Simple, delicious and healthy spinach omelette makes for a great meal. Serve it any time for a protein packed and nutritious meal with bread, toast, roti or tortillas.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 4 minutes
- Cook time: 5 minutes
- Total time: 9 minutes
- Yield: 1
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: world
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 eggs
- 1 cup spinach (fine chopped)
- ¼ cup coriander leaves ((cilantro) or any other few fresh herbs)
- ¼ teaspoon salt ((adjust to taste))
- 1 green chili ((optional, deseeded & chopped))
- ¼ teaspoon ginger ((optional, minced or grated))
- ⅛ teaspoon turmeric ((optional))
- 1 tablespoon butter (or oil or ghee)
- ¼ teaspoon Oregano (or any Italian herbs (optional))
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper (crushed)
- 2 tbsp cheese ((optional))
Method
Method 1 - How to make Spinach Omelette
- Rinse spinach and coriander leaves in lot of water and drain completely.
- Fine chop green chilies and spinach. If using ginger mince it or grate it.
- Break the eggs to a bowl. Add chopped spinach, coriander leaves, onions, salt, ginger, turmeric, and green chili.
- Beat all of them together until the mixture turns frothy.
- Heat a pan and add oil or butter on a medium heat. Spread it well to coat the pan evenly with oil.
- When the pan is hot enough, pour the mixture evenly.
- If required spread the spinach over the egg. Cook on a medium heat until the base is set and firm.
- Flip it and cook until the eggs are cooked completely. Sprinkle Italian herbs and crushed pepper.
- Serve spinach omelette hot.
Method 2
- Break eggs to a bowl. Add salt and beat the eggs until frothy.
- Heat 1 tsp oil or butter in a 6 inch non-stick pan. Saute ginger until fragrant.
- Then add spinach and green chilies, saute just until spinach turns tender. Add cilantro, black pepper and turmeric just to allow the flavors to combine.
- Remove from the pan and set aside.
- Add 1 teaspoon butter or oil to the same pan & heat on a medium flame.
- When your pan is hot, add beaten eggs, stirring and pulling them away from the sides of the pan until the egg is just cooked.
- At that point add your spinach filling, then fold your spinach omelette. Gently slide it onto a plate and garnish as desired.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.