Tomato Breakfast

UmmBinat's Note:

A simple Middle Eastern breakfast dish something like fried tomatoes. I learned the basics of this from my SIL.

• Total Time: 11 mins
• Prep Time: 3 mins
• Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 3

Yield: 3.0

• cooking oil (vegetable, canola)
• cooking onion, chopped
• fresh tomato, chopped
• sea salt, to taste
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• sweet butter (optional)
• fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
• unrefined extra virgin olive oil
• pita bread, to serve (We eat with rice cakes or rice crackers to be gluten free)

Directions:

1. Heat a few tbs cooking oil in a frying pan depending on how much you are planning to make. (approx 5 plum tomatoes, 2 tbs oil for 3 servings).
2. Add everything to taste.
3. Add chopped cooking onion more or less per preference and fry quickly until soft, not dark.
4. Add in chopped fresh tomatoes, season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Turn up heat and fry until just soft, squishing a few times with your spatula (not to sauce, it will just be chunky) add butter for extra flavour & or fresh chopped cilantro if using, near to the end of cooking time.
5. Pour into a shallow bowl and drizzle on some of the good quality olive oil.
6. Serve with pita bread to scoop and separate plated cheeses, olives, etc as an Arabic breakfast would traditionally have (eggs can also be served and tea would be included).
7. Enjoy.

Reviews

[Cookgirl]

I used excellent quality organic heirloom tomatoes but my mixture very quickly
turned juicy and was more drenchable than dippable. Loved the flavor however. Served with Arabian bread, scrambled eggs, fresh seasonal fruit and plain yogurt. Reviewed for Veg Tag/October. It is again my fault because I think using overly ripe toms and not firmly ripe ones didn't help. Words to the wise.

[sofie-a-toast]

As a vegetarian who doesn't like eggs or sweet things for breakfast, I usually have trouble eating anything besides a bagel. What a wonderful idea this recipe is. Thanks for sharing!

[I'mPat]

I made just enough for myself using a large but firm ripe tomato and a couple of sweet eschallots for the onion and as I don't care for coriander/cilantro I used some garden fresh sweet basil which goes so well with tomato and served inside the warm pita bread and yum what a great light lunch, will definately be trying with some scramble egg next time, thank you UmmBinat, made for Please Review My Recipe.