Recipe: Appetizing Vegan Spanish Omelette/Tortilla

Vegan Spanish Omelette/Tortilla. Tortilla (or Spanish Omelette) has always been one of my favorite dishes, since I was a child. It's a typical Spanish recipe, probably one of the most famous in our country. We call it "tortilla de patatas" (potato omelette in English) and it's made of eggs, potatoes, olive oil and salt, and some people add onion too.

In my pre-vegan days, Spanish Tortilla was a favourite comfort food of mine, but I love this vegan version even more. A vegan version of a classic Spanish dish. With Potatoes & No Eggs A very typical and essential recipe from Spain, this vegan Spanish tortilla is really tasty and easy to make. You can have Vegan Spanish Omelette/Tortilla using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Vegan Spanish Omelette/Tortilla

1. Prepare 1 of potato, finely cubed.
2. Prepare 6 tbsps of gram flour/besan.
3. It's 2 tbsps of plain flour.
4. You need 1/2 of green chilli, finely chopped.
5. It's Handful of finely chopped spinach (optional).
6. Prepare of To taste, salt.
7. It's 4 tbsps of oil.
8. Prepare 10 tbsps of water.

The classic Spanish tortilla (tortilla española) is a Spanish omelet made with eggs, potatoes and sometimes onion, chives, and garlic. This potato tortilla is them fried in some oil and usually served cold as an appetizer. However, I prefer it warm, so I served it right away with some herbs and vegan cream on top. This vegan spanish omelette is loaded with potatoes and is gluten free!

Vegan Spanish Omelette/Tortilla step by step

1. Heat oil in a small frying pan and add the potatoes. Let the potatoes cook on medium heat..
2. Meanwhile in a mixing bowl, put the gram flour, plain flour, green chillies, spinach and salt. Add water and mix well to form a batter..
3. When the potatoes are soft in the middle, add them to the batter and mix well..
4. Pour the batter into the frying pan (the same pan in which you cooked the potatoes, so you'd not need much oil) and cook it for 6 minutes on medium to slow heat..
5. Place a plate over the frying pan and flip it over and turn the tortilla around and cook the other side for 6 minutes. If required, keep turning it around till it's properly cooked. Take it off the frying pan and serve hot..

It is a great plant based breakfast, lunch or dinner and you do not need to use no oil! From Wikipedia: "Spanish omelette is the English name for a traditional dish from Spanish cuisine called tortilla española or tortilla de patatas. It is an omelette made with eggs and potatoes, sometimes also with onion and/or chives or garlic; fried in oil and often served cold as an appetizer. With Potato & No Eggs - Duration:. At Veganuary we inspire and support people to try vegan for January and throughout the rest of the year.