Family Fridays #5 Okra Omelette

It's that time of the week again. Everyone is finishing up their last few things before the weekend can begin! Today, we're celebrating the weekend with a delicious new recipe!!Glee is the editor and founder of HappySis.com, a quarterly women´s magazine written by Christian women. She wrote the Happy Sister Devotional: 61 Days of Happiness and Inspiration to help women find happiness in having a close relationship with God. Visit her site to download your free copy.

I don´t exactly know the name of this Filipino dish but I call it “Okra Omelet”. I learned it from a Home Economics class in second year high school when I went to an exclusive Christian boarding school for only a year.It´s a Seventh Day Adventist Academy in the Philippines, and yes, I´m an SDA. If you´re familiar with the SDA schools, they´re usually located away from cities, on top of mountains or hills, with lots of trees.I remember one quiet afternoon in 1996; we sophomore students were engrossed with our cooking group activity at the cafeteria, a small building located at the far back of the campus, almost isolated from the rest of the school buildings and facing a rich, virgin forest. It was on that afternoon when I was introduced to this quick but delicious dish which would later become one of my (future) husband´s favorite dishes.It´s really quick and easy to do, and yummy too! I bet kids would also love it.We don´t have an abundant supply of Okra here in Germany, so we have to purposely drive to a Turkey store and stock up on okra if it happens to be available. If we have enough Okra, we definitely make this dish, although lately I´m also learning to make the yummy “Okra Curry, Indian Style”.Ingredients:½ kilo Okra4 eggsHalf union1 big tomato (or 6 tiny tomatoes)Some cooking oilDirections:Chop the onion and tomato into small pieces. Beat the eggs (seasoned with salt, garlic + pepper powder) in a bowl.Boil the ladies fingers (okra) until half cooked. Then put the half-cooked ladies fingers (okra) on a flat plate. Season them with salt, and then flatten them using a fork.Mix the chopped onions, tomatoes, the beaten eggs, and the flattened okra in a big bowl.Heat a pan over medium heat. Fry the mixed eggs and okra on a flat pan until brown. Flip the okra to fry the other side.Serve with a small bowl of hot rice.Cooking isn´t my passion but since I got married, my cooking skills has improved a lot and I´m learning to love it. It´s one of the ways I express my love to my husband. I´ve learned and discovered many recipes and I´m open for more learning. There´s nothing like a tender “thank you” kiss from hubby after we said our grace, and before we enjoy a delicious meal.I mostly cook Filipino dishes, which, thankfully, my Filipino husband who grew up in Germany love. But when he´s not busy at work, he comes home after five, gives me a hug and a kiss, and tells me to relax for he´s taking over the kitchen. He´s a real great cook and he loves making his own recipes. He likes cooking German foods.But the Okra Omelet is a great dish to try. So if you´re ready to have something new, visit an Asian store, look for some Okra, and let me know how it goes. Enjoy.