Frittata

An Italian egg based breakfast dish called frittata is similar to vegetable omelette. We basically cook all the vegetables first then add beaten eggs to this dish Thus the eggs settle in the bottom then cook the dish in the preheated oven.

Here is the step by step procedure of making frittata.

Slice it before serving.

The test to check whether frittata is done is to gently dip a butter knife. If it comes out without any raw egg sticking it means the frittata is well cooked.

A well baked dish looks very beautiful.

The vegetables are added at each stage. Added 3 more beaten eggs at this stage.

A layer of veggies going into the dish.

The leek, onion and garlic are the first to get mildly sauteed, then pour in beaten eggs.

A quick saute with a dash of salted butter.

Garlic is sauted.

The tray of chopped fresh vegetables.

Four eggs going to get beaten up.

Finely chopped leek.

Preparation in progress.

Frittata

Ingredients

7 eggs

1 leek

10-15 onion shoots

10 button mushrooms

1 tomato

1 onion

1/2 capsicum

3-4 cloves garlic

1 teaspoon of mixed Italian herbs

One handful of shredded cheese

1/2 teaspoon of salted butter

Method 

* cut all vegetables 

*beat eggs with 2 tbsp milk.

*over the stove, on shallow flame heat oil and sautee all garlic and onions and other vegetables. They don't need to be cooked completely.

*Pour in the egg mixture and let it be on the heat just until the edges turn pale white.

*Put shredded cheese on top and some Italian herbs.

*Bake in the oven for about 30-40 minutes at 180°C until vegetables and egg are cooked.

Recipe by Arundhathi

Picture courtesy: Jayanthi Narayan