In cuisine, an omelette (also spelled omelet) is a dish made from beaten eggs, fried with butter or oil in a frying pan (without stirring as in scrambled egg). It is quite common for the omelette to be folded around fillings such as chives, vegetables, mushrooms, meat (often ham or bacon), cheese, onions or some combination of the above. Whole eggs or egg whites are often beaten with a small amount of milk, cream, or water. The earliest omelettes are believed to have originated in ancient Persia.1: 65 According to Breakfast: A History, they were "nearly indistinguishable" from the Iranian dish kookoo sabzi.[2]
According to Alan Davidson,[1] the French word omelette (French: [ɔm.lɛt]) came into use during the mid-16th century, but the versions alumelle and alumete are employed by the Ménagier de Paris (II, 4 and II, 5) in 1393.[3] Rabelais (Gargantua and Pantagruel, IV, 9) mentions an homelaicte d'oeufs,[4] Olivier de Serres an amelette, François Pierre La Varenne's Le cuisinier françois (1651) has aumelette, and the modern omelette appears in Cuisine bourgeoise (1784).[5]
Alexandre Dumas discusses several variations of omelette in his Grand dictionnaire de cuisine. One is an omelette with fresh herbs (parsley, chives and tarragon), another is a variation with mushrooms that Dumas says may be adapted using green peas, asparagus, spinach, sorrel or varieties of truffles. The "kirsch omelette " (or rum omelette) is a sweet omelette made with sugar and liquor, either kirsh or rum. The omelette is rolled and sprinkled with powdered sugar. A hot poker is used to burn a design into the omelette and it is served with a sweet sauce made of liquor and apricot jam. Another sweet omelette, attributed to a royal cook of Prussia, is made with apples and brown sugar glaze. Of the Arabian omelette, Dumas writes "I have been concerned in this book to give the recipes of peoples who have no true cuisine. Here, for example, is a recipe the Bey's cook was good enough to give me." The omelette itself is made with an ostrich egg and served with a spicy...
Read moreThis if the first egg restaurant I have seen where you won't even get that somewhat stinking smell of egg. I am really amazed with this place. Agreed to people commenting about the wait time, it's more since the dish preparation takes time coupled with the crowd. This in one of the finest egg restaurant you want to visit if you are an egg lover. You get almost all variety of egg dishes prepared in hygienic kitchen. Other egg outlets use hell lot of oil in any of the dish but it's not the case here at Mahesh. You can actually feel the fluffiness of the omlet. Rates are comparatively high but wouldn't mind compared to the taste and hygiene. Seating arrangement is just one negative part as a limited tables are there in AC area. Good part is they have online delivery thru zomato.
24.01.2019 - after 5th visit, I was little let down today after seeing hair in bhurji pulav which they served me. Too much oil and masala in all dishes. Time taken for service was very high inspite of less crowd. Would probably not go to this...
Read moreSubject: Feedback Regarding Poor Experience on 2nd August time at 1:00 am (midnight)
Dear Mahesh Omlet Team,
My name is Kaushal, and I’ve been a loyal customer of Mahesh Omlet for a long time. However, I’d like to bring to your attention an unpleasant experience I had on 2nd August at around 1:00 AM.
During my visit, I was disappointed with the behavior of your staff. They were not well-behaved, which made my overall experience quite uncomfortable. As someone who has always appreciated the quality and service at your outlet, this was unexpected and disheartening.
I hope you will look into this matter seriously and take the necessary steps to ensure better customer service in the future.
Sincerely, Kaushal
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