I often make omelettes for an emergency brunch because I always seem to have eggs in the fridge. This spicy version is great because it consists mostly of store cupboard ingredients, or at least ingredients I always have to hand. Plus, I love any recipe that includes turmeric – very good for you, apparently.
I first came across this dish on one of Nigella Lawson’s programmes. (This was before she started using bottled lime juice. For shame!) I scoured the Wife‘s vast collection of Nigella books but I couldn’t find the recipe, but I think this is fairly accurate.
Ingredients
- 5 eggs
- a little milk
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 4 spring onions, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 4 tomatoes, roughly chopped
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp ground coriander
- ½ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp chilli powder
- salt & pepper
Method
- Preheat your grill. This is for cooking the top of the omelette.
- Beat the eggs in a bowl, season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper. You could also add some finely chopped coriander at this point.
- Heat a little oil in a frying-pan and fry the spring onions, garlic, tomatoes and chilli until the onions soften.
- Add the ground spices to the onion and tomato mixture and fry for another minute.
- Add the seasoned eggs to the pan and cook until the omelette has set on the bottom.
- Finish off the top of the omelette under the grill.
- Turn the omelette out onto a wooden board and serve with a little salad.
Serves 2.