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    Home » Breakfast Recipes » Ugwu Omelette and Yam Toasties

    Published: Sep 4, 2015 · Modified: Jun 16, 2019 by Ajoke

    Ugwu Omelette and Yam Toasties

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    Yam toasties and ugwu omelette. You read right! I met this lovely lady recently, we started talking....she checked my blog and said right; you have to start posting recipes for 'healthy eating fanatics' like her. She said her husband's dietary needs made her change her eating habit/culture and she's now hooked to eating right. She told me about her ugwu omelette, how simple yet nutritious it is.

    I made some, a few days ago with overloaded ugwu and also made some yam toasties too. I jazzed the omelette up with some fresh basil and lord, it was da bomb!. Lord knows that was one of the healthiest meals I have had in a while.

    The yam toasties was one crazy or should I say a food blogger brain wave I’ve had recently. It turned out perfect and fluffy. You can add as many spices you want to it. You can even add fish or corned beef to yours to make it even more heavenly.

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    Ingredients

    2-3 handfuls of ugwu leaves (Pumpkin leaves), chopped. Any other greens would do just fine too eg kale or watercress

    4 eggs

    Salt to taste

    2tbsp vegetable oil substitute with olive oil

    Small yam tubers

    Ground ginger and garlic

    Seasoning

    1tsp butter

    Chillies

    1 handful of basil substitute with scent leaves

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    How to make yam toasties

    If you are going to be making the yam toastie, I would strongly recommend that you make it first before frying the omelette.  The yam toasties take about 5 minutes or more to cook and depending on the numbers you would be making in the batch, while the omelette takes much quicker to cook.

    To make the yam toasties...

    Peel the yam tuber and cut into small chunks, wash and rinse clean. Add the yam chunks into a blender add salt to taste, little water to aid the blending and blend to smooth puree.

    Empty the pureed yam into a bowl, season and spice it as you desire. Stir yam purée for couple of minutes to make it fluffy.

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    Add tiny butter to the sandwich maker plate. Scoop the yam batter to the toaster and cook till well done. I cooked mine for about 4-5 minutes.

    Repeat the process till you exhaust the yam batter. To keep the yam toastie warm, simply cover with an aluminium foil and place in a warm place (eg oven)

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    Kitchen tip: If you don't want to use raw yam, you can  boil it, mash and add egg to bind before you toast. it will yield the same result

    To make ugwu omelette...

    Wash the chopped ugwu and set aside to drain

    Break the eggs into a bowl, add seasoning and salt, chopped chillies and whisk till well combined.

    Add the chopped ugwu and basil leaves and whisk till well combined

    how-to-make-nigerian-omelette Adjust salt, seasoning and spice accordingly

    Place a frying pan on a low- medium heat. Add 2tbsp vegetable oil and heat for about 2 minutes and swirl the oil around the frying pan. Add the egg mixture to the hot pan and leave to set, (Just as you would for a pancake) this should take about 2-3 minutes. Once the bottom side is cooked and you are able to move the edges, flip it to the other side and fry for the same minutes.  (Flipping the egg to the other side is optional)

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    Serve the omelette with the yam toasties and if you want, you can also serve with some baked beans. I tell you it is yummy.

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    Tips on how to make baked beans extra yum

    • Add some chillies, dried parsley leaves, seasoning and ginger to the baked beans and cook on low heat according to the tin instructions.

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    Comments

    1. Lucky says

      November 16, 2019 at 11:34 am

      5 stars
      I can't help but comment on this! This is so healthy I've got to try it, and the yam tootsie? Wow. Thank you, you're such a superb

      Reply
    2. Mola olufunke says

      October 29, 2016 at 10:44 am

      God. You are too much. I hardly comment on anything on the web, but I must do that here. All this recipe at no cost. Tnks slot.

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        October 29, 2016 at 9:34 pm

        Thank you so much for your kind words and it's good to have you here

        Reply
    3. Roxana says

      May 11, 2016 at 9:02 am

      Looks amazing! Thank you for sharing your recipe!

      https://asparklingjourney.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/my-sunday-breakfast/

      Reply
    4. Zee says

      September 18, 2015 at 5:22 am

      I have tried this recipe and it was great, thanks for sharing

      Reply
    5. Info says

      September 17, 2015 at 3:43 am

      Nice. Hint- using olive oil for both the omelette and the toastie would help make them even healthier

      Reply
    6. Ejura Ocholi says

      September 16, 2015 at 12:18 pm

      Wow, sure going to try this out.

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        September 16, 2015 at 9:50 pm

        Thanks for stopping by

        Reply
        • Y.Mboto says

          March 26, 2020 at 11:52 am

          Yam toastie,so going to make some

          Reply
    7. ronke omolegbe says

      September 16, 2015 at 10:54 am

      this looks so good and its healthy too! welldone!

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        September 16, 2015 at 11:20 am

        Thank you Ronke for stopping by.

        Reply
    8. Zita BerniceTiena says

      September 16, 2015 at 10:53 am

      Hi, I found your post on Facebook and I just loved the idea of Yam toasties, reminds me of my Akara toasted I made a while ago. Healthy food does not have to be boring. Keep up the good work.

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        September 16, 2015 at 11:19 am

        Thanks a lot Zita for stopping by, I totally agree with you, healthy food should not be boring and scary too.

        Reply
    9. Happie Aliu says

      September 07, 2015 at 11:26 am

      Woah.. This is like the Most Awesome food blog I have ever come across. Your recipes are simply Amazing.! Thanks for sharing

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        September 07, 2015 at 11:46 am

        Wow! Thanks a lot Happie, I'am glad to have you here. God bless you loads

        Reply
    10. oritsejemiyo says

      September 05, 2015 at 7:27 pm

      I am trying this tomorrow o, gush i don't have ugwu, moringa will do just fine. Thanks for sharing, love it

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        September 05, 2015 at 8:57 pm

        wow! I have never tried moringa leaves before, I have heard a lot about it tho, its high time I joined the wagon😊. thanks a lot for stopping by and kindly let me know how you get on.

        Reply
    11. Joke says

      September 05, 2015 at 7:47 am

      I love this, I have never tried ugu and basil in eggs before. thanks for this recipe.

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        September 05, 2015 at 2:45 pm

        You will love it Joke, thanks for stopping by

        Reply
    12. Kathleen says

      September 05, 2015 at 7:45 am

      It is truly overloaded, I would be trying this

      Reply
      • Ajoke says

        September 05, 2015 at 2:46 pm

        Thank you kathleen.

        Reply

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