French Toast

 My mom was wayyyyy ahead of her times in many many ways. One of the ways she was way ahead of the times in India was cooking. She used to make some of the dishes that I have no idea where she got the ideas from.

And on top of it, some of the dishes were baked and of course we did not have an oven in India in those days. But every single one of those items she made, was amazing.

But this French Toast doesn't seem that extra ordinary...in those days...back in the mother land...we barely ever had bread for breakfast...heck...we rarely used to get bread in the first place.

Stuffed French Toast

Ammi's French Toast

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup milk
2. 1 egg
3. 4-6 slices of few days old bread
4. 1/2 teaspoon water
5. 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and chilli powder
6. butter or ghee for frying

In a wide bowl (wide enough to lay the entire slice of your bread flat), melt the salt and chilli powder in 1/2 teaspoon water. Now add milk and add the egg and beat it.

Heat a griddle.

Dip the bread for few seconds until it soaks some of the custard. pick it up and hold it over the over the bowl for excess liquid to drip back. 

Add some ghee/butter to the griddle and carefully place the bread on the griddle. Fry for 1-2 minutes and flip. Add some more butter/ghee and fry for a minute or 2 again. Enjoy!!!

Stuffed French Toast

Ingredients:

1. 1/2 cup milk
2. 1 egg
3. 4 multi-grain (or 7 or 12 grain) bread slices 
4. Peanut butter, Nutella, banana sliced into 1/4 cm circles
5. butter or ghee for frying

In a wide bowl (wide enough to lay the entire slice of your bread flat), add milk and add the egg and beat it.

On 2 slices spread peanut butter and on the other two Nutella. Spread the banana slices and put the nutella topped bread on the peanut butter and banana slices and smoosh it a bit. 

Heat a griddle.

Dip the bread for few seconds until it soaks some of the custard. pick it up and hold it over the over the bowl for excess liquid to drip back. 

Add some ghee/butter to the griddle and carefully place the bread on the griddle. Fry for 1-2 minutes and flip. Add some more butter/ghee and fry for a minute or 2 again. Enjoy!!!

French toast roll ups

Lots going on around here these days...Last few weeks of school so the kids are having a ton of activities where the parents are expected/needed to be present. Otherwise there will be a humongous melt down. So , lot of running around the house, scrambling to get ready for those events and everything else .

Anyway, so...as usual getting bored with the usual breakfast makes me look for something new. And this breakfast is yummy delicious old breakfast in a new look. so...enjoy

French Toast Roll Ups

French toast roll ups

Ingredients:

1. 4-6 bread slices (white is best but I used wheat)
2. 1 egg beaten lightly
3. 1/4 cup milk
4. pinch salt
5. 1 teaspoon cinnamon + 1 tablespoon sugar
6. 1/4 cup cream cheese softened + 1/4 cup powdered sugar (optional cream cheese filling)
7. Butter for frying the french toast

Mix the cinnamon and sugar and set aside.

Beat the egg along with salt and milk

Roll the bread slices to about 1/8 inch thick. Add about a teaspoon of the cream cheese filling if you are using it else sprinkle the cinnamon sugar and roll the bread as tightly as possible.

Heat a griddle with some butter. Drip a french bread in the egg mixture and fry it on the griddle until golden brown. Sprinkle powdered sugar and serve with maple syrup or as is