Persian Omelet with Saffron & Rose water

The word omelet comes from sixteenth-century France, but omelets were around long before then. One of the earliest references to what might be considered an omelet was first mentioned in a tenth-century Arab cookbook: This was the Persian kuku. From it descended the Arab eggah, the Italian frittata and the Spanish tortilla (which unlike the Mexican pancake also known as a tortilla, is an omelet).

There are two kinds of omelets: open and rolled. For an open omelet, the vegetables and