Mushroom Omelette
Updated: July 17, 2022, By Swasthi
Upgrade your breakfast with this fluffy mushroom omelette! It’s a healthy, delicious and flavorsome breakfast with all the goodness of protein, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Made with pantry staples, this mushroom omelet is a great way to use up any leftover mushrooms in your refrigerator. Serve it as is for a wholesome meal or wrap it in roti, paratha, tortillas to make rolls. The options are endless, you can also serve as a side with rice or over bread toast to make a sandwich.
I am often left with just a handful of mushrooms which won’t suffice for any other recipe. So I would use them up this way. My family lately discovered this to be delicious and now this is on the weekly menu.
Mushrooms are a power house of nutrition, so if you are a fitness freak you are most likely to love this vegetarian meaty goodness. Mushrooms are versatile and go well in so many dishes like stir fry, curries, fried rice and this mushroom omelette is no exception.
Mildly flavoured with spices and herbs, this omelette also has a great earthy aroma from the stir fried mushrooms. I haven’t used any dairy here but you can very well use butter to cook the omelette and milk to beat the eggs which can make the omelette fluffier. If you love mushroom with cheese then you made add mozzarella or parmesan.
I have used white button mushrooms for a milder flavor but cremini also go well in this recipe.
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How to make Mushroom Omelette
Preparation
1. Slice a medium onion & half cup mushrooms. Chop 2 to 3 garlic cloves, 1 to 2 green chilies and handful of coriander leaves. You can use other veggies like capsicum, carrots, cabbage etc. Set these aside.
2. Break 2 eggs to a bowl. Add ¼ teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon turmeric and ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder. (You can also use only 3 egg whites if you do not want to use the yolks.)
3. Beat the eggs until frothy.
4. Heat a pan with 1 teaspoon oil on a medium heat. Add cumin (optional), garlic and chilies. Fry them until garlic smells good.
5. Add sliced onions and mushrooms. If using bell peppers add them here.
6. On e medium high heat, saute until the mushrooms are roasted well and cooked.
7. Add coriander leaves. Stir and mix. Remove this mixture to a small plate or bowl
Make the Omelette
8. Add another tsp of oil to the pan. If the pan is too hot, switch off the stove for a while to cool down.
9. Regulate the flame to medium, pour the beaten eggs.
10. Cook until the eggs set well. Then spread the onion mushroom mixture.
11. Flip it and cook until the eggs are cooked completely. Remove to serving plate and sprinkle dried herbs if you like.
Serve mushroom omelette hot or warm as is or with bread or roti. It also goes well as a side in a meal with rice. You can also wrap it in roti or tortillas.
For more simple mushroom recipes, you can check
Healthy chilli mushroom
Kadai mushroom
Mushroom pepper fry
Easy Mushroom pasta
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Mushroom Omelette Recipe
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Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )
- 2 eggs (prefer organic)
- ¼ teaspoon salt (more if needed)
- ½ cup button mushrooms or cremini, sliced
- 2 to 3 small garlic cloves chopped
- 1 green chilies chopped (or ¼ teaspoon chili flakes)
- 1 small onion sliced
- ¼ cup capsicum (bell pepper) sliced (optional)
- ⅛ teaspoon turmeric (optional)
- 1 tablespoon oil (divided, preferably olive oil)
- 1 pinch cumin seeds (optional)
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper crushed
- 2 tablespoons coriander leaves (cilantro chopped or any fresh herbs)
- ¼ teaspoon dried herbs (optional)
Instructions
Preparation
- Rinse onions, bell peppers (optional) and green chilies (optional) under running water. Slice the onions and bell peppers thin. Fine chop green chilies and garlic.
- Pluck and rinse coriander leaves in a bowl of water, a few times. Drain and fine chop. Set aside.
- Remove long stems if any from the mushrooms. Rinse them under running water and slice them slightly thick, not too thin.
- Break the eggs to a bowl and add salt, turmeric and pepper. Beat until frothy and keep aside.
How to make mushroom omelette
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a 6 inch pan. Add cumin, when they sputter, add garlic & green chili.
- Saute them for 30 to 60 seconds. Then add onions, mushrooms & bell peppers(optional). Saute them on a slightly high heat until cooked and roasted.
- Add coriander leaves. Mix and remove to a small plate.
- To the same pan, add the rest of the oil and reduce the flame to medium. Pour the beaten eggs.
- Cook until the eggs are almost set, yet slightly runny, spread the roasted onions and mushrooms. Flip and cook on the other side until eggs are cooked well. Remove to a serving plate and sprinkle dried herbs if desired.
- Serve mushroom omelette hot with toasted bread or roll it in roti or tortilla. It also goes well as a side in any meal.
Notes
NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)
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Recipe from the Archives. First published in June 2016. Updated and republished in June 2021.
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Comments
I know some people could get scared of the cumin really goes well with this recipe, it’s gentle but tasty, well balance between hearthy and spicy 10/10
Awesome recipe. Thank you so much for sharing. I tried it out and loved the taste. It’s easy too!!
Super delicious! I’ve never tried an omlete in this style before, but mixing the herbs in with the eggs really makes a difference.
Thank you Clay
Glad you like it
delicious
very well explained
Thank you
What are some dried herbs to use for the “optional dried herbs”? Not sure what would go well with the other flavors. Great recipes!!! Have made many:)
Hi Elizabeth,
Thank you so much! Use oregano, basil and thyme. You can use a mix of all these or any one.
Capsicum is in the ingredients, but not mentioned in the recipe.
Thanks for pointing it. You can add it along with the onions. I will update it
Ur recipie is easy to follow n prepare.ThankQ.
You are welcome!
Hi swasthi
This mushroom omelette is very delicious.
Instead of keeping mushroom n onion mix aside ive put the mixture into egg mix n later put it in pan n tilted the pan so that mushroom mix is adjusted evenly ……it turned out very well……i used the regular eggs
Hi Anu
Thanks for trying. Glad to know it turned out good.
I made this yesterday acoording to the recipe (I used the last drops of my olive oil) and it was good.!!! Thank you.!
Today, I used coconut oil (finished my olive oil yesterday) and that gave a nice taste, I also.poured the egg mixture direct on the top of the fried veggies and covered the pan with a lid when frying the omelette. I was in a hurry… Next time I’m going to add some garam masala, too, and still cover the pan. With the lid, the omelette is faster ready. So, this recipe works, even if you adapt it 🙂 ! Try it!!! It’s good!
When I make an ‘not Indian’ omelette, I usually add a little bit of water or milk to the egg mixture (1-2 tbs per egg, according to your taste). This makes the omelette even fluffier.
Hi Sari
You are welcome. Somehow every time I try to make a omelette by pouring eggs over some veggies, my omelette breaks while flipping. I feel it is due to the kind of eggs I use. I heard that very fresh eggs and first born eggs, the one I use, do not have good binding. Thanks for your share and the feedback too, I will update the post for the readers, it may help others.
Have a wonderful day