Spanish Potato Omelette
Spanish Omelette aka Tortilla Espanola it is a thick omelette made with potatoes and onions. It tastes great and gets ready under 30 minutes from start to finish. Serve as a breakfast , appetizer or light dinner, fits in everywhere !
Servings 3 People
Calories 269kcal
Ingredients
- 4 Eggs
- 2 Potatoes - Medium to large ,sliced
- 1 Onion Chopped
- 1 or 2 Red or green chillies , chopped , optional
- 2 tablespoon Fresh Coriander leaves chopped
- 1 teaspoon Pepper Powder
- ¾ to1 teaspoon Salt or as required
- 3 tablespoon Olive Oil
Instructions
Preparations
- Rinse and peel potatoes . Slice potatoes uniformly into 3mm thickness . Cut sliced potatoes into 2 halves.
- Chop onion , chillies , cilantro leaves , if adding and set aside.
- Crack open 4 eggs , season with ½ teaspoon salt and pepper powder. Whisk well together and set aside .
To make Spanish Omelette
- Heat 3 tablespoon of olive oil in a small 8.5 " inch diameter frying pan.
- Add potataoes , spread in one layer and fry until lightly crisp and golden in colour. Takes around 8 to 10 minutes to cook on a medium heat.
- When potataoes are completely cooked and lightly crisp , drain excess oil and transfer into a bowl.
- Into the same pan , add onions and chilles . Saute onions until it turns translucent.
- Pour eggs into the frying pan.
- Add lightly crisp potatotes over the egg and spread evenly.
- Sprinkle some finely chopped cilantro ( optional) . And season with remaining salt and pepper powder.
- Cover with a lid and cook on medium heat until the base turns firm, takes about 6-8 minutes.
- Open the lid and loosen the corners with help of a spatula. Shake the frying pan so that base loosens up and moves completely.
- At this point, omelette will be still runny at centre of the pan . Cover the fry pan with a plate and upside down the frying pan.
- Now slide back the runny side of the omlette onto the frying pan.
- Now slide the uncooked side on to skillet and cook for 3 minutes on medium heat
- Gently press the omlette and cook for 1-2 minutes , until the base firms up.
- Wgen it's completely cooked on both the sides.Turn of the heat.
- Transfer into a plate , garnish with chopped cilantro , cut it into wedges and serve hot .
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Nutrition
Calories: 269kcal