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Roti John, essentially an omelette sandwich, is a popular Malay snack in Singapore and Malaysia. The ingredients include minced mutton, onion, egg, tomato-chilli sauce and a baguette loaf. French loaf is sliced into half, with minced mutton, onion, egg, tomato or chilli sauce and mayonnaise stuffed elegantly in between.

“John” is not the inventor of this dish. The name “John” is referring to Caucasians and Westerners! The origin of the 'John' in the name is allegedly due to the Western origin of the Baguette and the tomato sauce used in the dish. During British colonial rule Caucasians and Westerners were colloquially and affectionately known as 'John' in Malay. This provided the nickname for the bread - Roti John or John Bread.

Different flavours of Roti John are available, such as mutton, beef, sardine, chicken…

• 6 mini whole meal baguettes - halves
• 1 tin sardines in tomato sauce
• 1 large white onion - chopped
• 2 garlic - chopped
• 2 green chillies - sliced
• ground black pepper
• 3 eggs
• extra virgin olive oil

Pour out half of the tomato sauce in the sardines so that it'll not be too wet later. Place the whole tin of sardines in a large bowl. Mash with a fork. Add in chopped onions, garlic and chillies. Sprinkle some ground black pepper. Crack all eggs into bowl. Mix well. Heat some oil. Take the already halved baguette and spread a heap of sardine mix on it. Place in hot oil with the spread mixture down. Shallow fry till it browns. Flip to crisp the other side. Serve warm.