Zucchini Omelette

I was not a big fan of zucchini until i had this dish. For those who are not familiar with zucchini, it looks much similar to english cucumber but most often served cooked. It has a subtle flavor and can be served with salads, or even curries. This recipe can be substituted with potatoes if you cannot find zucchini's. It can be served as snack, dinner, breakfast or party appetizer. It is very easy to make and add or remove ingredients and make your own version. I saw this recipe on Food network and added Indian touch to it and it was delicious. I have already made this twice and it came out perfect. Zucchini is sure going to find its place in my shopping list hereafter.


Zucchini is low in calories (approximately 15 food calories per 100 g fresh zucchini) and contains useful amounts of folate, potassium, vitamin A. 1/2 cup of zucchini also contains 19% of the recommended amount of manganese. (Source from Wikipedia)

Adapted from - Ina Garten
Makes upto - 6 to 7


Ingredients :
Zucchini - 2 medium grated
Onion - 1 small (finely chopped)
Eggs - 2
All Purpose Flour - 4 to 6 tbsp
Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp (optional)
Chilli Powder - 1 tsp
Coriander Powder - 1 tsp
Pepper Powder - 1/4 tsp
Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp
Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Curry Leaves - 1 spring
Cilantro - few leaves chopped
Salt - 1 tsp app.
Oil - to shallow fry


How to :

1. Heat tava on low to medium heat, and combine all the ingredients. Pour the mixture into the tava, brush with oil, let it cook for few minutes on one side.
2. Once cooked turn it, let it cook on the other side for few minutes. Serve them hot or leave them in a 300F oven for upto 30 minutes.
3. It is best served when hot. Make small patties and serve as appetizers too or as a healthy breakfast. Try potatoes too instead of zucchinis.
4. Make the batter and immediately make omelette. Add salt at the end as the zucchinis try to leave water. If the batter goes watery add more flour and make it a semi thick batter. 

Note : 

• First add 4 tbsp of flour and as the batter goes watery add more. I started of with four and ended up with 6 tbsp for last 2 omelettes.