Lacy Omlet Cakes With Parsley Scallion And Mint
From jimrug1 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 5
These lacy omelet cakes are made as a start to a Lebanese Sunday morning breakfast. They are normally served with either a small dollop of Labanee (Yoghurt Cheese Recipe Posted) or a spoon of plain Laban (Yoghurt) on top, Arabic bread spread with Za'atar mixed with Olive Oil and spears of raw Koosa (Zucchini). Read more As a variation Koosa is finely diced and mixed with the egg before cooking. The recipe below makes about 15 small cakes (3 servings) See less
Ingredients
- 3 -4 Tbls olive oil or clarified butter shopping list
- 4 Large eggs shopping list
- 1 Tbls flour (for gluten free, substitute rice flour or other gluten free all purpose flour.) shopping list
- ¼ cup finely chopped parsley plus extra for garnish shopping list
- ¼ cup finely chopped scallion plus extra for garnish shopping list
- ½ cup finely chopped mint leaves (or ¼ cup crushed dried mint) plus extra for garnish shopping list
- ½ Tsp salt shopping list
- 1 Tbls water shopping list
- fresh ground black pepper to taste. shopping list
- 1 Tbls Za'tar shopping list
How to make it
- In a heavy skillet, heat Olive Oil slowly over low heat, until a drop of water will sizzle. Beat together eggs, with remainder of ingredients for 30 sec.
- Drop by large Tablespoons into Oil, keeping them well separated. Fry slowly on one side until golden and flip to brown the other. Keep finished cakes warm in oven until all are done.
- Mix together the extra Scallions, Mint and Parsley.
- To Serve: Place cakes on a platter or individual plates with a spoon of Yoghurt Cheese or Yoghurt on top, a sprinkle of Pepper and garnish with mixed herbs.
- Serve with: Koosa or Zucchini strips, Cucumber strips and plain Arabic bread or bread spread with Za'atar mixed with enouh oil to make a thin paste.
- Note. Za'atar is an herb mixture of Sumac, Thyme and Sesame Seed available at most Middle Eastern Shops...
The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
Wow - how delightful! I am so hungry this morning and I actually have all the goodies on hand to make and serve this. Want to drop by about 8:30-ish and help me eat it? Thanks, Jim sweetie...I love your style. ;-)~~
Smiles,
~Vickie
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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Jim .. Ifeel that you were some how living with my father its his favorite dish in the whole(hole)(haha) he even order it in his travels exept one thing he add some chopped tomatoes to it
mrsneman
in Damascuc loved it
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That's great Jim ...
This omlet is my dad's favorite he make it every friday (as you know Friaday is the weekend in Syria) mrsneman
in Damascuc loved it
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