Recipe: Masala Omelette

My uncle made this omelette when I visited India. I've been trying to recreate it ever since.

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We recently had a friend over lunch. I made Indian food, but not like you’d find in a restaurant. This was home food: something my family would make for themselves or for when friends drop by.

I love home food. I love being hit by the smell of frying bacon and eggs when I walk by someone’s house on a weekend morning. I love peeking in my friends’ pantries (usually with their permission). When I visited my parents, I’d open the fridge and peer in all the Tupperware containers and then grab a spoon and gobble up their leftovers, cold.

This is my family’s “recipe” for masala omelettes. My version started with a recipe from Made In India: Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen by Meera Sodha (affiliate link/policy). Her omelette was delicious but it didn’t taste like my family’s so I did a little tweaking and got input from my cousin in Pune. (Thank you, Anjali.)