20051020

This morning, made an omlette with ladies' fingers/okra. Ingredients: half an onion, chopped finely; 8 or so ladies' fingers, sliced finely crosswise; 2 eggs, beaten. First, fried the onion in a pan until brown. Recalled that the onions here (big brown type) do not brown the same way as the small purple ones (shallots?) back home. Ah well, takes longer and the colour and aroma are slightly off, but will do. Added the ladies' fingers. Toss and fry. Add egg and proceed.

Verdict: dull. The omlette was shaped properly this time and turned out per what I wanted. However, I forgot to add salt and other seasoning while cooking and had to sprinkle salt over the omlette before consumption. Definitely affected the taste. Also, the dish felt like it was lacking something. Was halfway through breakfast before I realised what it was. This dish would be so much better with some sliced ham in the omlette. More egg would also give a better balance. Duly noted for the next time.