tomato omelette
This egg free tomato omelette recipe is a delicious vegetarian omelette made with gram flour, tomatoes, onions and Indian herbs & spices.
Servings: 3 to 4
Calories: 217kcal
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.
Nutrition
Calories: 217kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 486mg | Potassium: 1128mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1886IU | Vitamin B1 (Thiamine): 1mg | Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin): 1mg | Vitamin B3 (Niacin): 3mg | Vitamin B6: 1mg | Vitamin C: 127mg | Vitamin E: 6mg | Vitamin K: 275µg | Calcium: 262mg | Vitamin B9 (Folate): 73µg | Iron: 9mg | Magnesium: 150mg | Phosphorus: 125mg | Zinc: 1mg