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VERY SIMPLE EGG RECIPES

 

Even the die-hard vegetarians find that there’s a lurking passion with in them for eggs. What all can you do to make an Omelette exciting? If you are alone and single, the Omelette can represent an entire meal. So the more imaginative your Omelette is, the better your dinner!

THE BASICS OF OMELETTE:

The following steps look elaborate but it only takes about 5 minutes to actually make it.
I am sure everyone knows the basics of making an omelette but this is for some of you who have never seen a kitchen stove…

  1. Take about 3 to 4 eggs and one by one tap a small hole in the egg and let the egg white leak out into a small bowl.
  2. Then tap harder and let the yolk out in a separate bowl.
  3. Whisk the white properly.
  4. Whisk the yolk with a couple of tablespoons of milk (Milk adds fluffiness to the omelette).
  5. Mix the white and the yolk carefully into a single bowl.
  6. Add salt and pepper as required.
  7. Then heat the pan and add a teaspoon of oil and pour the above mixture.
  8. Let it cook on a low flame and after it is cooked remove from the stove.

Now coming to the most interesting part of the omelette (i.e. fillings for the omelette). You can make any one of the following and actually it can be your entire dinner in just 10 minutes. Is it not interesting? So go ahead and try one of these simple 10 minutes meals today. Remember that after the filling is placed on the cooked omelette, both the edges of the omelette should be brought together. Fillings can also be used along with scrambled eggs.

VEGETARIAN FILLINGS:

  1. Stir-fry half an onion, half a tomato and half a capsicum. Add salt, one chopped chilly and few coriander leaves and use it as filling.
  2. Stir-fry boiled peas, half-a-carrot chopped, 2 chopped beans. Add salt and pepper to it. Add all the ingredients for the filling.
  3. Stir-fry few chopped pieces of potato, half tomato cut to pieces and half onion cut to pieces. Add salt and pepper to the filling.
  4. Stir-fry chopped fresh spinach in a little butter. Add handful of boiled macaroni to this. Add salt and pepper to this.
  5. Stir two tablespoons of sweet corn. Add salt and pepper.
  6. Stir-fry a few mushrooms and half an onion. Add salt and pepper to it. Add a dash of mustard sauce to it and use as filling.


NON-VEGETARIAN FILLINGS:

  1. Stir-fry chicken strips; add a few chopped pieces of boiled potato. Add salt and a dash of mustard sauce to it.
  2. Stir-fry handful of baby prawns in a little butter. Add a pinch of salt and pepper to it. Squeeze a half-cut lime.  Add a dash of tobasco sauce to it if you like.
  3. Stir-fry chicken strips and few pieces of potatoes. Add salt and pepper to it.
  4. Stir-fry bacon, onion. Add salt and pepper to it.

The most important thing while making an omelette is not stick to one single recipe. Do a mix and match from all the recipes or experiment with something that you could think out of the box. Do pluses and minuses and overall be innovative and have an incredible egg!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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