Monday, April 25, 2011

Omelette Curry

Eggs - 5
Yukon Gold Potato - 1, cut in small cubes
Red Onion - 1, finely chopped
Tomato - 1
Frozen Green Peas - 1/2 cup
Ginger - 1 inch, very finely chopped
Garlic - 2 cloves, finely chopped
Green Chillies - 2, finely chopped
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Bayleaf - 2
Salt
Pepper
Oil - 1 tbsp
Turmeric - a pinch
Red Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp
Cayenne Pepper - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp

Beat the eggs well. Add salt, pepper and about a tbsp of chopped onion. Make a folded omelette of the mixture. Cool and cut into cubes. Keep aside.

Heat oil in a skillet. Add cumin seeds, bayleaf and chopped green chillies.

Add the chopped garlic and ginger and saute for a few minutes.

Now add the chopped onion. Cook till the onion gets slightly brown in color.

Add the potato, salt, turmeric, cayenne pepper and red chilli powder. Cook till the potato gets slightly brown and is half cooked. Add the chopped tomato and green peas and cook till the tomato gets soft.

Add around 2 cups of water, increase the heat, cover the skillet and bring it to boil. Cook till the potato is soft. Remove the cover and add the cubed omelette. Cook for a few  minutes more till the gravy thickens. Sprinkle a dash of garam masala on top. Serve hot with puris.

Adapted from http://spiceandcurry.blogspot.com/2009/06/omeletteer-jholomelette-curry.html

4 comments:

zephyr..tinkling bells said...

simply awesome...mouth watering...quite many of the items are often cooked at our homes...especially coz i'm a bengali..and from india..we are jus foodie.....and its good to see so many of what we love to eat!! yum yum..i love y=ur blog!

-swastika

zephyr..tinkling bells said...

dat murir moya..
d pudding..we call payesh..
and you give us samosas...
and omlette curry egg curry is easy enough...
and budia..
oh i love bhel puri..tikia....

mouth watering....sup sup!


-swastika

why dont you add papdi chaat?

zephyr..tinkling bells said...

i simply get over ur food cart!!! ^_^



-swastika

i'll tell my frnz to drop in for a visit!

Anonymous said...

Such a tasty sounding recipe. I believe I have not seen this before. I like the look in the picture. I would eat this some time very soon!