An Omelet Without Eggs? Vegetarian Omelette ?Confused ?? . Frankly, I was when i heard about them very 1st time.I was introduced to this dish after marriage through my DH.One day he asked me – ” Can you make tomato omelette sometime? ” .We being hard core vegetarians, was so surprised to hear omelet from his mouth.Egg is a big no no for us except cakes.Later he explained me that although they are called an omelet, there are no eggs involved in the dish.I had never heard of a ‘besan dosa like thing’ until then.Then i browsed few sites and learnt them.Now over the years,this vegan omelette has been a regular on my menu ,it is so easy to put together and the end result would be always tasty….
Most of the people from and around Maharashtra might know this simple and tasty vegetarian omelet.Basically they are made with gram flour,tomatoes,onions and indian herbs & spices.Simple and easy to make, it can be put together in less than 15 mins and is a good rescue for bachelor cooking or to serve at-the-drop-of-hat guests or for busy morning breakfasts.Its very filling and protein rich.Another thing I love about this omelette is they extremely versatile.You can change the veggies you add to it.On with the recipe… Hope you enjoy Eggless tomato omelette as much as I did …
VEGETARIAN TOMATO OMELETTE
Ingredients
- 1 cup Gram Flour Besan
- 1 ⁄ 4 cups Rice flour
- 2 medium size , tomato finely chopped
- 1 medium size , onion finely chopped
- 1 medium size , capsicum finely chopped
- 2 - 3 Green Chilli , finely chopped
- coriander / cilantro few strings leaves,finely chopped
- ¼ tsp Red chilli powder
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1/2 tsp ajwain seeds / oma / carom ( optional )
- 1 tsp Kasoori methi (optional)
- as required Salt
- as required Oil for cooking the omelette
Instructions
- Preparing the batter:
- Mix all the ingredients together, except oil in a bowl.Now slowly add water,little by little at a time. Mix well so that there are no lumps in the batter.
- The consistency of the batter should be medium ( like a thick milk shake)
Making dosas:
- Heat a tawa or non-stick pan. Grease it with few drops of oil or butter.
- Pour a ladle of batter at the centre and spread evenly to form almost round pancake. Add some oil drops on the edges & top of the omelette. Cover it with the lid and allow to cook .Cook on medium heat.
- When it is cooked and is brown in color on 1 side , flip over and cook the other side.
- Cook the tomato omelette till both sides are cooked and the edges crisp.
- Serve hot tomato omelettes with some coriander chutney or tomato sauce. You can also place them between 2 toasted bread slices and relish them as sandwich.
24 Comments
Arti
October 9, 2013 at 1:13 pmBeautiful presentation, Smitha! And it is so lovely to meet you, such a wonderful space you have here! My mouth is watering now! Keep blogging and stay connected. 🙂
Bhawna Bagri
October 9, 2013 at 2:27 pmi love this kind of quick meal…yummy…
Happys Cook
October 9, 2013 at 3:26 pmyummy omlette… I love omlette in any form…….
cquek
October 9, 2013 at 5:22 pmThat really is gorgeous and it turned out perfectly.
Asiya Omar
October 9, 2013 at 7:58 pmDelicious omelette.Thanks for linking to WTML Event.
nandoos Kitchen
October 10, 2013 at 6:54 amDelicious omelette dear. On-going event: What’s with my cuppa?
Vardhini
October 10, 2013 at 5:10 pmLooks very inviting and healthy with the vegetables.
Indrani
October 12, 2013 at 1:50 amThis is new to me.I am so used to eating egg omlette, never thought of other options.
nandoos Kitchen
October 17, 2013 at 4:29 pmThanks for linking this to my event. Looking for more wonderful recipes like this.On-going event: What’s with my cuppa?
Shwetha Suresh
October 24, 2013 at 9:06 pmOmg! mouthwatering…..will give it a try!
Alevoor Rajagopal
January 4, 2014 at 1:42 pmI would say this is an old hat but be it so for so long as one gets to hear about something, it remains new for her. But for me putti, you have taken your blog to competitions, so many followers, comments wow, you are rocking, putti. I have a small suggestion though, it’s a kind of a taboo thing but calling a spade a spade shouldn’t spoil the fun. So it is here: improve your English, and take it to international fora, I bet my all, you will stand a great inside chance to win your laurels there also. You know what putti? Great going takes some great pushes too sometimes. Make this your mantra and forget everything else.
Smitha Kalluraya
January 5, 2014 at 10:54 amThx for the feedback mama.. S as u said i agree that at times i too feel i need to make my writeup more polished. But end of the day, the blog is for all. So feel ill keep it simple. But surely will try to improvise.. After all im still learning..S day by day my confidence is increasing…
Anonymous
February 1, 2014 at 1:52 pmHi Smitha, I was browsing through the net for a recipe of Tomato Omelette & came by your blog. Thank you very much for putting up the recipe here. You have a lot of ingredients in this recipe that I wouldn’t have thought goes into a TO, but my mouth is watering already & I am going to make it rightaway. It has been ages since I have had one. Thank you & God bless! I will keep coming back for more recipes..
Smitha Kalluraya
February 2, 2014 at 9:31 amGlad that u liked my blog and also tomato omelette.I would be happy to c u often n hear ur feedbacks..
Anonymous
February 6, 2014 at 5:11 pmSmitha, the TO came out wonderful! It was extremely tasty & I have resolved to make it quite often for my daughter also loved them! I wanted to say ‘Thank You’. I will definitely frequent your blog from now!
Smitha Kalluraya
February 7, 2014 at 4:54 amthx fr trying out the recipe n liking it..
Smitha Kalluraya
February 7, 2014 at 4:57 amWow !! u made my day.. thx for trusting n trying out the recipe. Happy that u all loved it.. Its really good for kiddos as u can fill in so many veggies 🙂
Priya Shiva
May 14, 2014 at 6:20 amInteresting recipe and looks very appealing!
Sony P
May 14, 2014 at 10:25 pmThis is looking super yum…….I prepare this twice a week, my family’s fav!
Chitra
May 15, 2014 at 8:00 amIts in my try list.Looks great,must be yummy too.
Mamatha Sadashiv
May 15, 2014 at 6:57 pmWe vegetarians can also proudly say that we had omlet today for breakfast.
swarna rao
July 1, 2015 at 9:08 amTried TO n it’s yummy.. Thanks for the recipe.. Ur presentation is neat and simple..
SRILATHA TG
September 8, 2015 at 4:54 pmTried it and it was yummy.. Everybody loved it here.. thanks
Manish Kor
November 29, 2015 at 12:04 pmPresentation is nice & its also tastes better if u add carrot or green peice in it…