Spicy Scrambled Eggs

Name: Spicy Scrambled Eggs
Yield: Serves 1-2
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion; ½ heaped teaspoon crushed garlic; 1 tomato, seeded and diced; A knob of unsalted butter; ½ teaspoon ground turmeric; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon chopped fresh coriander leaves (optional); ½ heaped teaspoon crushed fresh ginger root; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon chopped red chilli; 3 eggs, beaten

Preparation info

Serves
1-2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Open Rhodes Around Britain

By Gary Rhodes

Published 1996

About

This is a great quick snack dish that also holds well as a starter or canapé. The quantities of garlic and ginger may seem a lot for just a 3-egg omelette, but mixed together and cooked they do balance the strength of both flavours.

Ingredients

3 eggs, beaten
½ teaspoon chopped red chilli
A knob of

Europe
United Kingdom
Snack
Starter
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Spicy

Method

Heat a frying-pan and add the butter. Crush the garlic and ginger together to a paste. Once the butter is bubbling, add the garlic and ginger paste, the chopped onion, chilli, turmeric and tomato. Cook for a few minutes until lightly softened. Add the beaten eggs and stir over the heat until the eggs have softly scrambled. Taste and season with salt and pepper if necessary and stir in the chopp