What is Tomato Omelette ? It is a quick to make Gluten Free, egg free, Vegan Savoury Pancake or Crepe made with Tomato, gramflour and spices. It is served as a snack / breakfast or sometimes for a light dinner too.
Cooking for one can alway be tricky – too less and hunger lingers on, and too much one will be overwhelmed with leftovers… One often repeated dish under Bachelor Cooking / Cooking for one is Tomato Omelette. Till many years ago, I always thought Omelette meant making them with eggs, and when I saw it on my elder kid’s school lunch menu. A few searches and I was ready to make them.
This is a great breakfast / snack or even a filling dinner , especially when one is pressed for time – requires very little time and ingredients. So, a filling vegan & Gluten free breakfast is taken care of with this yummy and tasty Tomato Omelette. With a little prep, it can be dished out in less than 15 minutes if cooking for oneself . How easy is that ? Let’s check it out
Tips and Tricks to make the BEST Tomato Omelette
- I don’t eat Besan, How can I customise this Tomato Omelette? If you don’t Besan, sub it with a mixture of Wholewheat flour, rice flour and some Millet flour. Of course, it won’t be Gluten free then.
- Can I skip Onion in this? Yes, definitely. One can substitute it with grated cabbage / carrot.
- Can I skip Tomato ketchup ? That is the key to this Omelette, please don’t skip this.
- Can I add curd / yogurt to the batter? This batter is entirely vegan, but if you prefer you can add 4-5 TBSP curd / buttermilk and reduce the water proportionately.
Prep time: 10 mins | Cook time : 15 mins | Serves : 1 (makes 2 omelettes)
Tomato Omelette – easy breakfast or snack
Spice level : medium, difficulty level : easy; cuisine :Indian
Serving suggestions : Toast, ketchup / sauce and any beverage. or even Green Chutney (mint-coriander chutney)
Ingredients to make Tomato Omelette:
- Besan / gram flour – 1/2 cup
- Rice flour / Millet flour – 1/4 cup
- Water – less than 1/4 cup
- Onion – 1 minced fine
- Tomato Ketchup/ sauce – 2 TBSP (optional, but recommended)
- Ginger – grated – 1/2 tsp (optional)
- Tomato – 1 minced fine (deseed and chop)
- Coriander leaves, curry leaves – a handful (chopped fine)
- Green chillies – 2 nos (or 1/2 tsp red chilli powder)
- Turmeric powder – a dash
- Salt – to taste
- Garam Masala powder – 1 tsp
- Oil – to fry the Omelette (approx 1/2 tsp per Omelette)
Method to make Tomato Omelette:
- Sieve the flours. Add salt and all dry spices.
- Then add all ingredients (except oil) one by one, to a thickish but flowing batter.
- Rest batter or 15 mins.
- Grease a tava and heat to medium heat.
- Take a small ladle of the batter and spread it like a pancake. Drizzle oil around and a few drops on the pancake.
- After 2-3 mins, flip it and roast on the other side. Use oil again if required.
- Once done, serve it with toasted bread, sauce and coffee. Or as is with some green chutney
PIN FOR LATER
Tomato Omelette | Gluten Free Vegan Savoury Pancake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup gram flour BESAN / Kadalamaavu
- 1/4 Rice flour sub with any millet flour
- 1/2 cup Water adjust
- 1 Onion minced fine
- 2 TBSP Tomato Ketchup/ sauce optional, but recommended
- 1/2 tsp Ginger – grated
- 1 Tomato minced fine ,deseed and chop
- 1 tsp Coriander leaves chopped fine
- 1 sprig curry leaves chopped fine
- 2 Green chillies or 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Garam Masala powder
- 1/2 tsp Oil per omelette
Instructions
- Sieve the flours. Add salt and all dry spices.
- Then add all ingredients (except oil) one by one, to a thickish but flowing batter.
- Rest batter or 15 mins.
- Grease a tava and heat to medium heat.
- Take a small ladle of the batter and spread it like a pancake. Drizzle oil around and a few drops on the pancake.
- After 2-3 mins, flip it and roast on the other side. Use oil again if required.
- Once done, serve it with toasted bread, sauce and coffee. Or as is with some green chutney
I love tomato omelette . So tasty and filling . My kind of breakfast.
I use all greens and onions n this , but never tried a version with tomatoes, looks interesting.
Surely a quick treat.
Have you eaten those tomato omelettes served in B'lore restaurants? I am not able to recall their taste now and by any chance do you know whether they are made with besan?
My kind of quick breakfast, tomato omelette will definitely please my tastebuds.
Delicious breakfast for one!
I love tomato omelette, your presentation looks amazing.
This was a regular omelette in mom's kitchen. Looks so inviting..
Tomato omelette looks healthy and make it often..
Lovely presentation, nice and healthy omelette
Looks good. Adding tomato ketchup is interesting and adds a different taste, I bet.
Never try eggless omelette. Looks delicious.
I would love to make this for myself. Protein rich and delicious.
Hey, this is really a good one! We call them chilla (pancakes) but have never used tomato ketchup. The flour options are informative. I am quite eager to try out this recipe. The superb images justify the recipe.
thank you, Neha ! glad you liked the recipe!
A quick, healthy and gluten free breakfast option. I usually make cheela but have not tried one with tomato. Love the colour and am going to try out the tomato omelette.
thank you, Mayuri. please do try it .
Really a great option for vegans. I do make it but never tried adding tomatoes and ketchup to the batter. Will definitely try this version.
thanks do try ! the ketchup is a main highlight in this
That is one awesome and delicious tomato omlette. I think I am making some for our breakfast tomorrow. Thanks to you I will have something different planned.
thank you archana! I do hope you can try it !
I often make tomato omlette but I add tomato. Adding tomato ketchup seems to be a good option, will try it next time.
yes the ketchup is a great add on to this. do try it next time
This is a fantastic idea. We do have two days in a week when it is just my husband and I for breakfast. We can certainly enjoy these.
thanks Seema. It works for us too in rushed mornings esp when I run out of idli/dosa batter!
Vegan tomato omelette looks too good. Love the use of millet flour along with besan. Would love to add a lot of veggies and serve them to kids.
thank you Narmadha, do try !
Tomato Omlettes are Anna’s fav and I make it for him quite often . The same as yours but sans OnG . He loves to have it with green chutney and toasted bread .
yay! that is so good to know!