15
2013
Roti John recipe
I’ve not had Roti John for the longest time ever. Roti John is basically an omelette sandwich. These days people prefer to have meat in the omelette. If you drop by any Roti John stall, you’ll find the common minced chicken meat or beef being used but for me, I’ve always preferred to use sardine instead (as my mom has been making it this way since I was little).
Yesterday the thought of Roti John came into my mind. Roti John is highly popular during the Ramadhan month but the ones found in Ramadhan bazaars are often extremely oily. I decided to try making it my own. Whatsapp-ed my sister to confirm the ingredients and today, I dished this out:
Sardine Roti John
All it needs is 4 simple ingredients namely sardine, big onions (coarsely chopped), red chilies (sliced) and egg.
Mince the sardine in a bowl and add in the chopped onions and sliced red chilies.
Add in eggs. Whisk well.
Heat up a drizzle of olive oil in a non-stick pan. The original recipe calls for butter or margarine for the added fragrance but because I opt for the ‘healthier’ choice, I used olive oil instead. Though I used a non-stick pan, I still drizzle some oil in order to get that brownish effect on the egg mixture.
Spread the sardine and egg mixture onto the bread and place them onto the pan.
I managed to whip out 4 slices of Roti Johns before I ran out of gas! Hates it when that happens! I don’t keep an extra gas cylinder as I don’t have a big kitchen (unlike my mom who has TWO extras at all times!). So I’ll just have to let Darling and Ethan eat these four first while I wait for the gas man to come and maybe, enjoy the rest of the Roti John with him! Muahahahaha! >_<
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I’ve an extra tank on standby. Oooo…that looks good. But when I cook things like that, very messy lah… Maybe guys not so neat and clean. :(
This wont be messy la as the sardine and egg mixture will stick to the bread leaving no residue behind.. no splat whatsover oso…
Looks yummy, must try it! When I lived in a landed house, I always had 1 or 2 extra tank of gas. NOw that I live in a condo, we have piped in gas ^^
Wow, piped in gas? Call me katak but I never know such thing exists in Malaysia! Always tot it is only a reality in movies! Hahaha!
lol here in putrajaya even landed house use piped in gas. The bills are super cheap too.
yum yum! I know my hubby would love it!!! His roti mah! hehehe!
Hahaha Rose.. your hubby’s John? LoL! You should totally make this for him then :D
ooh~ so it’s basically tuna-bread toast thingy LOL by the way…. who’s John???
Ken,
I’m also wondering who is John. Whoever he is, he makes good roti! Haha.
The story goes that a mat salleh who frequents this malay guy’s stall in Spore requested for omelette to go with his regular French loaf and this malay guy came out with this recipe. That time all mat sallehs are referred to as John hence the name of this – Roti John.
See I’m so clever! :P
Wah the last line so cheeky hahahaha you making me hungry Merryn!
LoL! Hahaha… I’m hungry more frequent these days hence the overflowing of food posts. You’ll be hungry more frequently together with me then! :D
Wow..can really open a stall for ramadhan. I love roti john!
Hehe… But maybe the patrons will love it better with beef instead of sardine. I prefer sardine as I’m a fish person. My hubby doesn’t take beef. ^_^
I’ve never tried Roti John and I will surely try this recipe, thanks for sharing.
Sure Joanne,
Try it and let me know if Sarah loves it :)
Alamak, I lupa to get some sardine when I was doing the grocery shopping ytday.
But I wonder, with 2 pcs of sardines, its enuf to spread how many pcs of bread?
Joanne,
I actually used 3 pcs of sardines. I added the last piece after taking the pic as I find that 2 is not enough. It can spread on quite a lot of bread but I did not count how many ^_^
Thanks, message noted.
Arrggghh… should my mom to prepare this for my early morning breakfast ^_^
June,
What about you preparing this for your mom during the weekends? Wink! It’s so simple to make…
Wow!! Not bad wor! Summore ingredients can get easily out there. Sure will try one day! >.<
Oh pls dont! I’d encourage EVERYONE here to try it except you Carol. You .. you will just burn the kitchen down! LoL! :P
Really that easy? Got to find some times to do it already!!
10 minutes is all you need Hayley :)
Oh, so this is the simple 4-ingredient Roti John? I’m so gonna try it soon, but will replace with tuna, hehe~
Hmm… now you make me curious to try with tuna too! LoL! Next round I’ll try with tuna!
I’ve never eaten Roti John…hmm, where was I hiding back in Msia?? Luckily I brought some Ayambrand sardines here. Gonna try this soon. Thanks for the idea :)
Guess what? I’ve never eaten this outside before. The only time I ate this are when my mom made it at home. Now that I can make it myself, I’m sure I’m gonna make a lot of it as it is extremely easy to prepare. 10 minutes DONE!
I saw you mixing with red chilli, can Ethan take that? It looks good, but I will omit the chilli, replace sardine with tuna, as my girls like these combination more.
Yes Yan, Ethan takes the chili. I de-seed the chili so it’s not too spicy. I’m slowly slowly introducing chili into his dishes. His only complain is he doesn’t like the onion. Yikes! So next time I have to reduce the onion for him.
i have all the ingredients in the pantry le..and this seems easy, an upgrade version from french toast!
hmm gotta have it for brekkie this weekend!
itu murtabak IKAN la XD
i didnt eat for a long time ad too! and shit im hungry now. 12.50am.. looking at food is a sin!
hey, i love roti john. Fell in love with it first when I was studying in Malacca. There’s this one place in bukit baru (Jiki’s Corner) that makes the best roti john ever.
You are just so awesome to be able to make one yourself. I want your skills :D
epic roti john! :D Hahahahaah ur a good cook huh! :)
Thanks for sharing, this recipe is easy. Previously my friend made it in bread roll dip in flour mixture and fried, quite troublesome too.