Spinach Omelette w/ Indian Fusion

When I am on SBD this is my keeper recipe for breakfast..especially on phase one where no carbs are allowed. So spinach is a replacement for the starchy bread and to make you feel full. I make it so often that even kids started liking it and poor me have to share it with them..good and bad for me. This can be served just by itself or accompanied by oat meal or fresh veggies and coffee on the side.
My perfect combo is this with either a legume salad or freshly sliced sweet peppers and a sugar free decaf.

Ingredients :
2 large Eggs or use Egg Substitute ( I use 2 whites & 1 yellow)
2 cups washed chopped spinach
1/2 tsp olive oil
1/4 tsp cumin seeds
1 or 2 Red chillies broken into pieces
4-6 Curry leaves
Salt and Black pepper/red chilly powder to taste

Method :
Add oil to a heated tawa/pan.
Once the oil is hot allow cumin seeds to splutter, then add curry leaves, red chillies and fry without burning.
To this add chopped spinach and cook for a min or two, add enough salt and pepper.
Now spread the cooked spinach on the tawa and break the eggs on it and distribute the eggs evenly to cover the spinach.
Add more salt and pepper or red chilly powder.
Once the bottom hardens turn it to the other side.
Cook for a minute and remove from heat.
Serve hot with mixed bean salad or chat to make a healthy breakfast or brunch.

Egg and Spinach Gravy

Spinach and Egg Curry/ Palak aur Ande/Palakura Goddu Pulusu/Aarekeerai Muttai kuzhambu
There are these days where you want to have two side dishes for a meal, but don't have the mood or energy to make both. Usually I make a yummy Thick Egg gravy and a vegie dish separate to accompany it. One Day I didn't want to invest time making both but wanted the goodness of both dishes..So experimented this Spinach Egg gravy, which turned out to be good.

For those who don't eat Eggs, you can simply make the spinach gravy, and have it with rice and pappad.

Ingredients :
5 - 6 Large Eggs
1 Bunch/Pkt Spinach
1 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 medium onion
4-5 green chillies
8-10 curry leaves
1 lemon size Tamarind ball
1/4 cup tomato puree
1 tsp chilly powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
Salt to taste
2 tbsp semolina/rava
Coriander leaves to garnish - finely chopped

Directions:
Soak tamarind in 1/2 cup warm water for about 1/2 hour. Squeeze the juice into 2 cups of water. Keep aside.
Clean, wash and cut spinach leaves. Keep aside.
Boil egg till hard and peel of shell, make slits on all sides and fry them in oil for a minute or two, keep aside. The skin of the egg cracks a little while frying unlike being smooth.
My mom always use to fry hard boiled eggs before she dropped them into the boiling gravy.
To hot oil, add mustard and allow to splutter, add cumin seeds, wait for a few seconds and add green chillies, curry leaves, saute'
Add onions, cut into thin slices and fry till they cooked
Add the cut spinach, saute' for a minute, add salt and cook till greens are almost done.
Now add the tomato puree, and cook till raw tomato smell is gone.
Add the 3 spice powders and mix well and cook for 2 minutes
Now add the tamarind juice, and bring it to boil.
Once the gravy is bubbling, add the rava and the egg and mix well.
Once the rava expands in size you can remove the gravy from heat.
Add coriander leaves if desired.
Serve with hot plain rice with crunchy papad or roti.