Topic: Vegetables
To make and Eggplant Omelet or Tortang Talong in Filipino, the eggplant must be pre-cooked either broiled, steamed, boiled or grilled. The last one is my favorite method. Basically, the batter is made of egg and flour, you can also add ground meat or tuna flakes to taste even better. But me, whenever I cooked this recipe, I didn't use flour because I don't want my vegetable to taste like pancakes! hehe...
Here's the simpliest recipe of eggplant omelet,
Ingredients:
3 medium size eggplant (long variety), pre-cooked
2 eggs, beaten
1 small size tomato, chopped
1 small size onions, chopped
1 tsp. fish sauce
1/4 tsp. ginger powder
1/2 tsp. black pepper
1 long green pepper, chopped
1/3 cup of cooking oil
salt to taste
Directions:
1. Peel off the skins of the eggplant, leaving the stems on. Flatten the bodies.
2. In a bowl, combine all the ingredients except the eggplants and oil. Blend together until smooth.
3. Heat the oil in a skillet until its starts to smoke. Hold the eggplant in its stem and dip it in the batter. Fry it in the hot oil until golden, turn once to cook the other side. Cook only 1 eggplant at a time to have perfect omelet.