Spanish Tortilla Image: Priya Q

This one I learnt to make while my stay in Barcelona. The Spanish Tortilla or omelette made with potatoes and bell pepper is a typical Spanish breakfast which is wholesome and delectable. Only tricky part is the transferring of the omelette…but what fun without creative cooking..yeh? so let’s get going!

Eggs – 4 nos

Potatoes – 3 big (wash and peeled)

Capsicum – 1 big (sliced)

Onions -2 nos (sliced fine)

Black pepper – 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste

Herbs (optional and my contribution to the recipe )

1. Beat the eggs with bit of salt and keep aside
2. Finely slice the potatoes and fry them in a pan in olive oil
3. Add onions and fry further
4. Add capsicum and the seasonings
5. The herbs I use is thyme and a pinch or oregano
6. Fry well and transfer the frid contents to the beaten egg. Mix well.
7. In a flat pan add a dash of olive oil and when hot add the egg mixture
8. Cook on slow heat while scraping the sides of the omletter and depositing it to the centre so that we have one thick mass holding together than a thin omlette
9. Place a plate over the pan and quickly up turn the tortilla in order to transfer it on the plate
10. Now you will have the cooked side facing you while the uncooked side will be facing the plate
11. Transfer the tortilla back to the pan to cook the uncooked side
12. This process is supposed to be repeated 4-5 atleast to get the best tortilla! ..Traditionally it was done and is still follwed by the older generation. However, in the fast paced life today people have started make do with 2-3 times!
13. Put a fork or a knife in your tortilla. If its comes out clean your tortilla is ready
14. Slice it in triangles (like you pizza) and serve with toast.
15. The Spanish tradition also calls for rubbing your toast with tomato and garlic which adds to the flavor!

*You can also oven bake your tortilla. Once you mix the vegies and the egg; place in a baking dish and bake for 30-40 minutes at 190 degree C. Cut into triangles. Or if you plan to serve it as snack in the evening cut into cubes, add a dash of tomato sauce, pierce a toothpick  and serve in style !… however, one thing that you need to keep in mind is to leave the egg mixture after adding the vegetables for about 10 minutes before baking it.

So till text time….happy cooking!

Meet Joan and Aitor, two wonderful human beings based out of the beautiful city of Barcelona in Spain who shared this recipe of Spanish Tortilla with me thanks guys!

image: Priya Q

First and foremost thing I would like to do is apologise for not being able to share recipes since last so many days! I have been traveling extensively. As a matter of fact I am writing this post from a beautiful city of Malmo in Sweden …..Looking at the brighter side I have now few recipes from Europe directly from people whom I met or friends who hosted me!

Since I along with Q was following Tour de France we ended up spending almost a month in France. Btw if you are interested in this sport you must read Q’s guest posts on my other blog. So, I learnt this Spanish recipe for Gazpacho from Jerome from Toulouse in France.

When you come back from work or long shopping hours and you need that one kick to energise you before you get to preparing dinner for the friends whom you invited for the evening…you know what to make. Its cool and quite filling!

Bread – 1 loaf

Ripe Tomatoes – 6-8 nos

Balsamic vinegar / Wine vinegar – 2 Tbsp

Olive Oil – 2-3 Tbsp

Red Bell Pepper – 1/2 of Big sized one

Onions – 1-2 numbers

Garlic – 2-3 flakes

Salt and pepper to taste

1. Roughly break the bread with hands and soak in water enough to cover them
2. Add the chopped tomatoes, vinegar, olive oil, red bell pepper,chopped onions, garlic, salt and pepper.
3. Blend everything together using a blender or a mixer
4. Add water if required
5. Put it in the fridge to cool
6. Serve and enjoy the drink !

With another 40-50 days of travel left I will try my level best to bring recipes to you as regularly as I can! Cheers!

Meet Jerome, a PhD student from beautiful Toulouse who thinks that the best way to eat musk melon is to have some red martini poured on top of it!