Omurice

Omurice or omu-rice (オムライス Omu-raisu) is an example of contemporary Japanese cuisine (Yōshoku) consisting of an omelette made with fried rice and usually topped with ketchup. Omu and raisu being contractions of the words omelette and rice, the name is a wasei-eigo. It is a popular dish both commonly cooked at home and can be found at many western style diners and izakaya restaurants in Japan. The dish was brought to Korea during Japanese occupation, and today it is a fixture on gimbap restaurant menus throughout South Korea, where it is rendered as "오므라이스 (omeuraiseu)" in Hangul. Omurice is also popular in Taiwan, another territory that was occupied by Imperial Japan. Children, in particular, enjoy omurice, and it is often featured on okosama-ranchi or kids' meals.

The dish typically consists of chikin raisu (chicken rice: rice pan-fried with ketchup and chicken) wrapped in a thin sheet of fried egg. The ingredients that flavor the rice vary. Often, the rice is fried with various meats (but typically chicken) and/or vegetables, and can be flavored with beef stock, ketchup, demi-glace white sauce or just salt and pepper. Sometimes, the rice is replaced with fried noodles, yakisoba, instead of fried rice, to make omusoba. A variant in Okinawa is omutako, consisting of an omelet over taco rice. Fried hotdog or Spam are also two popular meats to include in the dish.

Omurice is said to have originated around the turn of the 20th century at a western style restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza district called Renga-tei, inspired by chakin-zushi.

ather than resisting the puppy-dog eyes of our starving, time-travelling Joseon boys, Park Ha (Han Ji-min) instead rolled up her sleeves to cook up some delicious looking Omurice. I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this drama but so far it’s got me laughing out loud at all the funny. I found Micky Yoo-chun generally likeable in Sungkyunkwan Scandal, but I much prefer him here as Lee Gak in Rooftop Prince, with his sageuk intonation so jarring in the 21^st century. Case in point: Once the boys wolf down their plates of Omurice in less than a minute, Lee Gak questions Park Ha about the name of the dish. He intones after her, ‘oh-mu-rah-ee-su’, and his attendants follow suit.

 

                             

This dish is fairly straightforward to prepare and a great way to use up leftovers in the fridge. That being said, I did manage to muck up the omelette first time round since the only suitable pan I have is quite large, making the omelette on the thin side to flip. I ended up placing a lid on top to cook the eggs through before wrapping the rice instead.
Omurice (Rice Omelette)
Ingredients – 2 servings

• 1/2 (50 g) carrot
• 1/2 (80 g) onion
• 1/3 (40 g) red capsicum
• 80 g smoked ham
• 100 g crab stick
• 3 tbsp tomato sauce
• 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
• 4 eggs
• A pinch of salt
• 2 cups steamed rice
• Some rice bran oil
• Some tomato sauce

Method
-Stir frying rice (You will need a wok)

1. Dice carrot, onion, red capsicums, ham and crab stick.
2. Mix the tomato sauce (3 tbsp) and worcestershire sauce in a bowl.
3. Pre heat the wok on high heat for 10 seconds and add some oil.
4. Add all diced ingredients and saute for 1 minute.
5. Reduce the heat to half.
6. Add the steamed rice and the mixed sauce. Mix them well for 30 seconds.
7. Stop the heat.

-Omelet

1. Beat two eggs in a bowl and add a pinch of salt.
2. Heat a frying pan and add some oil. Pour the egg in the frying pan.
3. Quickly spread the egg and make a thin, large, and round omelet.
4. Repeat step 1 to 4 for the rest of the eggs.

-Shaping (You will need two deep bowls and two plates)

1. When the omelets are made, place them in deep bowls.
2. Put the stir fried rice on top of each omelet.
3. Put the plate on top of the bowls. Turn them up side down and remove the bowl.

-Decoration

1. Make a cross cut on top of the omelets and add some tomato sauce on top.
2. Enjoy

Drizzle a large pan with some oil and sauté vegetables over high heat until just soft.
Mix in rice and spring onion with vegetables and season with tomato sauce, soy sauce and chilli oil (if using).
Set rice aside to fry omelette.
Drizzle a medium pan with oil and pour in 2 beaten eggs, seasoned with salt and pepper.
Fry over low heat and flip to cook the other side (or cover with a lid).
Turn off the heat and wrap the Omurice by spooning the rice onto the centre of the omelette and folding in the sides (about 5 times).
Repeat steps for the second Omurice.
Top the Omurice with tomato sauce/ketchup.

Note: There will be leftover rice as it won’t all fit into the omelette.
Also, small shrimp and ham can be added to the fried rice (as noted in the show) but I felt like going vegetarian for the day and was getting plenty of protein from the eggs anyway.

You don't have to be royalty to appreciate some delicious food. I could not help but be tempted into snacking during Rooftop Prince. Can you blame me when the characters prance around nibbling on decadent treats during almost every episode!! Just look....

Source : - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omurice
             - http://www.kdramafood.com/2012/05/rooftop-prince-omurice-rice-omelette/
             - http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/04/30/omelet-rice-omurice/