Omu-Rice

Omu rice is a Japanese dish which is essentially fried rice wrapped in an omelet.  It`s an incredibly popular dish in Japan and won`t usually cost you your life’s savings like some of the other food I`ve seen in restaurants here.  The former company I worked for went Bankrupt and so during my time of unemployment, I was forced to eat on a strict budget; different variations of omurice to stop myself from going mad from an impending overdose on rice.

For this recipe I`ve chosen a strictly budget style approach depicting my days of skimming, but if you wanted to add other ingredients like meat to the rice, by all means indulge. In the picture above I used minced beef, which hasn`t been included in the recipe below because it`s a picture I had handy at the time I wrote this post.

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 2 cups of rice
• 1/2 onion
• 1 carrot
• Green peas
• Mayonnaise
• Tomato sauce
• Salt and pepper

Method

1. Wash and cook the rice.  While the rice is cooking, dice and boil the carrot till soft.  Also cut and fry the onion in a frying pan.
2. When cooked, place the rice into the frying pan along with the onion.  Add the peas, a little salt and pepper, tomato sauce and mix everything together using a wooden spoon.  Add enough sauce so all the rice turns slightly red in color.  Cook for about 5 minutes on medium heat, stirring occasionally to prevent the rice from burning.  Remove the rice from the frying pan and place on a separate plate.
3. In a small bowl, crack and beat 2 eggs.  Add and mix in a little mayonnaise and pour into the frying pan using a circular motion starting from the center, working your way closer to the outer edge.  Quickly stir the egg again in a circular motion till the egg is almost cooked but still a little runny (as shown)



4. Turn the heat off and gently slide the egg onto a plate and place half the rice on top in the center.  Wrap the edges together and squeeze a little tomato sauce on top.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 and garnish with parsley or salad.  Serves 2.