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Advanced Techniques for Polka-Dot Omelet

■Express your favorite patterns or letters with an Omelet!

Have you heard of Polka-Dot Omelet?

When you think of an omelet, you likely imagine a yellow dish.

Japanese people have uniquely arranged it by combining it with rice.

It’s made by wrapping chicken rice in a thin omelet and adding ketchup on top.

It's easy and fun!

This technique involves cutting circular patterns into the yellow egg layer, pouring in egg whites, and then cooking it to create a design.

Polka-dot omelet by chinacafe | cookpad (cookpad.com)

This time, I decided to use Polka-Dot Omelet as a way to support my favorite idol.

One day, my favorite idol, Kimie Akahori, wrote on her blog that “Mondays feel like an omelet,” so I decided to make some for the first time in a while.

Kimie Akahori (@knyam0) / Twitter

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While researching omelet recipes and images online, I stumbled upon the interesting concept of “Polka-Dot Omelet!”

In my family, it has been a tradition to write a person’s name on an omelet with ketchup.

That gave me the idea of replacing the polka-dot patterns on the omelet with names instead.

I named this creation “Kimie Omelet” because it included Kimie’s name and could be gifted to her.

Also, "Kimie is a homophone for 'to you' in Japanese, making it a perfect name for a gift."

Although, to be honest, I only uploaded the completed photo to Twitter, so it didn’t directly benefit the idol in any particular way.

Incidentally, this is more of a niche story for Kimie’s fans, but if you invert the colors of this omelet...

Kimie’s member colors—light blue and purple-like hues—emerge, along with the black that represents the group Coming Flavor’s colors.

What struck me while making this was the infinite creative potential of egg-based dishes.

With just two colors, you can express almost anything.

Next time, I think I’ll try drawing a picture with it.

The method is simple:

Make a thin omelet.
Use a knife or a mold to cut out your favorite patterns or letters in the thin omelet.
Pour egg whites into the cut-outs and heat it until cooked.

■Heart-shaped Bell Peppers

For garnish, I used bell peppers.

I’ve always thought that depending on how you cut bell peppers or sweet peppers, they could resemble hearts.

Simply slicing them vertically already gives a heart-like cross-section, but to create a more defined shape, I tried cutting them diagonally.

■Important Tips

How to Cook a Smooth Thin Omelet

If you want the surface of the thin omelet to be smooth, how you mix the eggs and control the heat is crucial.

Break the eggs into a bowl and mix them thoroughly with a blender to cut through the fibers.

For omelet, it’s said that a fluffier thin omelet tastes better, so you shouldn’t overmix the eggs.

When cooking, turn off the heat and let the residual heat cook the omelet.

As a guideline, press the bottom of the heated frying pan onto a damp cloth until you no longer hear the sizzling sound.

If the frying pan cools too much and the heat isn’t sufficient, warm it up again on low heat while keeping some distance from the gas flame.

When cooking, if bubbles start forming in the eggs, it means the heat is still too high.

If the eggs are not yet fully cooked, you can fix this by gently poking the bubbles with chopsticks.

When Pouring in the Egg Whites

If the frying pan isn’t properly heated, the poured egg whites won’t set and may leak out of the molds.

Make sure the pan is heated just right so the egg whites start to cook and solidify the moment they’re poured in.

Texture Issues

While Polka-Dot Omelet is visually interesting, the process can take time, which means it might cool down by the time it’s finished.

Although reheating it in the microwave or using it as a packed lunch might work, the flavor is inevitably less appealing compared to a freshly made, regular omelet.