Traditional Wood Fire Cooking #15: Tortang Talong (Eggplant Omelet)

This video showcases Filipino Home Cooking using the traditional method of using a wood fire in a clay stove. This video features "Tortang Talong" or "Eggplant Omolet". Tortang Talong is one of the most popular dishes in our country. It is a very simple dish yet very tasty and very delicious. Tortang Talong is also a very versatile dish, you can add ground meat on top of it when you fry, or you can add the ground meat when you beat the eggs, also you can add minced tomatoes to the beaten eggs, you can add minced bell pepper on the beaten eggs. Also, after dipping the eggplants into the beaten eggs you can dip them into bread crumbs for a crunchy outer layer just like our beloved crunchy fried chicken. Aside from grilling the eggplants, you can boil them if you want not to peel the skin. Tortang Talong in its simplest form is only consisting of eggplant, egg, and salt.

I am proud to say that Tortang Talong or Eggplant Omelet originated in our country, the Philippines. I came to know this dish in my youngest days.

It is a very popular breakfast, but it is a perfect lunch too!

Dip it in catchup. here in our country, we like to dip it in fish sauce with calamansi and chili, or, soy sauce with calamansi and chili, or, Artem (a fermented green/red pepper using vinegar). If you are going to ask me which dip is my favorite I say... All of them! They are just very perfect for torta!

That is all for now guys, catch you up with the next one. Wishing you all safety, good health, and abundance.