Friday 10 July 2015

Asian style Omelet with kale.

Asian style Omelet with kale
Asian style Omelet with kale


Making an omelet with greens is not a new idea. What I have done is to introduce some Asian spices so that it will be tastier. Unlike the normal omelet, this omelet is not suitable for taking it on its own. It is best to take it with bread. I took this with couscous.

Kale has a slightly bitter taste but with the spices and egg it tasted good. Ideally kale should be consumed raw to get full nutritional benefits. If you don't like its bitter taste, then this is an option for you.

                                  Recipe summary                    
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                            Asian style Omelet with kale  

Preparation time:15 minutes

Cooking time: 8  minutes
Serves: 3

1. Chop 75 grams kale, 100 grams onion and 1 green chili separately in a food processor into fine pieces. 
Ingredients

2. In a medium sized bowl, add 1 tsp chili powder, 1/2 tsp salt (or to taste) and 1/4 tsp pepper powder (or to taste). Add one tbsp water or milk and stir well mix all the ingredients. It will become a red paste as you see in the picture.

3. Break three eggs (any number of eggs you want) into the bowl. Use an egg beater and beat the eggs till mixture becomes nice and fluffy and mixed well with the chili paste.
Asian style Omelet with kale
Eggs with chili powder

4. Mix shredded kale with the beaten eggs

5. In a non-tick pan (I used a wok) add two tablespoon of oil and heat it up. 

6. When the oil is hot add onion and 1 green chili, sliced thin and fry in medium heat for 3 minutes over slow fire. Do not caramelize the onion Just sweat the onions. 
Stir frequently to prevent some of the onion pieces from being burnt. Remove when it is done.
The kale omelet
Asian style Omelet 
with kale

7. Add the fried onion mixture to the beaten eggs and mix well.

8. Add 2 table spoon vegetable oil. I used sesame oil it gives a soft texture to the fried eggs and it is also pleasant to eat.

9. Reduce the heat to low and add the beaten eggs. Fry for about 3 minutes. Flip over the egg, before the bottom part gets burnt. It does not matter even if there is some egg in the form of liquid. Add more oil if needed.

10. Fry for another two minutes or till all of the egg becomes hard Flip over again.

That is it. The omelet is ready. You can put a slice of the omelet between two slices of bread and make a sandwich.

Asian style Omelet with kale is ready.                                  


                        Recipe follows in detail with pictures.


Preparation time:
15 minutes
Cooking time: 8  minutes
Serves: 3

Ingredients

Main
3 eggs (any number of eggs you want)
75 grams kale, chopped fine
Others
100 grams onion, copped fine
1 green chili, sliced thin
Spices
1 tsp chili powder
Seasoning
1/4 tsp pepper powder (or to taste)
1/2 tsp salt (or to taste)

1 tbsp water or milk
4 tbsp vegetable oil

Preparation
I put kale, onion and green chilli separately in a food processor and chopped them into fine pieces.
Ingredients for Asian style Omelet with kale.
Ingredients for Asian style Omelet with kale.
Method

In a medium sized bowl, add chili powder, salt and pepper. Add one tbsp water or milk and stir well mix all the ingredients. It will become a red paste as you see in the picture.
Adding chili powder, salt, pepper and water
Break the eggs into the bowl. Use an egg beater and beat the eggs till mixture becomes nice and fluffy and mixed well with the chili paste. I used a fork to beat the eggs. You can use an egg beater.

Beaten eggs
Beaten eggs
You can also add chili powder, salt and pepper directly to the broken egg.  The chili powder will not mix easily with the egg. There will be some dry balls of chili, here and there. If you beat the egg vigorously or use a hand blender, it will mix well and will be nice and fluffy.

Mix shredded kale with the beaten eggs.



Kale is added to the eggs
Kale is added to the eggs

In a non-tick pan (I used a wok) add two table spoon of oil and heat it up. 


Oil is added to the wok
Oil is added to the wok

When the oil is hot add onion and green chili and fry in medium heat for 3 minutes over slow fire. 
Onion being fried
Onion being fried

Stir frequently to prevent some of the onion pieces from being burnt. Remove when it is done.
Fried onion and chili
Fried onion and chili
Add the fried onion mixture to the beaten eggs and mix well.


Fried onion and chili added
Fried onion and chili added


Add 2 table spoon oil. I used sesame oil it gives a soft texture to the fried eggs and it is pleasant to eat.


Reduce the heat to low and add the beaten eggs. Fry for about 3 minutes. Flip over the egg, before the bottom part gets burnt. It does not matter even if there is some egg in the form of liquid. Add oil if needed.
Egg mixture is added
Egg mixture is added
Flip over the egg, before the bottom part gets burnt. It does not matter even if there is some egg in the form of liquid. Add oil if needed.


Flip over the egg,
Flip over the egg, 
Fry for another two minutes or till all of the egg becomes hard Flip over again to the correct side.

Omelet is done
Omelet is done
That is it. The omelet is ready. You can put a slice of the omelet between two slices of bread and make a sandwich.


The kale omelet
The kale omelet

We had it with couscous and I show the picture below.

Couscous, kale omelet and coconut sambol
couscous kale omelet and coconut sambol



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