Vegan Spanish Omelette, Tortilla De Patatas
You will surely love this nutritious and delicious Vegan Spanish Omelette which is a typical Spanish Recipe. It is popularly known as Tortilla De Patatas or Tortilla Espanola.This recipe is quite effortless and requires very few basic pantry ingredients. Traditional recipe uses eggs and deep fried potatoes. Adding onion is optional.
Equipment
- Any Blender to grind the soaked Lentils. If you are using chickpea flour instead of Lentil, then this step is not required.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Bengal Gram
- 1 cup Chickpea Flour
- 1 cup Water
- 1 tbsp Crushed Garlic
- 3 large Potatoes (about 400 grams) Thinly Sliced
- 1 medium Onion (about 100 grams) Thinly Sliced
- 1 tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Crushed Pepper
- 2 tbsp Olive oil or any cooking oil
- 1 tbsp Lime Juice optional
Instructions
- Soak Bengal Gram in water for about 5 hours.
- Once soaked, discard the water .
- Add soaked lentils to a blender jar.
- Add a cup of fresh water.
- Grind to a fine paste.
- You can use chickpea flour in place of lentil.
- Add 1 cup water to chickpea flour.
- Mix thoroughly to make a smooth lump free batter.
- Add crushed pepper to the batter.
- Squeeze juice of half a lime (about a tbsp) and add to the batter.
- Slice onions and keep aside.
- Slice potatoes and keep aside.
- In a pan, heat a tbsp of olive oil or any cooking oil.
- Add crushed garlic.
- Add sliced onions and saute for a few minutes.
- Then add the sliced potatoes and saute for about 10 minutes.
- The potatoes should be cooked yet firm.
- Add salt.
- Once the cooked potatoes are slightly cold, add them to the prepared batter.
- Heat a heavy bottomed pan and add a tbsp of oil.
- You may arrange a few slices of raw sliced potatoes and onions.
- Now pour the prepared batter.
- Cover and cook on low medium flame for about 10 minutes.
- Cook until the edges are set.
- Flip using a wet plate
- Cook the other side as well.
- Take out, slice and serve hot.
