Tomato omelette recipe with step by step photos – here is one delicious omelette which does not have eggs in it. This vegetarian omelette is made with gram flour (besan or chickpea flour), tomatoes, onions and Indian herbs & spices. A low fat, gluten-free and vegan dish.
Tomato omelette gets done in a jiffy and with some homemade brown bread or ready made bread, one gets a healthy as well as nutritious breakfast. This tomato omelette is a savior when I am too busy or lazy for the morning breakfasts. There are few more similar recipes which you can make at times like:
The tomatoes lend their faint umami flavor and along with the gram flour you get a warm & spiced omelette. here gram flour (besan) is used as a base along with the regular Indian herbs & spices.
It is best served hot with some toasted brown or white bread accompanied with a side coriander chutney or mint chutney or homemade tomato sauce.
The tomato omelette makes for a good breakfast or brunch. you can also make sandwiches with them. In India, we have a club sandwich that has this omelette served between slices along with the other stuffings. Its truly good and very filling. They usually serve the club sandwich this way in restaurants here.
How to make tomato omelette
1. Finely chop onion, tomatoes, green chilli and ginger. Also chop the coriander leaves. Measure and keep all the ingredients ready for making the tomato omelettes.
2. In a big bowl or vessel – take 1 cup besan (gram flour or chickpea flour), 1 medium sized onion (finely chopped) and 2 medium sized tomatoes (finely chopped).
3. Next add ½ inch finely chopped ginger, ¼ or ½ cup finely chopped coriander leaves and 1 finely chopped green chili. Do chop all the ingredients finely. If chopped even in slightly larger pieces it becomes difficult to spread the omelette in the pan.
4. Add 1 pinch asafoetida (hing), ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder, ¼ teaspoon red chili powder, 1 pinch garam masala and salt as required.
5. Add ½ cup water first. With a wired whisk begin to mix everything. The batter has to be of medium consistency.
6. Mix and stir well. I used a wired whisk but you can also mix with a spoon.
7. If the batter is too thin then add some gram flour and if the batter is too thick then dilute with little water. I used about ½ cup of water. Depending on the quality and texture of besan, addition of water will be more or less.
Making tomato omelette
8. Heat a tawa or a flat pan on low flame. Smear some oil, about 1 teaspoon on the pan.
9. Once the pan is hot reduce the flame. Then with a large spoon pour the batter on the pan.
10. Spread it gently with the back of the spoon. the technique is like the way we make Pancakes. you can even rotate and tilt the pan.
11. Add some oil drops on the edges & top of the tomato omelette.
12. Let one side of omelette cook.
13. Then flip and cook the other side.
14. Cook the omelette till both sides are cooked and golden.
15. Remove it on a serving plate. Make all the veg omelette in the same manner with the leftover batter.
16. Serve eggless tomato omelette warm with toasted brown bread or whole wheat bread or pav and some coriander chutney or tomato sauce or mint chutney.
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tomato omelette
By Dassana Amit
Ingredients
- 1 cup gram flour (besan or chickpea flour)
- 2 medium size tomato, finely chopped
- 1 medium size onion, finely chopped
- ½ inch ginger, finely chopped
- 1 green chili, finely chopped
- ¼ or ½ cup coriander (cilantro leaves) - chopped
- ¼ teaspoon red chilli powder
- a pinch of asafoetida (hing) - (optional)
- a pinch of garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder - (optional)
- ½ to 1 cup water , or as required
- salt as required
- sunflower oil as required for cooking the omelette
Instructions
making tomato omelette batter
- Finely chop tomatoes, onions, green chilli and ginger. Also chop the coriander leaves.
- In a big bowl or vessel – take besan and coriander leaves. Also add finely chopped onion, tomatoes, ginger and green chili.
- Then add spices - asafoetida (hing), turmeric powder, red chili powder, garam masala powder and salt as required.
- Add ½ cup water first. With a wired whisk begin to mix everything. The batter has to be of medium consistency.
- Mix and stir well to make a medium consistency batter. Depending on the quality and texture of besan, you can add more or less water as required.
making tomato omelette
- Heat a tava or a flat pan. smear some oil, about 1 teaspoon on the pan.
- With a large spoon pour the batter on the pan.
- Spread it lightly with the back of the spoon.
- The technique is like the way we make pancakes.
- You can even rotate and tilt the pan.
- Add some oil drops on the edges & top of the tomato omelette.
- Flip and cook the other side.
- Cook the omelette till both sides are cooked.
- Serve eggless tomato omelette with brown bread or buns and some coriander chutney or tomato sauce.
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I tried this one too and it came exactly the way you pointed out, we loved every bite. Continue to do what you doing, most thankful
thanks again farida. welcome and sure i will keep doing what i love to do.