what I love is that even for Conestoga Farms, “local matters”. (These eggs are certified local by Foodland Ontario.) Before serving, adorn with sumac, it’s a spice which you could ad