Eggless French Toast

I tried eggless french toast recipe from Trupti's blog sometime back and was very impressed with the results. I have made this snack several times in the last few weeks. I would like you to try it as well.

Ingredients:
Bread-4 slices(each cut into 2 pieces)

Mix the following and make a thick batter:
Rava/Sooji/Semolina-1/2 cup
Yogurt-1/2 cup
Onions chopped-a handful
1/2 Tomato chopped finely
Green chilli chopped
Coriander leaves chopped-1 tbsp
Salt
Turmeric powder-a pinch

Method:
Dip each piece of bread in the batter and coat both the sides. As the batter is thick, you might have to use your hand to place some veggie-yogurt mixture on the bread.
Heat a flat non stick pan. Add 1/2 tsp oil. Place the bread slice gently. Add few drops of oil along the edges. Cook on medium flame for about 3 minutes. Flip the bread and toast the other side for few more minutes until golden brown.
Serve with ketchup.

Note:Do not add water to the batter. The batter should be very thick.

Here are a few pictures taken during our Las Vegas trip.

This is the Strip



Hotel Bellagio and fountain show



Bellagio Lobby



Reminder:Rama Navami on April 3rd, 2009.

Bread peas masala

Peas Masala(or kurma) goes well with bread and rotis. It makes an ideal tiffin on days when you have some left over gravy and a few pieces of bread. I used dried peas in this recipe.

Ingredients:
Dried peas-1 cup
Jeera-1 tsp
Onion chopped-1(small)
Tomatoes chopped-2(small)
Salt
Bread slices-3
Lime juice from 1 small lime
Oil-2 tbsp

Spice powders(measurements can be adjusted according to your taste):
Chilli powder
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Coriander powder-1 tsp
Garam masala powder-1/2 tsp
Coriander leaves-to garnish

To grind to a smooth paste with 1/4 cup of water:
Coconut-1/2 cup
Cashews-12
Green chilli
Garlic pods-3
Ginger-1 inch piece
Cloves-4
Cinnamon-2 inch stick
Cardamom-2
Dhaniya-1/2 tsp

Method:
Soak peas overnight in water and pressure cook for 3 whistles or until soft.
Grind the above mentioned ingredients with water and set aside.
Heat oil in a pan. Tamper jeera. Add chopped onion and fry till golden brown.
Add tomatoes, salt and spice powders. Fry till tomatoes turn soft. Now add the ground paste and some water to desired consistency and bring the mixture to a boil. Simmer and cook till oil starts to float on top(15 minutes). Add cooked peas and continue to cook for 5 minutes.
Garnish with coriander leaves. Add lime juice and mix well.
Serve with rotis.

Use some left over gravy to make bread peas masala for afternoon tiffin/snack.
Cut each bread into 2-3 pieces and lightly toast with butter.
Top it off with peas masala.

Note:You may omit cashews if you want the gravy to be light.
Instead of grinding cashews along with coconut, you can dry grind cashews coarsely and sprinkle the powder in the end.

Bread Puttu

I love puttu. But I don't have a puttu maker :( I came across this instant puttu recipe from Priya's blog. It takes less than 5 minutes to prepare. This is how I made it...

Ingredients:
Bread slices(I used whole wheat)-3
Sugar-according to taste
Cardamom-1/4 tsp
Coconut grated-2 tbsp
Ghee-1 tsp
Chopped almonds-4

Method:
Heat ghee in a pan. Fry almonds for a few seconds. Add coarsely ground bread pieces and fry for a minute.
Add coconut, cardamom and sugar to the pan and fry for a minute.
Voila! It's done. Yummy low fat snack is ready.

Bread Upma - simple and tasty

Here is the recipe:
Ingredients:
3 slices whole wheat multigrain bread(You can use use any kind)
Chopped onions-1/4 cup
Green chillies - as per taste
Tomato- 1
Hing- a pinch
Salt

To tamper:
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Jeera- 1/2 tsp
Oil- 1 tbsp

Method:
Heat oil in a pan. Tamper mustard seeds, jeera and hing.
Fry onions and green chillies till onions turn golden brown.
Add tomatoes, salt and turmeric powder. Fry for a minute or two.
Add very little water(less than 1/4 cup) to the mixture and bring it to a boil. Chop bread into small pieces and add them finally. Switch off the stove and mix well.
Garnish with coriander leaves. Voila! It's done in under 10 minutes.

I am sending this recipe to Aparna and Saffron trail for "Grain in my breakfast" event.