Indian masala omelette

By the by, an omelette is never cooked to such perfection anywhere as by an Indian cook.

Harriet Tytler, An Englishwoman in India, ed. Anthony Sattin

My mother owns a venerable cookbook. It is not one of your weighty, self-important tomes, but a small, slim volume called Indian Dishes for English Tables. The author hides behind the pen name of “Ketab,’ ori