Rolex (Vegetable Omelet and Chapati Roll)
Updated Oct. 11, 2023

- Total Time
- 25 minutes
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 15 minutes
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Ingredients
- 4large eggs
- Salt and black pepper
- 2(10-inch) chapatis, homemade or store-bought
- 2tablespoons neutral oil, such as grapeseed
- ¼cup minced yellow onion
- ¼cup chopped fresh tomato
- 1serrano, seeded and minced
- ¼ cup thinly sliced green cabbage
Preparation
- Step 1
Crack 2 eggs into a small bowl, season with a pinch each of salt and pepper and whisk together to combine.
- Step 2
Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium. Heat a chapati on both sides for up to 1 minute. Slide onto a plate and cover with another plate or clean kitchen towel to keep warm. Repeat with the second chapati. Stack on the warmed chapati and cover.
- Step 3
Over medium, heat 1 tablespoon oil in the skillet and add half the onion. Cook until just beginning to soften, about 1 minute. Add half of the tomatoes, half the serrano and half of the cabbage. Cook, stirring frequently, until the tomatoes are soft but not breaking down and the cabbage wilts, about 2 minutes. Season with a pinch each of salt and pepper. Add the cracked eggs and swirl the pan to distribute evenly over the surface. Shake the pan gently, tilting it slightly with one hand, while lifting the edges of the omelet with a spatula in your other hand. (This lets the eggs run underneath during the first few minutes of cooking.) Once the eggs are set on the bottom, flip, using the spatula, so that the other side cooks, about 1 minute.
- Step 4
Move a chapati to a plate and top with the eggs. Starting with the edge closest to you, roll the chapati over the eggs, tightly into a log.
- Step 5
Crack the remaining 2 eggs, season and whisk. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 with the other chapati. Serve both immediately while still warm.
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We use a flour tortilla, white or whole wheat. You can use any veggies, herbs, cheese or meats you have on hand. We use the simpler Nadiya Hussain method of pressing an unheated tortilla onto the eggs just after you put them in the pan, pressing to distribute the eggs evenly under the tortilla. When the eggs are set, which happens quickly, flip to heat the tortilla for a minute or so then roll up and serve. Easy and delicious.
You wrapped it up like a burrito because you MADE a burrito. You did not make the rolex described in the article or recipe.
Fabulous! I’m so pleased to see this recipe here. In October 2019 we spent three weeks visiting Uganda, which is such an amazing country. We worked on an Earthwatch project monitoring chimpanzees in Budongo Forest Reserve. Our lunches on the monitoring treks were rolex which We ate greedily each day. I tried to get the recipe from the camp cook but there was no way she was sharing her recipe! Thanks so Ms Komolafe, I can now recreate these yummy meals at home.
Where online can I buy real chapatis? Thanks in advance.
We use a spicy Peruvian sauce, either internally or for a dip, to add some zing to this delicious breakfast dish. It's a regular in our breakfast rotations!
Loved watching Yewande make the chapatis! Made with love.🥰❤️
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